AND THE 2023 CCC ELECTION WINNERS ARE....
4 of 9 Cambridge City Councillors: PATTY NOLAN, JOAN PICKETT, PAUL TONER, AYESHA WILSON
2023 was the third election we had endorsed City Council Candidates, and we are delighted to have moved from 2 CCC-endorsed Councillors in the last election to 4 successful candidates in this election.
2 of 7 Cambridge School Committee: ELIZABETH HUDSON and JOSÉ LUIS ROJAS VILLARREAL
2023 was the first year we endorsed School Committee Candidates and we are delighted with our first wins on this front.
2023 was the third election we had endorsed City Council Candidates, and we are delighted to have moved from 2 CCC-endorsed Councillors in the last election to 4 successful candidates in this election.
2 of 7 Cambridge School Committee: ELIZABETH HUDSON and JOSÉ LUIS ROJAS VILLARREAL
2023 was the first year we endorsed School Committee Candidates and we are delighted with our first wins on this front.
2023 CCC ENDORSED CANDIDATES
School Committee Candidates
ELIZABETH HUDSON: Rigorous, exciting math and science curricula. Best outcomes via educator support
JOSÉ LUIS ROJAS VILLARREAL: Hold leadership accountable for success; confident to stand alone & challenge conventional thinking (I)
ROBERT "BOBBY" TRAVERS: Value Students; Teacher and Staff Resources; More Transparency, Accessibility
City Council Candidates
DOUG BROWN: Alewife Planning and Better Bicycling Structure
JOHN HANRATTY: Finance and Streets for All
FEDERICO MUCHNIK: Human scale affordable housing
PATTY NOLAN (I): Climate and Smarter Affordable Housing
CARRIE PASQUARELLO: Safety and Neighborhood Planning
JOAN PICKETT: Finance Accountability and Streets for All
PAUL TONER (I): Holistic Planning and Accountability
HAO WANG: Workforce Housing and Data-Driven Energy Policy
AYESHA WILSON Affordable Housing and Mental Health
ROBERT WINTERS: Good Government and Charter Review
CATHIE ZUSY: Enhance Green Spaces and Preservation
ELIZABETH HUDSON: Rigorous, exciting math and science curricula. Best outcomes via educator support
JOSÉ LUIS ROJAS VILLARREAL: Hold leadership accountable for success; confident to stand alone & challenge conventional thinking (I)
ROBERT "BOBBY" TRAVERS: Value Students; Teacher and Staff Resources; More Transparency, Accessibility
City Council Candidates
DOUG BROWN: Alewife Planning and Better Bicycling Structure
JOHN HANRATTY: Finance and Streets for All
FEDERICO MUCHNIK: Human scale affordable housing
PATTY NOLAN (I): Climate and Smarter Affordable Housing
CARRIE PASQUARELLO: Safety and Neighborhood Planning
JOAN PICKETT: Finance Accountability and Streets for All
PAUL TONER (I): Holistic Planning and Accountability
HAO WANG: Workforce Housing and Data-Driven Energy Policy
AYESHA WILSON Affordable Housing and Mental Health
ROBERT WINTERS: Good Government and Charter Review
CATHIE ZUSY: Enhance Green Spaces and Preservation
CCC Election Forum Date September 10, 2023 (4:30-7 PM) by zoom
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BIOGRAPHIES OF CCC-ENDORSED CANDIDATES
SCHOOL COMMITTEE ENDORSEES (Order your Votes #1 to #3)
*Write your OWN candidate vote choice order number on the ballot
ELIZABETH HUDSON (B.A., Cognitive Science, Yale; PhD). Chief Technology Officer in biotechnology (prior (work involved industrial robotics, software engineering). Currently also a Lieutenant US Navy Reserve. Advisory Board Harvard/Smithsonian Astrophysics Center. Mom of three boys, she is also public school graduate, Pittsburgh, PA. Core Approach: Rigorous and exciting math and science curricula. Focus on data and better outcomes achieved by better supporting our educators. website, Video introduction
JOSÉ LUIS ROJAS VILLARREAL (B.A. UPenn; M.I.A. Econ & Political Development, Columbia). Has been serving in the School Committee since Jan 2020. As chair of the building & grounds subcommittee José Luis facilitated the development of the COVID-19 Health & Safety Manual. Originally from Mexico, he has been living in Cambridge for over 20 years. Works in community finance in the cooperative sector. Main priorities: Evaluate district plan, Roll out of universal pre-school (UPK), Access to advanced mathematics, School Committee self-assessment. www.votejoseluis.org
ROBERT “BOBBY” V. TRAVERS, Jr. (Suffolk University/Cambridge College). Paraprofessional in Cambridge Public Schools. Active in Cambridge Education Association (current Treasurer), the Massachusetts Teachers Association (current Board of Directors), and the National Education Association. He wants to be the voice of reason and speak up for the voiceless on the School Committee. Core Approach: Value Students; Give Teachers and Staff More Resources; More Transparency, Accessibility.
