Resumes

Education​​

• Bridgewater State College

  • M.S.W., Social Work, 2006

• New York University (NYU) School of Law (Top 10 US law school)

  • ​J.D., cum laude, 1990 

  • Top female graduate, 1990

  • Order of the Coif

  • Co-editor, Journal of Law and Social Change

• Loyola University, New Orleans, LA

  • B.A., magna cum laude, Communications, 1987

• St. Mary's Dominican High School, New Orleans, 1983

 

Legal Experience​

• Counsel (previously Researcher), Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development, MA House

  • June 2023-January 2024, currently on leave

• Partner, Coletta & Fendt LLC (formerly Coletta & Cutler LLC)

  • 2015 – Present 

• Counsel and Shareholder, BCG Engineering/Ardurra Group

  • 2010 – 2017

• Coletta Law Firm

  • 1999 – Feb 2015 

• Counsel, PanAmSat Corporation, Greenwich, CT (later merged with Intelsat)

  • Outside Counsel, 1998-2003

  • Associate General Counsel, 1997-1998

  • Senior Counsel, 1996-1997

  • Counsel, 1993-1996

• Associate, Morrison Foerster, New York, NY

  • 1991–1993 

• Law Clerk to U.S. Magistrate Judge Kathleen A. Roberts, SDNY

  • 1990–1991

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Other Work Experience

• Broker/Owner, Red Barn Realty Group (formerly Coletta Cutler Realty)

  • 2016–2023 

• Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (MSPCC), Brockton, MA

  • Intern and Mental Health Clinician, 2005-2006

• ​Department of Social Services (now DCF), Attleboro, MA

  • Intern, 2004-2005

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Public Service

• Old Colony Planning Council (OCPC)

  • President, 2023-2024

  • Treasurer, 2022-2023

  • Pembroke Delegate, 2020-Present

  • Alternate Delegate, 2019–2020

• Indian Head River Restoration Steering Committee (IHRR SC), 2022-present

• Select Board Member, Town of Pembroke MA

  • ​June 2020 – May 2023

• Plymouth County Advisory Board
  • 2020-2023 (served as Vice-Chair)
• Planning Board, Town of Pembroke, MA
  • ​May 2014 – Oct 2020, Chair, May 2018 to October 2020

• Board of Selectman, Member, Town of Hanson, MA

  • ​2004–2006 

• ​Cable T.V. Advisory Committee, Hanson, MA

  • 2003-2006 (established Whitman-Hanson Community Access Corp.)​

 

Other Community Service

• Hanson Kiwanis Club, 2004 to Present

• Road to Responsibility, volunteer member of the Human Rights Committee, 2009-2021

• Realty Guild, Finance Committee Chair 2018, President-Elect 2019, President 2020

• South Shore Women’s Business Network, Treasurer and Member Board of Directors (July 2012-January 2016)