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2009 Program Members

Emerge Massachusetts just concluded its second year of training a diverse group of remarkable Democratic women. Click on the links below to learn more about these fabulous women who are about to "Emerge" and change the political landscape of Massachusetts for the better!

Angela M. Williams-Mitchell

Angela M. Williams-Mitchell is a Boston Police Officer, and has been a member of the department for nineteen years, and is the first Woman to be elected President of the Massachusetts Association of Minority Law Enforcement Officers.
Celeste Scott

Celeste's passion resides in supporting her community, and especially youth, in Lawrence through her volunteer work, and she is actively engaged in her local Democratic Ward Committee, and volunteers with Lawrence Community Works.
Dian Taylor

A current candidate in the 2009 Alderman elections, Dian's mission is to help the residents in her community achieve the prospects of new developments on their existing properties and to rebuild newer homes in the city for first time homebuyers.
Ethel Stafford

Ethel has done extensive volunteer work for her church, The United House of Prayer for All People, where she has been a member for 38 years. Ethel is married, with a daughter and son and five granddaughters.
Candice Baldwin

Since her arrival, Candice has created the Balfour Peer Leader & Mentor program designed to assist in the recruitment, retention, and graduation of multicultural students and became an adjunct professor in the Math department.
Susan Chalifoux Zephir
Leominster City Councilor

Sue joined the Emerge class when she narrowly lost her race for State Representative. Emerge gave her to tools to start her next campaign stronger than ever and run it smarter. In November 2009, she topped the ticket for Leominster City Council, beating out every incumbent.
Sharon Guzik
Medford School Committee

Sharon made the decision to run, after years as an activist, after her first Emerge weekend. Her Emerge training gave her the confidence she needed to take on the establishment School Committee in her town and the network of support she formed kept her going through a tough campaign. In November 2009, she won a seat on the Medford School Committee beating three incumbents.
Rebecca Woodworth Brodie

A former legal aid attorney, Rebecca is dedicated to making justice more accessible. In 2008, she was selected by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly as an "Up and Coming" Attorney and was appointed to the Massachusetts Bar Association's Committee on Access to Justice.
Marianne Delpo Kulow

As the mother of two children under the age of eight, Marianne has spent the past decade conducting extensive field research on the topic of balancing pregnancy, parenting, & work outside the home-a topic on which she hopes to influence public policy.
Lucy Joffe

Currently, Lucy works as a Legislative Aide to New York City Council Member Dan Garodnick, formulating his agenda, researching proposed legislation and preparing for committee hearings.
Jacquetta Van Zandt

Jacquetta is a founding member of the Society of Black Socialites, a social organization dedicated to the empowerment and upward mobility of young African-American women in her community.
Jasmine Beach-Ferrara

Jasmine is the director of The Progressive Project (TPP) and a student at Harvard Divinity School. The Progressive Project connects people and communities to political action and develops new organizing models and strategies.
Karen Lischinsky

Three years ago, Karen began teaching courses on racism, sexism, homophobia & domestic violence to police officers through the Quinn bill; she presently teaches a sociology class at Norfolk Prison through the Boston University Prison Program.
Larisa K. Schelkin

Prior to immigrating to the United States with her family, Larisa was employed as a petroleum engineer and petroleum engineering research and development specialist at the Russian Oil and Gas Research Institute in Moscow.
Judy Neufeld

Judy Neufeld is an alumna of the Emerge Massachusetts Class of 2009. Before starting as the Executive Director of Emerge Massachusetts in February 2010, she was the Manager of Recruitment and Community Partnerships at Big Sister Association of Greater Boston, the largest and oldest mentoring organization in Greater Boston exclusively serving girls.
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