CITY COUNCIL ENDORSEES (Order your Votes #1 to #11)
NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS
DOUG BROWN (B.A. History, Princeton). Co-Chair, Cambridge Climate Zoning Task Force (2018-2023). Officer, Fresh Pond Residents Alliance (2014-present). Doug, a stay-at-home dad, has long been involved in the community. He played a key role in the Alewife rezoning, advocated for the Watertown-Cambridge Greenway, and serves as a board member of History Cambridge. He authored a citywide zoning petition that would end exclusionary zoning and simplify approvals for small properties. Avid cyclist. http://www.brownforcouncil.com
JOAN PICKETT (MBA, MPH Columbia University). Former President, Mid-Cambridge Neighborhood Association. Former Employment: Standard and Poor’s Corp. (Director and Manager, Public Finance Ratings Group – 13 years); Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Senior Director Planning and Business Development 20 years). Volunteer work: Founding Board Member, Caring Canines Pet therapy); Leader: Charles River Conservancy (Finance Committee and Board Chair), Cambridge Streets for All (small business and resident advocacy group). https://electpickett.org/
CATHIE ZUSY (MAT Simmons College; MA Cooperstown History Museum Studies Program, BA Bucknell University). Former President, Cambridgeport Neighborhood Association. President, Magazine Beach Partners. Co-Chair Conservation Committee Cambridge Plant and Garden Club. Leader in local architectural preservation efforts (Magazine Beach, Peter Valentine’s House, St. Augustine Church). Creator of “If This House Could Talk” program in Cambridgeport. Member of group working to “save” and bolster our local news. https://www.votezusy.org/
CAMBRIDGE CIVIC LEADERS:
ROBERT WINTERS (Ph.D. B.U., Mathematics). Mid-Cambridge. Former Professor/Lecturer Wellesley College (14 years); MIT (9 years); Harvard (Precepter Math Dept – 7 years); Lecturer, Harvard Summer School (25 years). Editor: Cambridge Civic Journal (26 years); Host: Cambridge InsideOut. Member: Central Square Advisory Committee (22 years). President: Cambridge Recycling, Inc (20 years); Cambridge Recycling Committee (22 years); Member Envision Cambridge Advisory Committee & Housing Working Group: 2 years). http://vote.rwinters.com
AYESHA W. WILSON (MSW Wheelock College. Residence: West Cambridge. Mental Health Clinician (8 years). Cambridge Housing Authority, Senior Teacher/Counselor (9 years); Teen Program Director, City of Cambridge (1 year); Cambridge School Committee Member (4 years). Board of Directors, YWCA (4 years); Executive Secretary NAACP-Cambridge (7 years). Active in special care housing. https://www.voteayesha.com/
JOHN HANRATTY (MBA University of Dallas; MS Computer and Data Science, University of Illinois, Urbana- Champagne). Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, Fellow (1 term). Residence: Neighborhood Nine. ReversingLabs: VP Product Marketing/Business Development (6 years); Owner: Avon Hill Technologies (4 years). Active in Cambridge
Streets for All (Small business and resident advocacy group) http://vote.cambridgecivic.com/hanratty.htm
FEDERICO MUCHNIK (B.A. NYU, Film, Cinema, Video). Residence: Porter Square. Lesley University, Professor of Film Production & History. Author, The Strategic Producer (Routledge 2016). Co-Author/Editor Secret Courage; Walter Suskind and Amsterdam’s Jewish Resistance Movement During WW2. Documentary Filmmaker: Producer/Director film: This Killing Business. Selected local topics: Touching History; Harvard Square, The Bank, and The Tasty Diner (2005); One Brick At A Time; Building People at the Area 4 Youth Center (2006); Designing Affordable Communities (2021). www.federicoforcouncil.net
INTERNATIONAL WORK
