Gendron, 67, has spent most of his career with Avery Dennison Corp. in Holyoke, where he managed financial and pricing areas.
WEST SPRINGFIELD – Bruce L. Gendron, an aide to state Sen. James T. Welch, will run for an at-large seat on the Town Council in the November election.
A longtime town resident, Gendron announced his candidacy in a press release issued Thursday. Gendron, 67, has spent most of his career with Avery Dennison Corp. in Holyoke, where he managed financial and pricing areas.
After his retirement from there, he became director of development for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. At the same time, he did volunteer work in the office of then-state Rep. Stephen J. Buoniconti, D-West Springfield.
Gendron later worked as a permanent substitute teacher at Agawam Junior High School for eight years, volunteering many hours with at-risk students.
A former Town Meeting member, the candidate is a past president of the West Springfield Lions Club. He has been a volunteer in the West Springfield Public Library’s English as a second language program and is on the board of the Friends of the West Springfield Senior Center.
Gendron is an associate member of the Democratic Committee of West Springfield and served as a delegate June 4 to the Massachusetts Democratic Convention in Lowell.
“I feel that I am in a unique position for the Town Council position. I work in town and have a flexible schedule making me available for issues as they arise,” Gendron stated.
Gendron is a graduate of both Holyoke Community College and Western New England College, where he majored in accounting and finance.
He and his wife, Joanne, live at 200 Poplar Ave.