Gailanne Cariddi
Gailanne M. Cariddi was an American politician as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the First Berkshire district. The First Berkshire District consists of nine communities including Adams, Cheshire, Clarksburg, Florida, Hancock, Lanesborough, New Ashford, North Adams and Williamstown.
Cariddi was born in North Adams, Massachusetts in 1953. In the legislature, she served as the Vice-Chair of the Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government, as well as being a member of the Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture and the Joint Committee on Transportation.
She served on the North Adams City Council. Cariddi died in office on June 17, 2017, at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston following a brief illness.