HAO WANG (B.S. Peking University, Physics; Ph.D., MIT, Electronic Materials; MPA, Harvard). Residence: West Cambridge. Former Deputy Commissioner N.Y. State Office of Mental Health; former Chief Information Officer State University of New York. Former Managing director, Accenture, global management & technology consulting firm. Author, several poetry volumes in Chinese. Current Board Member, Riverside Community Care, Cambridge & Somerville nonprofit behavioral health & human services provider. CEO, Endear, Inc, https://haoforcambridge.com/
CARRIE PASQUARELLO (B.A. San Diego State University, Grossmont College) Residence: North Cambridge. Former international work & volunteer U.S. State Department (Rome, Milan, Bangkok). 2014 - Current: CEO & Co-Founder, Global Secure Resources, Inc. (Manages development of global security and safety standards especially for the vulnerable-seniors, students, people targeted for race, sex, or religion). Author: Study Abroad Safety. Volunteer past, current: Boston Area Rape Crisis Center (BARCC), Cambridge Women Business Accelerator Meet-Up Group. https://www.carriecaresforcambridge.com/
INCUMBENTS
PATTY NOLAN (A.B.Harvard; MPPM Yale School of Management). Resident: West Cambridge. Former Consultant McKinsey & Co. (3 years). Former CEO Clivus Multrum (3 years) ProGroup (3 years); Former Consultant Local Initiatives Support Corporation (2 years). Cambridge School Committee Member (14 years). 2 term City Councillor. Active in: Issues around Energy and Climate; Multi-modal Transit; Envision implementation; City Governance (Finance transparency, Charter Review). https://pattynolan.org/
PAUL TONER (B.A. Boston University; M.Ed. U. Mass, Boston; J.D. Suffolk University). Resident: North Cambridge. Former teacher, Cambridge Public Schools; Former president, Cambridge Teachers Association and MA Teachers Association; Aspen Pahara and Broad Academy Fellow. Former Exec. Dir. Teach Plus MA; MA Board of Higher Ed.; Education Commission of the States. 1 term City Councillor. Common Sense leadership/Neighborhood and business advocate https://www.tonerforcambridge.com/
*Write your OWN candidate vote choice order number on the ballot
ELIZABETH HUDSON (B.A., Cognitive Science, Yale; PhD). Chief Technology Officer in biotechnology (prior (work involved industrial robotics, software engineering). Currently also a Lieutenant US Navy Reserve. Advisory Board Harvard/Smithsonian Astrophysics Center. Mom of three boys, she is also public school graduate, Pittsburgh, PA. Core Approach: Rigorous and exciting math and science curricula. Focus on data and better outcomes achieved by better supporting our educators. website, Video introduction
JOSÉ LUIS ROJAS VILLARREAL (B.A. UPenn; M.I.A. Econ & Political Development, Columbia). Has been serving in the School Committee since Jan 2020. As chair of the building & grounds subcommittee José Luis facilitated the development of the COVID-19 Health & Safety Manual. Originally from Mexico, he has been living in Cambridge for over 20 years. Works in community finance in the cooperative sector. Main priorities: Evaluate district plan, Roll out of universal pre-school (UPK), Access to advanced mathematics, School Committee self-assessment. www.votejoseluis.org
ROBERT “BOBBY” V. TRAVERS, Jr. (Suffolk University/Cambridge College). Paraprofessional in Cambridge Public Schools. Active in Cambridge Education Association (current Treasurer), the Massachusetts Teachers Association (current Board of Directors), and the National Education Association. He wants to be the voice of reason and speak up for the voiceless on the School Committee. Core Approach: Value Students; Give Teachers and Staff More Resources; More Transparency, Accessibility.
