Chief James Hicks, has been in law enforcement for over 30 years. He became the Chief of Police in Natick in 2011. Prior to that he was the Chief of Police in Bedford for 9 years and worked for the Waltham Police Department rising to the rank of Lieutenant. Chief Hicks also has experience in college campus policing at Brandeis University and MIT. He has had the opportunity to hold many leadership roles in his extensive career including President of the Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association in 2013, President of the Middlesex Chiefs of Police Association, Chairman of the Massachusetts Municipal Police Training and Committee and Vice Chairman of the International Association of Chiefs of Police State Association of Chiefs of Police Division. He has also served on several working groups and organizations which include Middlesex Community College Board of Trustees and Board of Directors for NEADS World Class Service Dogs. Chiefs Hicks currently serves a member of Natick is United and the Natick Freedom Team.
Dr. Anna Nolin is Superintendent of Schools for the Natick Public Schools where she has worked in various leadership capacities for the last 17 years. She has worked as a middle level educator in Metrowest for the past 24 years serving as a teacher, drama director, grant writer, curriculum developer and consultant. Beginning with her years as a teacher in inner city NYC schools, Dr. Nolin’s longstanding focus around middle schoolers revolves around community organizing and building community partnerships to support the development of student resilience. She has been a national presenter on the topic of bullying, use of literature to direct students’ social development, is a collaborator with the Humanities and social justice organization Facing History and Ourselves, was a profiled teacher in the book, When the Drama Club is Not Enough: Lessons from the Safe Schools Program for Gay and Lesbian Students and has recently been accepted as a national presenter for the Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development’s spring conference in Chicago (ASCD) in the area of school implementation of effective and engaging 1:1 laptop programming. She holds a BA in English and Secondary Education from Middlebury College, a Master’s from Harvard University’s Risk and Prevention Program in Human Development and Psychology, and her doctorate from Boston College where she is conducted research on effective leadership around school-based 1:1 computing programs. annolin@natickps.org
Karen Adelman-Foster is the Vice Chair of the Natick Board of Selectmen. She previously served as a member of the Natick School Committee, has been a Town Meeting Representative for twenty years, and for three years was the co-chair of the Natick Education Foundation Board. Karen works at the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) as its Senior Communications Strategist. At MAPC, her job is to help explain the agency's research and principles in a range of areas from equity in wealth and health, to housing for all, to municipal governance. Karen is married to Robert Foster and has three grown children, Seth, Leah, and Noah.
Sue Salamoff, a long time Natick resident has a great history of service of this town. She is currently a Natick Selectman and a member of several organizations and committees such as Natick 180, Natick is United, The Freedom Team, and Town Meeting. She is a former member of Personnel Board, the Community-Senior Center Building Committee and former Chair of the Natick Council on Aging, the Charter Commission and Finance Committee. Sue retired from elder services and home health care industry.
ssalamoff@natickma.org
Lieutenant Rossi has been at the Natick Police Department for 26 years. She has served in different capacities from patrol officer, patrol Sergeant and now as a Lieutenant and the Commander of the Operations Division, which includes Patrol. Lt. Rossi also serves as Public Information Officer and Social Media Coordinator. Lt. Rossi is in charge of training for the department and also Community Services. In her capacity as a Lt., she wears many hats but her proudest work has been both with Natick 180 and the Opioid Task Force. She is also proud for creating the Empowering, Mentoring and Supporting Women in Law Enforcement seminars, for which she received the Massachusetts Association of Women in Law Enforcement Mentoring Award in 2018. (pictured here) Prior to police work, Lt. Rossi was a Caseworker for the MA Department of Youth Services and before that, she worked for The Key Program both in a residential treatment program and then doing outreach work in the community. Lt. Rossi graduated from Ashland High, and both UMASS Lowell with a BS in Criminal Justice and from Anna Maria College she obtained a MA in Criminal Justice Management.
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