At Norwood Representative Town Meeting, elected members and any officials granted voting rights decide town business.
Body Overview
- Government Level: Municipal
- Jurisdiction: Town of Norwood
- Status: Current
- Authorized Seats: 261
- Current Vacancies: 11
Current Members
| Seat | Member | Selection | Service | Party | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District 1 | Normand P. Beauchemin | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 1 | Robert J. Blood | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 1 | Judith E. Bromley | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 1 | Courtney Lynn Bruno | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 1 | Edward Francis Cleary | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 1 | George Thorne Curtis Jr. | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 1 | Doris J. Dickson | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 1 | Daniel J. Dobbels | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 1 | Arlene K. Fry | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 1 | James Michael Geraghty | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 1 | Terry Gipson | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 1 | Kathleen A. Golden | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 1 | Barbara Jeanne Hopcroft | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 1 | Francis J. Hopcroft | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 1 | Joan Marie Jacobs | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 1 | Andrew Earl Jones | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 1 | Meaghan Merrigan Kowalski | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 1 | Kevin Michael Kuietauskas | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 1 | Remy Elizabeth Lawrence | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 1 | Thomas David Lorentz | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 1 | Richard Michael Morrison | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 1 | Thomas J. Mulkern | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 1 | William J. Plasko | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 1 | Cashman Kerr Prince | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 1 | Kathleen J. Sibbing-Dunn | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 1 | Michael Joseph Thornton Jr. | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 1 | Alexander Vargus | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 1 | Jeanne C. Vautour | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 1 | Mary Jeanne Wesley | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 2 | Catherine Mary Barnicle | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 2 | Gerrit Betz | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 2 | Brian Joseph Clark | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 2 | Rebecca Chabot Deeks | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 2 | Kyle R. Gekopi | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 2 | Jennifer J. Gorman | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 2 | Christopher P. Griffin | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 2 | Natalie A. Hebshie | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 2 | Allan D. Howard | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 2 | Michael E. Jusczyk | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 2 | Scott Damien Maffei | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 2 | Thomas M. McClintock | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 2 | Patrick T. Moloney | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 2 | Katie Christina Neal-Rizzo | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 2 | Thomas M. Nee Jr. | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 2 | Martin Joseph O'Brien | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 2 | Sarah N. Quinn | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 2 | Carolyn Ann Rocklen | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 2 | Corey P. Sansone | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 2 | Joseph F. Sheehan | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 2 | Cecilia Teehan | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 2 | Stephen Patrick Teehan | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 2 | Simon Tuchman | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 2 | Karen Marie Walsh | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 2 | James R. West | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 2 | Stephen Edward Willett | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 2 | Patrick Charles Zambito | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 2 | Vacant | — | — | — | — |
| District 2 | Vacant | — | — | — | — |
| District 3 | Julie Ann Barbour-Issa | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 3 | Suzanne E. Bartlett | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 3 | Michal F. Bergeron | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 3 | Michael Christopher Berry | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 3 | Mason Alan Clark | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 3 | Douglas Joseph Cohen | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 3 | Keisha B. Desir | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 3 | Danielle A. Diforio | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 3 | George H. Durante | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 3 | Paul W. Eysie | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 3 | Paula Edith Gorin | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 3 | Brian J. Gunning | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 3 | Jennifer P. Harty | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 3 | Deborah A. Holmwood | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 3 | Judith A. Howard | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 3 | Matthew Gerrit Huisman | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 3 | Edward M. Lynch Jr. | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 3 | Katherine A. Mandigo | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 3 | Mark Charles Mandigo | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 3 | Edward Anthony Michenzie | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 3 | William M. Naumann | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 3 | Christopher C. Randall | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 3 | Kimberly Randall | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 3 | Linda Bernadette Rau | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 3 | Patterson A. Riley Jr. | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 3 | Lynne D. Roberts | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 3 | Linda Mary Thomas | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 3 | Nora Bloom Zaldivar | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 3 | Vacant | — | — | — | — |
