Meet Sandra Fryc and John Samia, candidates for the School Committee

Recently the Community Advocate (CA) published an interview made for two of the three candidates for the Shrewsbury School Committee. According to CA, the third candidate, John Martin, chose not to comment on this feature.

Sandra M. Fryc is seeking re-election to the Shrewsbury School Committee. She has served as a school committee member since 2008, and she is currently the chair of the committee. She also served as chair in 2010.

Fryc received an MBA from Assumption College in 1993 and a BS in Business Management from Fitchburg State College in 1984. She is a Senior Dispute Resolution Consultant for Unum Insurance, and has been a town meeting member since 2003 and is also a member of the Shrewsbury Education Foundation; a volunteer group that provides funding for school enrichment grants.

John R. Samia is a long-time Shrewsbury resident and graduate of Shrewsbury High School. His son, Tommy, is a freshman at Shrewsbury High School, and his daughter, Catherine, is a 7th grader at Oak Middle School.

Samia graduated with a degree in Economics from UMASS – Amherst. After graduation, he worked for General Electric and graduated from its rigorous financial management program which included financial analyst positions and internal MBA level classes. After working for GE, he graduated from Boston University’s School of Law. For the past sixteen years, Samia has been a corporate lawyer and is a currently General Counsel for American Superconductor Corporation.