SHAPE UP SOMERVILLE DIRECTOR ACCEPTS POSITION AT STATE DPH

"Jaime has been a tremendous asset to the City, and has helped to promote the
best practices and lessons of Shape Up Somerville nationwide," said Mayor
Curtatone.  "We are sad to lose such a
dedicated and hard working Director, but look forward to continuing our work with
the Department of Public Health and Mass in Motion through Jaime in her new
role.  I wish her the very best, and I
know she will do well in this newest endeavor."

"Jaime came to the City of
Somerville with a reputation of being smart, dedicated, and hard working, and
has more than lived up to those accolades," said Somerville Health Director
Paulette Renault-Caragianes, who supervises Shape Up Somerville under the
Health Department.  "While Jaime's
departure is certainly a loss for the City, I am very grateful that she has
given us so much during her time with the Health Department.  It is a real
gift that she will remain a colleague in her new role heading up the efforts of
the Commonwealth in promotion of active living and healthy eating."

In her time with SUS, Jaime has
spearheaded innovative community strategies and partnerships to promote healthy
eating and active living, provided national support to community programs and
guidance based on the successes of SUS across the country, enhanced and expanded
the City's healthy restaurant program, and wrote two successful award
applications, which have brought additional recognition to the City's program.