District Team
Jon Gould
District Director
Jon served as a staff member for six years for Senator Mark’s predecessor, Adam Hinds, as his Hilltown Community Liaison and then as District Director. Jon has a background as a newspaper reporter and as a teacher of English at Greenfield High School, Frontier Regional School, and Holyoke Community College. He’s lived in Williamsburg since 1996.
Casey Pease
Director of Constituent Services
Formerly serving as Campaign Manager for Senator Mark, Casey has a deep-rooted connection to the District having grown up in the Hilltowns in the town of Worthington and attended public school in the district. Casey then pursued higher education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he founded the UMass Progressives.
Casey’s dedication to politics and policy advocacy is evident throughout his career. He has actively participated in various campaigns, including serving on Senator Bernie Sanders’s 2016 Presidential Campaign. Additionally, Casey currently holds the position of Chair of the Savoy Planning Board, further exemplifying his commitment to community involvement and local governance.
Casey currently resides in the District in Berkshire County.
State House Team
Gitanjali Swamy
Senior Legislative & Policy Advisor
Gitanjali Swamy (Gita) is Senior Legislative and Policy Advisor for the Office of Senator mark at the Massachusetts State Senate. She previously served in the same role as well as Chief Legal Advisor to Senator Hinds. Dr. Swamy is also a representative to the EQUALS Global Partnership (a Joint Venture of the ITU, GSMA, UNU, UN Women) and an Adjunct Associate Professor at the School of International & Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University. She serves on the board of Direct Federal Credit Union Bank and the Pan-IIT Global.
Dr. Swamy has founded, built, served as board director in innovation enterprises, led the investment sourcing, structuring, and transaction of seed to over a billion USD deals, in her investment or professional roles at The Carlyle Group, Booz Allen & Hamilton, and IoTask, where she is a Managing Partner.
Dr. Swamy received her B. Tech in Electrical Engineering from the IIT Kanpur, where she was awarded several Academic Proficiency Prizes, her Ph.D. in EECS from the University of California at Berkeley, where she was an NSF Fellow & President of WICSE, and her MBA from Harvard Business School, where
Gabrielle Hanson
Legislative Director
Gabrielle Hanson is the Legislative Director for State Senator Paul Mark. She was formerly the Researcher in the Massachusetts House of Representatives for Representative Mark, where she was involved with telecommunications and redistricting matters. Prior to her employment, she graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a B.A. in political science. Throughout her studies, Gabrielle had various political advocacy and government internships which sparked her interest in government and public service.
Anthony Coviello
Communications Director
Anthony Coviello is the Communications Director for Massachusetts State Senator Paul Mark. Prior to taking this role Anthony, a Berkshire native and Wahconah Regional High School graduate, was a legal intern with Senator Mark’s Office, focusing his research and work in that role on the feasibility of an effective East-West passenger rail service, as well as the relationship between public and private sectors necessary to make the project a reality. Anthony is actively pursuing his J.D. at Suffolk University Law School, and completed his undergraduate studies in 3 years through Suffolk University’s 3+3 program, earning a B.S. in Political Science with a concentration in Law and Public Policy.
Chief of Staff
Paige brings a unique perspective to her work in the Office of Senator Mark with a background in library science and education. She became more involved in politics through her work in teaching and seeing how the education system impacted her students. She started working for Senator Mark when he was in the House of Representatives as the District Aide for five years, assisting primarily with casework and advocacy efforts. From there, she became more involved locally and eventually worked her way up as the President of a local library group and as the Secretary for a Democratic Town Committee. Paige is grateful for such a wonderful Team and each of our team members.