Mayor Adiló Didomenico swore in new government secretaries this Wednesday (22.02). With the exception of Wagner Petrini, who leaves the Chamber of Councilors to take over the Housing Secretariat, the other secretaries are already part of the government.
Flávio Cassina, who was temporarily in the house, takes over as Secretary of Government in place of Grégora Fortuna dos Passos, who becomes Head of Cabinet. The head of Cabinet, Cristiano Becker da Silva goes to the Secretariat for Management and Finance; and the general director of the Secretary of Culture, Cristina Nora Calcagnotto, takes over as secretary of the folder.
“I want to tell all those who have taken office that we give you this challenge because we trust in each one’s capacity and we know that you will make the best possible deliveries”, said Mayor Adiló.
The mayor highlighted that since he has been in politics, he understands the union of people in favor of the community more important than party acronyms.
“People don’t want to know if the mayor or the secretary is from party A or B. People want their demands met”, he concluded.
Secretary of Housing – WAGNER PETRINI
He is a businessman and works as an event promoter. He has a degree in Public Management and is pursuing a postgraduate degree in Leadership and Coaching. He entered public life through the community movement. He was vice-president of Amob Desvio Rizzo, between 2010 and 2011. In the municipal administration, he has already served as advisor to the Youth Coordination, in the Secretariat of Public Security and Social Protection.
In 2016, he ran for a vacancy in the Caxias do Sul Parliament, becoming first alternate, and assuming the chair of councilor in 2020. He chaired the Urban Development, Transport and Housing Commission (CDUTH). In the same year, he again ran for a seat in the legislature and was elected. He chaired again the CDUTH and then the Education Commission.
Government Secretary – FLÁVIO CASSINA
Graduated in Law and technician in Accounting. For over 55 years he has been a merchant and partner of Casa das Armas. He was Secretary of Economic Development, Labor and Employment and Housing. He was elected councilor in the 2013/2016 and 2017/2020 legislatures. In 2015 and 2019 he presided over the House. On several occasions, he chaired the House Committee on Constitution, Justice and Legislation. In 2020 he was mayor of Caxias do Sul.
Chief of Staff – GRÉGORA FORTUNA DOS PASSOS
Lawyer graduated from the University of Caxias do Sul, and postgraduate student in Law and Labor Procedure at Faculdade da Serra Gaúcha. She served at the Municipal Housing Secretariat between 2008 and 2012. For five years she was Legal Advisor to the Constitution, Justice and Legislation Commission of the City Council. Also in the Legislative, she served twice, in 2015 and 2019, as director general. She was Chief of Staff and Secretary of Government in the Flávio Cassina administration. In the first two years of the Adiló government, she was a government secretary.
Secretariat of Management and Finance – CRISTIANO BECKER DA SILVA
Graduated in Technology in Management of the Military Police, by the Military Police Academy RS, and training in Law in progress. He served in the Military Brigade Fire Department from 1993 to 2015, and was Regional Deputy Coordinator for Protection and Civil Defense from 2015 to 2018. Since 2018 he has been 1st Lieutenant Commander of the Tactical Force of the 12th BPM. In the first two years of the Adiló government, he was chief of staff.
Culture Secretary – CRISTINA NORA CALCAGNOTTO
She has been a cultural producer for about 20 years and a lawyer. She is also a Master in Tourism and Hospitality, with an emphasis on Cultural Tourism (UCS), specialist in Public Law (ESMAFE and UCS), postgraduate in the MBA in Cultural Management – Cultural Policies and Strategies (Sapiens and FAI). In 2021, she served as a technical advisor, and in 2022/23, as executive director, of the Secretariat of Culture of Caxias.
She was a market relations analyst at the UCS Symphony Orchestra for five years, coordinator and professor of the Extension course in Cultural Production and Management at UCS, and professor of the Specialization Courses in Visual Arts: Contemporary Thought and Production and in Practices in Education Musical, both also from UCS. She was also director of Cia. Municipal de Dança and the Preparatory Dance School of Caxias do Sul from January 2009 to May 2015, in which she had been coordinator since January 2007. From August to December 2012, she was also general director of the Secretary of Culture of Caxias.
He is a member of the Municipal Cultural Policy Council and the Municipal Commission for the Culture Incentive Law.
