As Somervilles next mayor prepares to take over, he has familiar help: the city’s longest-serving mayor
As Mayor-elect Jake Wilson prepares to take office in January, he has tapped Joe Curtatone, the city’s former mayor, to lead his transition team.”
Members of the Transition Steering Committee include:
Joe Curtatone (Chair) – Vice President, Government Affairs & Strategy, indiGo Technologies; Professor in the Practice, Tufts University; Former President, The Alliance for Climate Transition; Former Mayor, City of Somerville.
Matt McLaughlin (Vice-Chair) – Ward 1 City Councillor, City of Somerville.
Jay Ash – President & CEO, Massachusetts Competitive Partnership; Former Secretary, Office of Economic Development, Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Former City Manager, City of Chelsea.
Tom Bent – Founder, Bent Electrical Contractors, Past Chair, Somerville Chamber of Commerce.
Kerry Bowie – Co-Founder & General Partner, Malaika Ventures; Founder, President & Executive Director, Browning the Green Space; Co-Founder, President & Executive Director, The Majira Project.
Janice Delory – Former Chief of Staff, Mayor Joe Curtatone, City of Somerville; Former Vice President of Marketing, Fidelity Investments.
Douglas Foy – President, Serafix Corporation; Former Secretary, Commonwealth Development, Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Former President, Conservation Law Foundation.
Jillian Harvey – Chief Equity Officer, Massachusetts Municipal Association; Former Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Town of Arlington, MA.
Stacy Richardson – Senior Director of Collaboration, Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University; Former Chief of Staff, National League of Cities; Former Chief of Staff, City of Chattanooga, TN.
Samantha Silverberg – Visiting Fellow, Taubman Center for State and Local Government, Harvard Kennedy School; Non-Resident Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution; Former Deputy Assistant for Infrastructure Implementation, The Biden-Harris White House.
Anne Tate – Professor, Rhode Island School of Design.
Denise Lauers – President, Mystic Tenants Association
Rand Wilson – Organizer and Advisor, CHIPS Communities United.
Additional members may be announced as the transition progresses.
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