South Hadley officials pick former Fitchburg mayor Lisa Wong as next town administrator >Published: 7/2/2021 9:19:53 PM
SOUTH HADLEY The town’s Select Board has decided on a candidate that members hope will become the next town administrator.
In a unanimous vote, the board voted early Friday morning to make an offer to Lisa Wong, the 41-year-old town manager in Winchester. The town must now complete contract negotiations with Wong before she is hired for the position.
Wong has been town manager in Winchester since 2018. She previously served as the mayor of Fitchburg from 2008 to 2016, making her the first Asian American woman in Massachusetts to become a mayor and the first minority to serve in that role in the city’s 243-year history. She drew headlines for turning the city’s finances around, boosting its stabilization fund from $10,000 when she took office to more than $5 million work that boosted the city’s bond rating from BBB- to A-, according to The Telegra
Sullivan offers to extend contract with S Hadley as search for administrator continues
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South Hadley Selectboard votes to reopen search for town administrator
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South Hadley search for new town administrator on hiatus after three of the four finalists withdraw from consideration
Updated 11:57 AM;
SOUTH HADLEY – The search for a new town administrator to replace Michael Sullivan, who plans to retire June 30, is on hiatus following the withdrawal of three of the four finalists who had been under consideration for the job, that was advertised with a salary of about $140,000 per year.
A total of 20 had applied, and the search committee had selected four finalists to be publicly interview by South Hadley Selectboard.
According to Bernard F. Lynch, the founder and principal at Community Paradigm Associates, LLC, who was contracted by South Hadley to help direct the search process, two of the four finalists withdrew prior to last week’s meeting, when two finalists were publicly disclosed for the first time.