CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES

Fontaine departure: At least one seat in play

On Tuesday, city voters will elect the seven top finishers from this list of 12 candidates for City Council. They all serve two-year terms.

David B. Ashworth

139 Maple St.

(Mr. Ashworth did not return his biographical sketch to The Breeze despite our phone calls.)

Christopher A. Beauchamp

37 Meadow Road

Age: 50

Resident: Lifelong

Employment: Beauchamp has been a superintendent for 30 years at Narragansett Improvement Co.

Education: Attended University of Rhode Island, 2 1/2 years; graduate of Mount St. Charles, 1977.

Organizations: East Woonsocket Little League, board member, 2002-2004; Woonsocket High School Basketball Boosters, past member, 1988-2002.

Public Service: City Council, 2007 to present.

Married Annique L. Beauchamp in 1984; has a 25-year-old daughter, Elizabeth L. Beauchamp, and a 20-year-old son, Ethan P. Beauchamp.

Stella Guerra Brien

521 South Main Street

Age: 37

Resident: 10 years

Employment: Partner, Brien & Brien LLP, two years.

Education: New York Law School, graduate 1998; State University of New York, Oswego, 1994.

Public Service: Woonsocket City Council, 2007 to present; Rhode Island State Representative, 2000 to 2001.

State Senator candidate, 2002.

Married Jon D. Brien in 1999; has two daughters, 6-year-old Juliana Christi and 4-year-old Gabriella Raquel.

Daniel M. Gendron

87 Arland Court

Age: 45

Resident: Lifelong

Employment: Employed for 28 years at The Friendly Home Inc., Gendron has been director of building services for 20 years.

Education: Johnson & Wales University, bachelor's degree in business management in 2009; Community College of Rhode Island, associate's degree in business management, 2004; Woonsocket High School, 1981; Woonsocket Catholic Regional Schools, 1978.

Organizations: Gendron was a founding member of 2 Hands 4 Paws, an animal welfare organization, and is presently a member of the board of directors.

Public Service: Woonsocket Zoning Board of Review, 2003 to present, vice chairman.

Candidate for City Council, 2007.

Married Ann Marie Jacquart in 1998; has an 8-year-old daughter, Victoria Ann.

Roger G. Jalette Sr.

178 Greene Street

Age: 66

Resident: Lifelong

Employment: Jalette is the owner and manager of Roger's Flower Shop, 28 years.

Education: Woonsocket school system.

Organi-zations: Jalette is currently a member of Cercle Laurier; a past member of Woonsocket Elks Club; founding president of Landlord and Property Owners of Woonsocket; originator of Autumn Fest Co-ed Softball Tournament; originator of Stadium Theatre Milk Fund Rubber Ducky Race; Milk Fund chairman in 2008; and past member of Woonsocket independent Men's Softball League for 18 years.

Public Service: City Council, 1995-2001, 2007 to present.

Divorced.

Philip E. Labrecque

68 Victory Boulevard

Age: 56

Resident: Lifelong

Employment: Labrecque has been a surgical technician at UMass Memorial Hospital for 18 years and was formerly employed at Landmark Medical Center.

Labrecque's wife is the owner and operator of That Face Wellness Center, 385 Mendon Road.

Education: St. Joseph's Hospital (Our Lady of Fatima), Allied Health in North Providence, Woonsocket High School, Our Lady of Victories.

Organizations: Labrecque is a member of the Association of Surgical Technology and the Woonsocket Taxpayers Association.

Public Service: Altar boy at Our Lady of Victories for 10 years.

Married Gisele L. St. George in 1976; has two sons, Matt, 31 and Dave, 27.

Kathryn M. LeBlanc

50 Edmund Street

Age: 32

Resident: 3 years

Employment: LeBlanc has been employed as a DSD Lead-Accounts Payable, CVS Corporate Offices in Woonsocket for the past six months. From 2000 to 2008, she was employed at Shaw Environmental in Hopkinton, Mass.

Education: Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical High School, Franklin, Mass., 1995 graduate.

Engaged to Richard Clark; has a stepdaughter, Caroline.

Michael E. Moniz

105 Morin Heights Boulevard

Age: 61

Resident:

Employment: Not employed at the present, Moniz worked for McDonald's on Diamond Hill Road in Woonsocket for 29 years.

Education: Perry High School, Providence, 1966.

Public Service: State Committeeman past three years.

Single.

William D. Schneck Jr.

211 Cherry Hill Avenue

Age: 54

Resident: 23 years

Employment: Schneck has been in district sales for Sealed Air Corp. for 25 years.

Education: Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Conn., bachelor of science degree in 1979; Xavier High School, Middletown, Conn., 1974.

Organizations: Past president of Woonsocket Lions Club; current member of Cercle Laurier; Cracovia Soccer League, coach from 1997 to 2007; and current member of the Autumnfest Steering Committee.

Public Service: Woonsocket City Council, 2001 to present; Woonsocket Harris Public Library Board of Trustees, 1998 to 2001; Cass Park Improvement Committee, 2007 to present.

Married Laura DeSena in 1988; has two daughters, 18-year-old Maressa Esther, and 14-year-old Lindsey Bernice.

Suzanne Jean Vadenais

68 Miles Avenue

Age: 61

Resident: Lifelong

Employment: Vadenais is a charge nurse in the Alzheimer's Unit at St. Antoine Residence, 15 years. She was previously an LPN at Landmark Medical Center for 23 years.

Education: Attended Community College of Rhode Island; Our Lady of Fatima School of Nursing, 1967.

Organizations: Vadenais is a member of Citizens for Better Woonsocket, Prevention Coalition and Policy and Procedure committees; Autumnfest Steering Committee, past chairman; Woonsocket Building Committee; and a member of the Autumnfest Parade Committee.

Public Service: School Committee, six years, chairwoman for four years; Woonsocket City Council, 14 years, vice president for four years.

Single; has a son, Sergeant Kevin Greenough, 35, a police officer in Woonsocket; a daughter-in-law, Laura; and two grandchildren, Taegan Alana and Adien Jonathan.

John F. Ward

166 Getchell Avenue

Age: 54

Resident: 47 years

Employment: Ward is the finance director for the town of Lincoln, since 2006. He was previously director of administration and finance for Johnston Public Schools, 2002 to 2006; director of finance for Metro Boston Housing Partnership, 1999 to 2002; and assistant director of finance for Woonsocket Housing Authority, 1991 to 1999.

Education: Bryant College, bachelor of science in business administration, accounting major, 1981.

Organizations: Ward is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; Rhode Island Society of Certified Public Accountants; vice chairman of Rhode Island Industrial Facilities Corporation; president and previous treasurer of Rhode Island Tax Collectors Association; and treasurer of Woonsocket Lions Club.

Public Service: Woonsocket City Council, 2005 to 2009; Woonsocket School Committee, 1995 to 2005.

Married Catherine Nalewski in 1982; has two sons, Patrick J. Ward, 26, and his wife Amy (L'Esperance) Ward, and Christopher J. Ward, 24.

Thomas W. Wrona

284 Prospect Street

Age: 59

Resident: 57 years

Employment: Retired, Wrona was a teacher in the Woonsocket School Department.

Education: Worcester State College, 1973; Woonsocket High School, 1968.

Public Service: Wrona is a member of the Woonsocket Middle School Building Committee, 2006 to present; former member of Woonsocket Historic Districts Commission, 1988 to 1991.

He was a candidate for Woonsocket City Council in 2007.

Single.