| District 4 | Victor James Babel | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 4 | Stephen Bruce Brody | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 4 | Charles Desmond Burgess Jr. | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 4 | Anthony Joseph Copponi | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 4 | Joseph L. Farulla | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 4 | Susan B. Fitzgerald | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 4 | Patrick C. Griffin | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 4 | Anne Marie Haley | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 4 | David Hern Jr. | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 4 | Christopher R. Jordan | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 4 | Richard G. Kelly | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 4 | Denise D. Kiley | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 4 | Stephen P. Konetchy | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 4 | Matthew E. Lane | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 4 | Patricia A. Lanzoni | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 4 | Patrick McDonough | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 4 | Peter T. McFarland | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 4 | Janet E. Michalos | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 4 | Kathryn Ann Mulligan | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 4 | Roberta R. Myers | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 4 | Paul Edward Needham | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 4 | William Joseph Odonnell | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 4 | Anna Cembrola Sangalang | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 4 | Joseph Paul Sarno | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 4 | Alan D. Slater | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 4 | Amy Elizabeth Sobchuk | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 4 | Teresa Marie Stewart | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 4 | Katherine Laura Tremblay | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 4 | Brianna Mae Whelan | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 5 | Joseph S. Barrett | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 5 | Karen L. Brenner | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 5 | Rachel E D Churchill | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 5 | John E. Conway | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 5 | John Joseph Corcoran III | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 5 | Robert G. Donnelly | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 5 | Antoinette M. Eosco | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 5 | Steven Joseph Eosco | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 5 | David Joseph Christopher Ford | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 5 | Ariel Hyre | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 5 | Cheryl R. Jordan | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 5 | Constance Felicia Jordan | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 5 | Mark P. Joseph | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 5 | Richard James Lamb | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 5 | Christopher J. Little | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 5 | Kevin Gerard Murphy | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 5 | Kellie Ann Noumi | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 5 | Jane Ellen Phalen | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 5 | Michael Saad | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 5 | Carl Edward Smith Jr. | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 5 | Jody M. Smith | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 5 | Michelle Louise St Pierre | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 5 | Kenneth A. Stevens | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 5 | James French Strother | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 5 | Christopher T. Wristen | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 5 | Vacant | — | — | — | — |
| District 5 | Vacant | — | — | — | — |
| District 5 | Vacant | — | — | — | — |
| District 5 | Vacant | — | — | — | — |
| District 6 | John J. Aprea III | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 6 | Patricia Anne Bailey | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 6 | David Brian Bliss | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 6 | Jonathan R. Cain | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 6 | Frederick Cannon Jr. | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 6 | Susan Anne Davis | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 6 | Robert John Disario | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 6 | Helen Abdallah Donohue | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 6 | Cheryl Lynn Doyle | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 6 | Irene Gotovich | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 6 | Henry R. Graham | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 6 | Kathleen Ann Guiod | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 6 | Thomas Joseph Guiod | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 6 | John R Hall Jr. | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 6 | John Edmund Higgins Jr. | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 6 | Emily Fay Hoadley | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 6 | George Tanios Homsi | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 6 | Holly Ck Jones | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 6 | Sharon F. Lephew | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 6 | Timothy P. Lephew | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 6 | Kellyn Cathaleen Martin | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 6 | John W. McTernan | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 6 | Edmund Whelan Mulvehill Jr. | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 6 | Christopher J. Rogers | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 6 | Matthew Shanahan | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 6 | Kevin J. Shaughnessy | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 6 | David J. Tuttle | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 6 | Mark J. Whouley | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 6 | Vacant | — | — | — | — |
| District 7 | Dominic Bartucca | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 7 | Emily L. Caille | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 7 | Michael Gerard Chisholm | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 7 | John J. Colamaria | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 7 | Martha E. Colamaria | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 7 | Kevin Lawrence Connolly | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 7 | William F. Costello III | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 7 | Robert Joseph Crossen Jr. | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 7 | Sarah Joy Dixon | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 7 | Robert E. Drake | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 7 | William J. Gorman Jr. | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 7 | Amanda R. Grow | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 7 | Nicholas P. Grow | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 7 | Elizabeth Anne Hestad | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 7 | Douglas Bradford Jasset | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 7 | Anthony Jude Ketchel | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 