Lynne Viti served as Westwood’s inaugural Poet Laureate from 2023-2025. A lecturer emerita in the Writing Program at Wellesley College,she is the author of five books, including most recently, The Walk to Cefalu (Cornerstone Press, 2022). A graduate of Boston College Law School, she practiced law for twenty years, both in the public sector and at a Boston firm.She serves on the advisory board of the New England Poetry Club.