MEET PAUL
New Leadership Delivering Results for Our Community
CIVIC EXPERIENCE
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3 Terms on Gloucester City Council, 2 years as President
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6 Years on Gloucester Planning Board, 2 years as Chair
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10 Years as a Trustee of Addison Gilbert/Beverly Hospitals; chair of the Quality and Patient Experience Committee
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Served on the Boards of Sawyer Free Library and Wellspring House
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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Began transportation career as a train conductor on the Chicago & North Western Railway (C&NW) in Chicago
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40 year management career serving as Vice President-Labor Relations and Senior Vice President-Operations at C&NW (trains), Great Lakes Transportation (ships and trains), Maersk SeaLand (ships), RailAmerica (trains) and Central Maine & Quebec Railway (trains)
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Served as General Manager of Boston’s Commuter Rail
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
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Educated in the Gloucester Public Schools – GHS Class of 1969
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Received Bachelors and MBA degrees from Northwestern University, Chicago
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Grandfather Paul immigrated from Sweden to work in Cape Ann granite quarries. Became City Assessor of Gloucester
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Father Robert practiced surgery at Addison Gilbert for 35 years. Served as Chairman of the Gloucester Board of Health