CITY COUNCIL ENDORSEES (Order your Votes #1 to #11)
NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS
DOUG BROWN (B.A. History, Princeton). Co-Chair, Cambridge Climate Zoning Task Force (2018-2023). Officer, Fresh Pond Residents Alliance (2014-present). Doug, a stay-at-home dad, has long been involved in the community. He played a key role in the Alewife rezoning, advocated for the Watertown-Cambridge Greenway, and serves as a board member of History Cambridge. He authored a citywide zoning petition that would end exclusionary zoning and simplify approvals for small properties. Avid cyclist. http://www.brownforcouncil.com
JOAN PICKETT (MBA, MPH Columbia University). Former President, Mid-Cambridge Neighborhood Association. Former Employment: Standard and Poor’s Corp. (Director and Manager, Public Finance Ratings Group – 13 years); Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Senior Director Planning and Business Development 20 years). Volunteer work: Founding Board Member, Caring Canines Pet therapy); Leader: Charles River Conservancy (Finance Committee and Board Chair), Cambridge Streets for All (small business and resident advocacy group). https://electpickett.org/
CATHIE ZUSY (MAT Simmons College; MA Cooperstown History Museum Studies Program, BA Bucknell University). Former President, Cambridgeport Neighborhood Association. President, Magazine Beach Partners. Co-Chair Conservation Committee Cambridge Plant and Garden Club. Leader in local architectural preservation efforts (Magazine Beach, Peter Valentine’s House, St. Augustine Church). Creator of “If This House Could Talk” program in Cambridgeport. Member of group working to “save” and bolster our local news. https://www.votezusy.org/
CAMBRIDGE CIVIC LEADERS:
ROBERT WINTERS (Ph.D. B.U., Mathematics). Mid-Cambridge. Former Professor/Lecturer Wellesley College (14 years); MIT (9 years); Harvard (Precepter Math Dept – 7 years); Lecturer, Harvard Summer School (25 years). Editor: Cambridge Civic Journal (26 years); Host: Cambridge InsideOut. Member: Central Square Advisory Committee (22 years). President: Cambridge Recycling, Inc (20 years); Cambridge Recycling Committee (22 years); Member Envision Cambridge Advisory Committee & Housing Working Group: 2 years). http://vote.rwinters.com
AYESHA W. WILSON (MSW Wheelock College. Residence: West Cambridge. Mental Health Clinician (8 years). Cambridge Housing Authority, Senior Teacher/Counselor (9 years); Teen Program Director, City of Cambridge (1 year); Cambridge School Committee Member (4 years). Board of Directors, YWCA (4 years); Executive Secretary NAACP-Cambridge (7 years). Active in special care housing. https://www.voteayesha.com/
JOHN HANRATTY (MBA University of Dallas; MS Computer and Data Science, University of Illinois, Urbana- Champagne). Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, Fellow (1 term). Residence: Neighborhood Nine. ReversingLabs: VP Product Marketing/Business Development (6 years); Owner: Avon Hill Technologies (4 years). Active in Cambridge
Streets for All (Small business and resident advocacy group) http://vote.cambridgecivic.com/hanratty.htm
FEDERICO MUCHNIK (B.A. NYU, Film, Cinema, Video). Residence: Porter Square. Lesley University, Professor of Film Production & History. Author, The Strategic Producer (Routledge 2016). Co-Author/Editor Secret Courage; Walter Suskind and Amsterdam’s Jewish Resistance Movement During WW2. Documentary Filmmaker: Producer/Director film: This Killing Business. Selected local topics: Touching History; Harvard Square, The Bank, and The Tasty Diner (2005); One Brick At A Time; Building People at the Area 4 Youth Center (2006); Designing Affordable Communities (2021). www.federicoforcouncil.net
INTERNATIONAL WORK
HAO WANG (B.S. Peking University, Physics; Ph.D., MIT, Electronic Materials; MPA, Harvard). Residence: West Cambridge. Former Deputy Commissioner N.Y. State Office of Mental Health; former Chief Information Officer State University of New York. Former Managing director, Accenture, global management & technology consulting firm. Author, several poetry volumes in Chinese. Current Board Member, Riverside Community Care, Cambridge & Somerville nonprofit behavioral health & human services provider. CEO, Endear, Inc, https://haoforcambridge.com/
CARRIE PASQUARELLO (B.A. San Diego State University, Grossmont College) Residence: North Cambridge. Former international work & volunteer U.S. State Department (Rome, Milan, Bangkok). 2014 - Current: CEO & Co-Founder, Global Secure Resources, Inc. (Manages development of global security and safety standards especially for the vulnerable-seniors, students, people targeted for race, sex, or religion). Author: Study Abroad Safety. Volunteer past, current: Boston Area Rape Crisis Center (BARCC), Cambridge Women Business Accelerator Meet-Up Group. https://www.carriecaresforcambridge.com/
INCUMBENTS
PATTY NOLAN (A.B.Harvard; MPPM Yale School of Management). Resident: West Cambridge. Former Consultant McKinsey & Co. (3 years). Former CEO Clivus Multrum (3 years) ProGroup (3 years); Former Consultant Local Initiatives Support Corporation (2 years). Cambridge School Committee Member (14 years). 2 term City Councillor. Active in: Issues around Energy and Climate; Multi-modal Transit; Envision implementation; City Governance (Finance transparency, Charter Review). https://pattynolan.org/
PAUL TONER (B.A. Boston University; M.Ed. U. Mass, Boston; J.D. Suffolk University). Resident: North Cambridge. Former teacher, Cambridge Public Schools; Former president, Cambridge Teachers Association and MA Teachers Association; Aspen Pahara and Broad Academy Fellow. Former Exec. Dir. Teach Plus MA; MA Board of Higher Ed.; Education Commission of the States. 1 term City Councillor. Common Sense leadership/Neighborhood and business advocate https://www.tonerforcambridge.com/
Elections Matter!
