Natick Board Of Health To Welcome First Woman Elected To Seat

NATICK, MA — The 2020 Natick town election was one for the history books: for the first time ever, voters elected a woman to serve on the Board of Health.

Karla Sangrey, 52, ran unopposed in the election to replace outgoing Board of Health member Ian Wong. The Board of Health will welcome Sangrey at the July 14 meeting as she begins her first three-year term.

Sangrey is an engineer and director of the Upper Blackstone water treatment facility in Millbury, which is the main water treatment facility for Worcester. She's also a director with the Massachusetts Coalition for Water Resources Stewardship. In Natick, Sangrey previously served on the Cochituate Rail Trail Advisory Committee.

The July 14 Board of Health meeting will also feature a recognition of Wong, who served three terms on the board. The town's new public health nurse, Deborah Chaulk, will also be welcomed.

This is only the latest milestone for the Natick Health Department. Catherine Sugarman, the town's opioid task force coordinator, was nominated for a Commonwealth Heroines Award by state Sen. President Karen Spilka.