Kazinskas hit the ground running as a city counselor.
During her first term in 2018, she played an integral leadership role in getting Gardner’s $3.5-million public school athletic complex project passed by the City Council. During her second term in 2020, Kazinskas became the first woman to hold the position of acting mayor in Gardner. Following her acting mayor role, she remained City Council president, a position she has been elected to five consecutive times. Running as an at-large City Council candidate in 2021 and 2023, Kazinskas made Gardner history again as the first woman to receive the highest number of votes. During that same time, Kazinskas rose from a legislative aide for State Rep. Kimberly Ferguson in 2020 to district director in 2021, a position in which she supports residents in navigating state processes, connects them with state agencies, and relays feedback to Ferguson. Starting in 2017, Kazinskas has been a member of the Greater Gardner Chamber of Commerce membership and retention committee. She’s served on the GFA Federal Credit Union’s supervisory committee since 2018, and since 2022, she has been a board member of the Boys & Girls Club of Fitchburg, Leominster, and Gardner.
For an entire year, would you rather give up access to your cell phone or to your favorite food? My cell phone. Technology is a wonderful thing; time away from technology is also wonderful.
Where is the best coffee in Central Massachusetts? Gardner!
What is the best movie you ever saw? “The Sound of Music”
