BEVERLY — All five ward councilors in Beverly are running unopposed and expected to keep their seats in the Nov. 4 municipal election.
To learn more about them, read below.
Ward 1
Todd Rotondo, 53, has served as Beverly’s Ward 1 councilor since 2020 and is the co-owner of Salerno’s Italian Pub & Eatery.
Rotondo is a graduate of Everett High School, married with two children and has lived in Beverly for about 30 years.
He is the president and founder of Beverly 400+, chairperson of the Beverly Youth Collaboration Board, member of the Greater Beverly YMCA executive board, president of the Ryal Side Civic Association, member of the Essex Tech School Council and is the Beverly Citywide PTO president.
He unsuccessfully ran against Bowen in the Democratic primary for the 6th Essex seat in the state’s House of Representatives this spring. He is running again for City Council to “continue servicing and advocating for the Residents of Ward 1 and the people of Beverly,” he said.
“My focus remains on strengthening communication and ensuring progress on key priorities, including the Hall-Whittaker Bridge improvements and the Obear Park resiliency project,” Rotondo said. “I am committed to keeping residents informed and making sure their voices guide the future of our community.”
Ward 2
Danielle Spang, 43, is running for her second term as a city councilor.
Spang is an attorney and homemaker, and is married with two children. She received her JD from Temple University and has a bachelor’s in philosophy from Muhlenberg College.
She has lived in Beverly since 2017, and volunteers with Beverly Main Streets and the Cove Elementary School PTO. She has worked on 739 constituent matters in her first term, most commonly seeing issues around parking and traffic, utilities and roads and sidewalks most frequently, she said.
Spang said she will continue to send a weekly newsletter to her constituents that lists upcoming public meetings, as well as answer constituents’ questions and connect them to city departments.
“I will continue to focus on that work, as well as the special committee on rental policies looking at whether Beverly should legalize some number of short-term rentals,” she said.
Ward 3
Steven Crowley, 59, is in his third term as a city councilor.
Crowley has worked as a human resources executive and while currently unemployed, is seeking a new position. He is married with two children and one grandchild, and has another on the way.
He served in the Air Force for 23 years and has an associate’s in human resources management from the Community College of the Air Force. He grew up in Beverly and returned to the city after retiring from the service.
Crowley volunteers with the annual Beverly Holiday Parade. In his next term, he hopes to see the final results of the contamination from the Varian site clean up and help create revenue to support what is expected to be a tight Fiscal 2027 budget, he said.
“I have a servant leadership style, and that’s what I believe in,” Crowley said. “It’s not so much what you can do for me. It’s what I can do for you, or what resources I can provide to help the constituents and the services in Beverly.”
Ward 4
Scott Houseman, 70, is running for his eighth term as a city councilor.
Houseman is a lawyer who previously served on the city’s Zoning Board of Appeals from 1992-2008. He currently chairs the City Council’s Legal Affairs Subcommittee.
He is married with two children, and received his JD from Suffolk Law School and his bachelor’s in urban planning and design from the University of Michigan.
Houseman said he is focused on helping his constituents with city services issues like street and sidewalk repairs, downed trees, traffic concerns and trash pickup, and has made fixing the fence at Central Cemetery a priority for his next term. He is also focused on citywide issues, especially the budget, capital projects and schools.
“We need continued focused attention to issues with our school system and challenges creating affordable housing,” he said. “Also, I look forward to continuing my work on the city’s clean energy transition and giving attention to our most vulnerable as we face potential cuts in housing and food assistance.”
Ward 5
Kathleen Feldman, 45, is running for her fourth term as Beverly’s Ward 5 Councilor.
Feldman is an accountant at Quadrant Health in Beverly and has a bachelor’s in international studies from Fordham University and master’s in business administration from SUNY Albany.
She is married with two children, has lived in Beverly for 14 years, is a Scout leader for Troop 4 Beverly and is a member of the generosity committee for her church, First Parish Unitarian-Universalist Beverly.
She is the chair of the city’s Financial Forecast Committee.
“I’m honored to be running again to represent Beverly and the constituents of Ward 5, and look forward to working hard to address the budget imbalance we are facing starting in FY2027,” Feldman said. “My top priority is always Ward 5 specific issues and delivering constituent services, however we cannot address many of those issues if we don’t have the funds.”
Ward 6
Matt St. Hilaire, 48, is seeking his third term as Ward 6 councilor and is the current senior vice president of human resources for The Middlesex Corp.
St. Hilaire was previously an aide to Massachusetts Govs. Charlie Baker, Paul Cellucci and Jane Swift. He is a coach for Beverly Little League and Kiwanis Youth Basketball programs, and volunteers with the Farms-Prides Community Association, Beverly Farms Improvement Society, West Beach Corp. and Beverly Farms 4th of July Committee.
He was an at-Large councilor from 2014-2017 and currently is the chair of the city’s Audit Committee and the council’s Finance and Property Subcommittee.
St. Hilaire is married with three children and is a lifelong resident of Beverly. He has a bachelor’s degree in political science from Villanova University.
“My focus is on improving our neighborhoods and being responsive to constituent issues,” he said. “I will continue to be a leader on the City Council in advocating for common sense and fiscal responsibility and will focus on local issues and priorities like improving the performance of our schools, road and sidewalk paving and public safety.”
Contact Caroline Enos at CEnos@northofboston.com.