To the editor:
As a Swampscott resident for 30 years who has known Liz Smith for virtually all of that time, I am pleased to enthusiastically endorse her candidacy for the Swampscott Select Board. She has experience as a successful businesswoman, a mother, and an advocate for Swampscott, particularly for her efforts to clean up its beaches. An MIT Sloan School of Management graduate, she is one of the brightest people I know. Yet, Liz brings a down to earth style and a natural curiosity to all her interactions.
Serving in international roles as a management consultant and manufacturing leader, Liz has an outstanding record of achieving positive results within complex systems, collaborating with people of all types to solve major problems. She’s applied those talents to clean our beaches, first as a volunteer and then as the town’s Chair of the Water and Sewer Infrastructure Committee. Not adverse to literally getting her hands dirty, Liz has even waded into some of the not so clean beach waters to personally test quality. Proximity to the ocean is one of the charms of Swampscott, so it’s comforting to know someone is so committed to its safety.
Electing Liz will expand that dedication and skill to other critical town initiatives. She will approach each decision with an openness to understanding the facts and to communicating information to us with full transparency. Knowing personally of her skills and integrity, I couldn’t be more excited to support Liz’s desire to serve our town!
Sincerely,
Howard Seidel
Swampscott
