Candidates

Blake Keller - Candidate County Legislator

Blake Keller
Experience
  • 25 years of engineering, product development, and international business experience
  • US Air Force Veteran
  • US State Department advisor during Operation Iraqi Freedom 2009
  • Alternate Member, Parma Zoning Board of Appeals, 2012 – 2013
Education
  • MEM, Engineering Management, Dartmouth College
  • BS Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado

James Roose - Candidate Town Supervisor

James Roose

Jim is the Republican Town Leader for the Parma Republican Committee. He began serving the Town of Parma, first as an appointee to the Town Board and then elected in 2010. His commitment to the community is also represented in his 11 years of experience working for the County of Monroe, under three administrations, as the Manager of the Office of Faith Based and Community Initiatives from 2009 – 2020. Jim has previous experience as a Monroe County Legislator from 1998-2001 where he was chairman of the Intergovernmental Relations Committee. He is a former Bausch & Lomb employee for 33 years.

Jim and his wife, Mary, have been residents of the town of Parma for almost 20 years, where they raised their four children.

Experience
  • Monroe County Legislator, 1998-2001 - Chairman of the Intergovernmental Relations Committee
  • Council for People with Disabilities Advisory Board
  • Actions for a Better Community Board of Directors
  • Help Me Read Tutor Program
  • Children’s Agenda Advisory Board
  • Monroe County Council for Elders Advisory Board
  • Youth Baseball Coach
  • Member of Calvary Chapel Westside Church
Education
  • Rochester Institute of Technology

Linda Judd - Candidate Town Council

Linda Judd

Linda graduated from Hilton High School in 1973. She joined the US Army Women’s Corp serving in the US and Korea. She is a member of Monroe County Farm Bureau, volunteer for Cornell’s Ag Literacy Program and Farmland and Open Space Committee for the Town of Parma. She has two grown children and owns Marilyn’s Learning Farm and Garden in Hilton.

Experience
  • Secondary/MS Science Teacher, Churchville-Chili Central School
  • STEM Coordinator, Monroe Community College Summer
  • Substitute Assistant Principal Churchville Senior/Junior High
Education
  • Masters Educational Administration, Canisius College
  • Masters Science Education, Roberts Wesleyan College
  • Bachelor of Science Environmental Health, Colorado State University
Certifications
  • NYS SDA Certification Permanent 2007
  • NYS Permanent Certification Biology, General Science, Chemistry 2001

Tina Brown - Candidate Town Council

Tina Brown

Tina Brown was a Monroe County Legislator from 2016-2018. Prior to that she was a Parma Town Board Member from 2011 through 2015. Tina and her husband Mike moved from Greece to Parma in 1988 and have lived here ever since. They have 2 children Michael and Daniel. Her entire career has involved helping people in the community. Tina has worked in the Community Recreation field, as well as with Senior Citizens in many different capacities. For the past 30 years she has been a Senior Living Community Administrator with her current position being at GrandeVille Senior Living Community in Greece. Tina has been a member of the Hilton-Parma Hamlin Chamber of Commerce as well as the Greece Chamber of Commerce. She has been a Parma GOP Committee member since 2004.

Experience
  • Monroe County Legislator 2016-2018
  • Town Board member, 2011-2015
  • Zoning Board of Appeals, 2009-2011
  • Administrator of GrandeVille Senior Living Community
Education
  • Greece Athena High School Graduate
  • Monroe Community College - Therapeutic Recreation
  • SUNY Empire State College – B.S. Community and Human Services

Carrie Fracassi - Candidate Town Clerk

Carrie Fracassi
Experience
  • Parma Town Clerk / Records Management Officer - Since 2018
  • Parma Deputy Town Clerk / Deputy Tax Receiver – since June 2009
  • Tax Receiver – since December 2016
  • Monroe County Town Clerk Receiver of Taxes and Collectors Assoc.
  • NYS Town Clerks Assoc.
  • NYS Association of Tax Receivers and Collectors
  • Notary Public
  • Zoning Board of Appeals Recording Secretary – since January 2012
Education
  • Greece Athena – Regents Diploma with Distinction
  • Rochester Business Institute – Associates Degree in Business

James Christ - Highway Superintendent

Jim Christ
Experience
  • Parma Highway Department - since 2006
  • ashpalt construction - over 27 years
Education
  • Fredonia State University
  • Hilton High School