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Executive Committee

The April 2024 business meeting of the Lexington Democratic Town Committee took place on April 4, 2024 using Zoom on-line conference. The agenda included election of officers for the term 2024-26. The following officers were unanimously elected:

Margaret E. Coppe, Co-Chair, 202 Katahdin Drive, Lexington, MA 02421 (339) 223-0832 mecoppe@gmail.com

Marc A. Saint Louis, Co-Chair, 5 Brookwood Rd, Lexington, MA 02420 (781) 652-8255 marcsaintlouis@yahoo.com

Irene Dondley, Treasurer and Corresponding Secretary, 22 Leonard Road, Lexington, MA 02420

Robert D. Peters, Recording Secretary, 43 Fifer Lane, Lexington, MA 02420

Eileen Gordon Zalisk, Vice-Chair, Campaigns, 118 Grant Street, Lexington, MA 02420
(781) 861-7454 zalisk@aol.com

Lorraine M. West, Vice-Chair for Hospitality, 18 Locust Ave, Lexington, MA 02421

Robert M. Avallone, Webmaster, 21 Constitution Road, Lexington MA 02421

Mabel Amar, Affirmative Action & Outreach Officer, 119 Simonds Road, Lexington MA 02420

Alan Silver, Member-at-Large, 15 Baskin Road, Lexington, MA 02421

Judith Pappo, Member-at-Large, 73 Grassfield Street, Lexington MA 02421

Elected Members


Name Date First Elected Notes
Sarah Bothwell Allen May 2021
Cynthia Arens April 2025
Robert M. Avallone February 2008  
Sallye Bleiberg September 2018  
Deborah Burger March 2020  
Todd Burger September 2018  
Jeanne P. Canale March 2024
Richard L. Canale March 2024
Marci Jo Cemenska March 2024
Michelle Ciccolo March 2012  
Matthew Cohen March 2020  
Margaret E. Coppe March 2012  
James Cameron Eisenberg March 2024
Andrew Friedlich March 2024
Henrietta Rita Goldberg February 2008  
Mary Beth Gentleman April 2016  
Margaret B. Heitz March 2012  
Mary Hutton September 2018  
Jyotsna Kakullavarapu April 2022  
Sarah Nathan March 2016  
Michelle Olson April 2018  
Bridger McGaw September 2021  
Sean Osborne April 2024
Joseph N. Pato March 2012  
Fernando Elias Quezada March 2024
Marc A. Saint Louis March 2012  
Deepika Sawhney March 2024
Alan Silver January 2015  
Taylor Singh March 2020  
Merna Victor March 2012  
Lorraine M. West February 2008  
Robert Zalisk March 2016  

Ex-Officio (State Committee)

Name Elected Lexington Committee Elected State Committee
Mabel Amar March 2004 April 2020
Robert D. Peters February 2005 April 2008
Melanie A. Thompson March 2012 April 2016
Eileen G. Zalisk March 2012 April 2016
Kaveesh Pathak March 2023 May 2023

20 Year Members

Name Elected Terms
Mabel H. Amar 2004-2024
Michael Barrett 1996 - 2016
Narain Bhatia 1994 – 2014
Irene Dondley 2001 – 2021
George Foote 1984 – 2004
Susan Foote 1984 – 1996, 2008 – 2016
Jay R. Kaufman 1990 – 2010
Jeanne K. Krieger 2004-2024
Judith Pappo 2004-2024
Alice Pierce 1973 – 1993
James M. Shaw 1998 – 1992, 2003 – 2018
Melinda M. Walker 2003 - 2023
Sarah L. Warren 1999 - 2019
 

Associate Members

Name Date First Elected
Kunal Botla 2024
Sreeni Chippada 2024
Sandra Hackman 2025
Valerie Overton 2017
Alex Tsouvalas 2024
Vinita Verma 2022
Linda Welter 2025

The Committee would like to recognize the delegates elected to attend the 2025 State Convention plus the ex-officio members from Lexington

Name Role
Mabel Amar Female Delegate
Robert Avallone Male Delegate
Michael Barrett Ex-Officio
Todd Burger Male Delegate
Jeanne Canale Female Delegate
Richard Canale Male Delegate
Michelle Ciccolo Ex-Officio
Margaret Coppe Ex-Officio
James Eisenberg Male Delegate
Andrew Friedlich Male Delegate
Mary Beth Gentleman Female Delegate
Margaret Heitz Female Delegate
Barbara Katzenberg Female Delegate
Maria LoConte Female Delegate
Kaveesh Pathak
Ex-Officio
Zoe Pery-Wood Female Delegate
Robert Peters
Ex-Officio
Marc Saint Louis
Male Delegate
Arjun Sarathy Male Delegate
Ruth Thomas Female Delegate
Melanie Thompson Female Delegate
Linda Welter Female Delegate
Robert Zalisk Male Delegate
Eileen Zalisk State Committee

ADDITIONAL POLITICAL CONTACTS

To send an E-mail to the following individuals click on their highlighted E-mail address. If their name is highlighted, clicking it will connect you to their Home Page.

President Donald J. Trump, president@whitehouse.gov White House

Senator Elizabeth Warren

Senator Edward Markey

Congresswomen Katherine Clark

Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll

Attorney General Andrea Campbell

State Senator Cindy Friedman, Cindy.Friedman@masenate.gov (Lexington Precincts 1, 2 and 4 to 7, inclusive)

State Senator Michael Barrett, Mike.Barrett@masenate.gov (Lexington Precincts 3, 8 and 9)

State Rep. Michelle Ciccolo (Lexington Precincts 1-5 and 7-9) michelle.ciccolo@mahouse.gov

State Rep. Ken Gordon (Lexington Precinct 6) ken.gordon@mahouse.gov

Massachusetts Democratic Party, Phone: (617) 939-0800

State party web site: www.massdems.org

The National Democratic Party Home Page is at www.democratics.org/

Greeting Barney Frank at the
Governor Deval Patrick
with then Senator Barack Obama
2006

 


 

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