Cal Finocchiaro Running For Melrose City Council Ward 6

MELROSE, MA – Carolyn (Cal) Finocchiaro is running for Melrose City Council representing Ward 6, one of the seven wards that make up the city.

Finocchiaro’s campaign will focus on:

• Being present to listen to and be a voice for all residents of Ward 6;
• Working with the new administration to continue to invest in schools, infrastructure, streets, and traffic safety;
• Collaborating with the City’s Director of Economic Recovery and Business Development and the Chamber of Commerce to continue to make the downtown business district vibrant and attractive to local businesses;
• Investing in capital projects and equipment in order to keep Melrose moving forward;
• Supporting the administration and schools to create a robust and responsible budget that will meet the needs of residents and students.

Born and raised in Melrose, Finocchiaro has called the city home for 44 years. She was a student at the Franklin Elementary School and a graduate of Melrose High School.

For the last nine years, she has served as a member of the Winthrop School PTO as student events coordinator, responsible for planning and facilitating student and school events while working within the budget.

For the last ten years Finocchiaro has served on the board of the incarnation baseball league and also a board member for the Melrose youth football and cheer program for the last two years. In addition, she has volunteered with the Melrose Food Drive and MHS Grad Night for the past few years. Her primary goals in each of these volunteer roles has always been to provide opportunities for the youth in our community and to try to help advance each program.

Along with volunteering, Finocchiaro worked in cancer research at Massachusetts General Hospital for eighteen years as a senior research manager managing the clinical trials and working with the budget and finance department to ensure funding was properly allocated.

She has also owned a small floral business in Melrose from 2005 until 2012 and is currently the owner of an interior design business. In May of 2020, when several of the businesses closed their doors due to Covid19, Finocchiaro organized a fundraiser called #MelroseStrong to raise over twelve thousand dollars that went directly to the small business owners in Melrose. In addition, Finocchiaro is the assistant coach of the MHS girls track team.

Finocchiaro and her husband, Mark, have three boys, all who attend the Melrose Public Schools.

She encourages Melrose community members to contact her at CalForWard6@gmail.com.