LYNN — Mayor-elect Jared Nicholson has created a Transition Committee to advise his incoming administration, along with the launch of a website to support his team’s outreach and recruitment.
The Transition Committee will be co-chaired by Faustina Cuevas, the city’s diversity, equity, and inclusion officer, and Magnolia Contreras, vice president of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and an Economic Development and Industrial Corporation of Lynn (EDIC/Lynn) board member.
Other members of the committee include Charles Gaeta, executive director of Lynn Housing Authority & Neighborhood Development (LHAND); Frances Martinez, president and chief executive officer of the North Shore Latino Business Association; Bob Tucker, president of the Friends of Lynn and Nahant Beach and former president of the Lynn City Council; Katie Cohen, former executive director of the North Shore Labor Council; Drew Russo, the city’s personnel director; Gordon Hall, president and chief executive officer of The Hall Company, Inc; Thavra Net, mental-health therapist and program director at Rainbow Adult Day Healthcare Center of Lynn; and Oren Wright, Lynn police officer and Lynn Public Schools security officer.
Nicholson said his team is thrilled to hit the ground running in this effort and they invite anyone who wants to participate to reach out.
“I’m also grateful for the deep thoughtfulness and foresight that Mayor (Thomas M.) McGee and his team are bringing to the transition process,” said Nicholson, who currently sits on the city’s School Committee. “We’re putting in the work to make this an inclusive and structured effort that sets us up for success in January and beyond.”
With the inauguration two months away, Nicholson said the top priority is to put together a team for his administration and use the website to make outreach as broad as possible to identify people who are interested in getting involved.
Nicholson’s Transition Committee will be in charge of advising him on the creation of the administration’s team, the elaboration of policy priorities, and the recruitment and facilitation of different voices and perspectives from the community.
After what he said was an intense campaign, Nicholson said the results his team experienced were really energizing and left them diving right into the transition.
“I wanted to make sure that we put some structure in place as soon as possible to make the most of the time we have over the next eight weeks before we take office,” said Nicholson.
Anyone interested in getting involved with the new administration can reach out directly through Nicholson’s website, www.lynnforallofus.com. There is a form to submit resumes and thoughts and suggestions to the mayor-elect.
