MARLBOROUGH – Marlborough Mayor J. Christian Dumais has announced the hiring of Ashland resident Heather Gutierrez as his executive administrator.
Gutierrez officially began her position on Jan. 1. She returns to the city after previously serving as a paralegal within the city solicitor’s office. Prior to her return, Gutierrez worked as the paralegal for the Commonwealth’s Division of Local Services, Municipal Finance Law Bureau and most recently as the citizen participation officer for the city of Framingham.
In addition to her roles in government, Gutierrez possesses more than a decade of experience as a small business owner in legal and immigration services, working closely with local, state and federal government agencies.
In his inaugural address, Dumais noted that the executive administrator will be personally responsible for overseeing constituent services within his office. In addition to that, Gutierrez will manage scheduling requests for the mayor, assist with citywide projects and act as an adviser to the mayor on a range of issues, among many other day-to-day functions.
Gutierrez also speaks Spanish, and she has worked extensively with the Hispanic/Latin communities, predominantly people from Central and South America, in previous roles. She will continue that work in the mayor’s office assisting with translation and outreach efforts to the Hispanic/Latin community throughout the city.
“Heather brings both a tremendous amount of talent and personality to the mayor’s office. One of my priorities was to bring in an individual who spoke Spanish and has a background in constituent services. With Heather, we got both and then some. I am confident that her professional background in government and in the private sector will serve the residents of Marlborough extremely well. We are excited to have her back at the city of Marlborough,” said Dumais.
“I am very excited to return to Marlborough in this new role supporting the mayor and mayor’s office. I look forward to working alongside former and new co-workers to assist in furthering the mayor’s goals and objectives to better the city. I am particularly eager to utilize my fluency in Spanish and background working with the Central and South American communities to begin outreach efforts here in the city,” said Gutierrez.