REGISTER TO VOTE by Oct.27 HERE: https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ovr/
Find out if you are Registered to Vote? HERE: https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ovr/
APPLY NOW for a MAIL-IN/DROP OFF BALLOT:HERE
You will receive it in early October and can either mail it back or drop it off in one of the city drop boxes (see below). About 40% of Cambridge residents last election used a mail-in/drop off ballot.
We encourage voting as soon as you receive it, but you can mail it in up to 1 week before the election on November 7. Or you can drop it off from Oct.13th through Nov 3.
The drop off boxes are open 24 hours day at the following locations: Main Ballot Drop Box: Open from Friday, October 13, 2023 to Election Day, Tuesday, November 7, 2023 at 8 p.m. Coffon Building - Right-side of the building located at 51 Inman St Satellite Drop Box Locations: Open from Friday, October 13, 2023 to Monday, November 6, 2023 at 8 p.m. City Hall - Near the back door of the building located at 795 Massachusetts Ave Morse School - Near the front entrance of the building location at 40 Granite St Cambridge Police Headquarters - Near the front of the building located at 125 6th St Maria L. Baldwin School - Right-side of the Oxford Street entrance of the building located at 85 Oxford Street O'Neill Library - Adjacent to the entrance stairs of the building located at 70 Rindge Ave.
Walk-In voting: Oct. 28-Nov. 3. You can also return your ballot in person at the Cambridge Election Commission office at 51 Inman Street during regular office hours: Mondays 8:30 am - 8:00 pm; Tuesdays through Thursdays 8:30 am - 5:00 pm; Fridays 8:30 am - 12:00 Noon. The Election Commission office will be closed on Monday, October 9th to an election official at a designated early voting location during early voting hours.
Regular voting (in person) is November 7.
Find out where you vote: HERE
REGISTER TO VOTE by Oct.27 HERE: https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ovr/
Find out if you are Registered to Vote? HERE: https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ovr/
APPLY NOW for a MAIL-IN/DROP OFF BALLOT:HERE
You will receive it in early October and can either mail it back or drop it off in one of the city drop boxes (see below). About 40% of Cambridge residents last election used a mail-in/drop off ballot.
We encourage voting as soon as you receive it, but you can mail it in up to 1 week before the election on November 7. Or you can drop it off from Oct.13th through Nov 3.
The drop off boxes are open 24 hours day at the following locations: Main Ballot Drop Box: Open from Friday, October 13, 2023 to Election Day, Tuesday, November 7, 2023 at 8 p.m. Coffon Building - Right-side of the building located at 51 Inman St Satellite Drop Box Locations: Open from Friday, October 13, 2023 to Monday, November 6, 2023 at 8 p.m. City Hall - Near the back door of the building located at 795 Massachusetts Ave Morse School - Near the front entrance of the building location at 40 Granite St Cambridge Police Headquarters - Near the front of the building located at 125 6th St Maria L. Baldwin School - Right-side of the Oxford Street entrance of the building located at 85 Oxford Street O'Neill Library - Adjacent to the entrance stairs of the building located at 70 Rindge Ave.
Walk-In voting: Oct. 28-Nov. 3. You can also return your ballot in person at the Cambridge Election Commission office at 51 Inman Street during regular office hours: Mondays 8:30 am - 8:00 pm; Tuesdays through Thursdays 8:30 am - 5:00 pm; Fridays 8:30 am - 12:00 Noon. The Election Commission office will be closed on Monday, October 9th to an election official at a designated early voting location during early voting hours.
Regular voting (in person) is November 7.
Find out where you vote: HERE
CCC'S 2023 ELECTION EFFORTS ARE ON THE MOVE...
