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 Communications
Casey previously served as Campaign Manager for Senator Paul Mark and brings a deep-rooted connection to the Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin, and Hampshire District. Raised in the Hilltowns in the town of Worthington, Casey attended local public schools before continuing his education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Throughout his career, Casey has been deeply engaged in public service and political advocacy. He worked on several campaigns, including Senator Bernie Sanders’s 2016 presidential campaign, and has remained committed to advancing policies that support rural communities, working families, and local economies.
In addition to his work with the Senate, Casey serves as Chair of the Savoy Planning Board, reflecting his ongoing dedication to municipal leadership and community engagement.
Casey resides 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
Chief of Staff
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.