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Brigette Peterson prides herself on building strong, long-lasting relationships in her professional and personal lives, dating back to her days growing up in Marlborough and Hudson.
“I was always kind of involved,” the 1982 Hudson Catholic High School graduate said of her community involvement in Marlborough and Hudson. “I couldn’t go anyplace where I didn’t know somebody.”
Being stopped at the grocery store or the football field changed only briefly when Peterson and her husband, Mark, moved west to the rapidly growing central Arizona town of Gilbert in 1995.
After a few years of learning about and volunteering in the community, Peterson ran for a seat on the town’s Planning Commission, a role she held for 14 years. She took the next step in her political career in 2014 when she was elected to Gilbert’s town council. Peterson served two terms before resigning last March to run for mayor.