I would like to announce my candidacy for re-election to the Select Board
If you feel I asked for your vote just a short time ago, you are right! I was elected to the Select Board in the September 1st special election, and am now running for re-election to that same seat for a three-year term.
Since joining the Board, I have been directly involved in decisions surrounding elementary school buildings and engaged in challenging discussions about the Town’s capital and operating budgets and town wide financial plan, among a myriad of other undertakings. I am the Board’s representative on the Town’s Mobility Committee and represent Wellesley on the MBTA and MWRTA Advisory Boards. I also represent Wellesley on the Metropolitan Area Planning Council and The MetroWest Regional Collaborative. Engagement in these groups has allowed me to use my strength as a collaborator to form relationships with our neighboring towns and to advocate strongly on Wellesley’s behalf on transit and other matters. I was recently asked by the MBTA Advisory Board to join their Budgetary Committee.
I served as chair of Wellesley’s Audit Committee and am a Town Meeting Member. I have twelve years of experience as a Chartered Accountant, working with PricewaterhouseCoopers in the UK and the US.
I have been very engaged in civic activities for over a decade. I was a neighborhood representative in the redevelopment of Linden Square, have supported our schools as treasurer of Sprague PTO and of Central Council of PTOs, and was Co-President of Wellesley High School PTSO. I also served as treasurer for Sustainable Wellesley. I have a history of cooperative, constructive, and respectful engagement with the people and organizations I have worked with.
My experience on the Select Board combined with my role as a Town Meeting Member, career as an accountant, and work as a civic volunteer gives me a strong foundation to continue my service on the Select Board. If reelected, I would further the work I have begun on sustainable mobility and in budget development during this challenging fiscal climate.
I respectfully ask for your vote on March 2nd.
Colette Aufranc
Hill Top Road
Having known Colette Aufranc for over two decades I have come to appreciate her as an intelligent, insightful, committed citizen, parent, and confident. She is a person of integrity, wisdom, and charm whose dedication to the Wellesley community, school system, and governance has established her as an essential individual to serve her fellow citizens on the Wellesley Select Board. She will certainly have my vote and deserves yours as well. P.A.