7 | Christian M. Ketchel | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 7 | Julia Katherine Leone | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 7 | Edward P. Lynch | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 7 | Anne L. Mackiewicz | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 7 | Angela D. Maclean | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 7 | Benjamin Alton Moser | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 7 | Cheryl Nardelli | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 7 | Mark Nardelli | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 7 | Leo O'Brien | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 7 | Patrick Ronan | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 7 | David P. Ruggiero | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 7 | James Phillip Stuart | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 7 | Shaela T. Welch | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 8 | Carolyn F. Barrows | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 8 | Michael William Brodigan | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 8 | Mary Louise Cantarow | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 8 | Edward Ferris | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 8 | Neil J. Flynn | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 8 | Natalie S. Flynn-Schofield | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 8 | Vincent Fruci | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 8 | Maria C. Henry | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 8 | James Kirker | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 8 | Judith A. Langone | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 8 | Gail Lisa Lidonni | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 8 | Doris B. Lowe | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 8 | Meghan Rose Macmore | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 8 | Dennis P. Mawn | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 8 | Anne M. Mazzola | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 8 | Florentine K. Overko | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 8 | Brian Patrick Palmateer | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 8 | Craig T. Reekie | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 8 | Kevin M. Reilly | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 8 | Michael George Rezek | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 8 | David M. Roman-Martin | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 8 | Brian P. Sanborn | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 8 | Sandra L. Sansone | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 8 | Gerard A. Shea | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 8 | Jean Ferrara Taylor | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 8 | John E. Taylor | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 8 | Rachael Delia Webber | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 8 | Jennie Heui-Jeong Woo | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 8 | Monica Phillips Young | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 9 | Frank P. Adams | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 9 | Kathryn Kinzel Ahnger-Pier | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 9 | Myev A. Bodenhofer | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 9 | Eleanor A. Brady | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 9 | Joan L. Briggs | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 9 | Kevin Richard Broderick | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 9 | John Anthony Carbone | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 9 | Ruth Elizabeth Copponi | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 9 | Karen D. Curran | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 9 | Tracy A. Deshiro | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 9 | Alexander P. Desilva | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 9 | Eric Wilson Fleming | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 9 | George J. Hawley | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 9 | Carolyn Elizabeth Hutchens | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 9 | Michael C. Lessard | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 9 | Patricia E. Lessard | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 9 | Jennifer Ann Londergan | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 9 | Ronald Eric Mastrobattista | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 9 | Edward James Mourad | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 9 | Heather Craig Olins | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 9 | Stanley Joseph Olsson | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 9 | Gregory Orphanos | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 9 | Michael T. Sheehan | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 9 | Jamie K. Singelais | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 9 | Sarah E. Sullivan | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 9 | Jeffrey T. Weidenaar | Elected | Not Verified | Not Verified | — |
| District 9 | Vacant | — | — | — | — |
| District 9 | Vacant | — | — | — | — |
| District 9 | Vacant | — | — | — | — |
Presiding Officers
- Town Moderator: Gerri S. Slater — Member at Large by Virtue of Elected Office; Service: April 6th, 2026 — Present; Party: Not Verified; Presiding Officer and Member at Large; This office-based at-large role adds one distinct current voter outside the 261 district positions.
Ex Officio Members
- Chair of the Board of Selectmen: Matthew E. Lane — Member at Large by Virtue of Elected Office; Service: April 6th, 2026 — Present; Party: Not Verified; Member at Large; This office-based at-large role does not add a second vote because the current chair also occupies an elected district seat.
- Chair of the Finance Commission: Eric W. Fleming — Member at Large by Virtue of Elected Office; Service: April 1st, 2024 — Present; Party: Not Verified; Member at Large; This office-based at-large role does not add a second vote because the current chair also occupies an elected district seat.
- Chair of the School Committee: David Michael Hiltz Jr. — Member at Large by Virtue of Elected Office; Service: April 1st, 2024 — Present; Party: Not Verified; Member at Large; This office-based at-large role adds one distinct current voter outside the 261 district positions.
- Town Clerk: Suzanne Rein — Member at Large by Virtue of Appointed Office; Service: Not Verified; Party: Not Verified; Member at Large; This office-based at-large role adds one distinct current voter outside the 261 district positions.
Official Resources
- Town of Norwood — Town Meeting
- Town of Norwood General Bylaws, Article I — Representative Town Meeting
- Town of Norwood — Town Meeting Members by District, May 15, 2026
Sources and Verification
Last Verified: August 28, 2026
- Town of Norwood — Town Meeting — Current Official Body Page (Checked August 28, 2026)
- Town of Norwood General Bylaws, Article I — Representative Town Meeting — Official Municipal Bylaw (Checked August 28, 2026)
- Town of Norwood — Town Meeting Members by District, May 15, 2026 — Current Official Roster (Checked August 28, 2026)
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