Gregory Mazza (Belmont City Council, North Carolina, candidate 2025)
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Gregory Mazza ran for election to the Belmont City Council in North Carolina. He was on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025.[source]
Mazza completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
[1]Biography
Gregory Mazza provided the following biographical information via Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey on October 6, 2025:
- Birth date: June 28, 1957
- Birth place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- High school: Bethel Park Sr. High School, Bethel Park , PA
- Bachelor's: The Ohio State University
- Other: The Ohio State University
- Graduate: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- Gender: Male
- Religion: Catholic
- Profession: Consultant
- Prior offices held:
- HOA President (2016-2022)
- Bear Lake Reserve Owners Association - Head of Finance Committee (2018-2020)
- Head of Finance Council - St Annes Church, Hamel ,MN (2012-2015)
- Incumbent officeholder: No
- Campaign slogan: Get the Basics Right
Elections
General election
General election for Belmont City Council (2 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Belmont City Council on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | ||
| David Chee (Nonpartisan) | ||
Gregory Mazza (Nonpartisan)  | ||
| Katherine O'Kane (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Marc Seelinger (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Alex Szucs (Nonpartisan) | ||
 | Nicholas Vesely (Nonpartisan) | |
| Amanda Wall (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Chris Williams (Nonpartisan) | ||
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Campaign themes
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Gregory Mazza completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Mazza's responses.
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I am a student of how things work; in business, the economy, government, and personal. My engineering background and MBA training have enabled my critical thinking. As a longtime CFO and executive, I can evaluate situations, diagnose issues, create solutions, set priorities, and implement plans. Experience matters—unlike many politicians today. Belmont deserves leaders with real-world experience, to successfully face its challenges ahead.
My point is that both an understanding of how things work and an ability to leverage that understanding to apply to new and evolving situations is more important now than ever. My family and I met Belmont thought Holy Angels. Our two disabled sons Nick and Nolan were submitted as candidates for residency shortly after we moved to Charlotte in the spring of 2016, and my wife Sandy, an experienced RN, immediately began volunteering there. Nolan passed away in fall 2017 and never experienced the love that is Holy Angels, but Nick became a resident in fall 2021. As we spent more and more time at Holy Angels we grew to know and love Belmont, ultimately deciding to make the move from Mint Hill to Belmont. Unfortunately, shortly after purchasing our new Belmont home, we also lost Nick, but our connection to Holy Angels and Belmont is stronger than ever.
That connection is what motivated me to run for City Council. Keeping Belmont strong well into the future, while maintaining what has become more and more rare; a friendly, vibrant community.- Iʼm running for city council with one clear, straightforward message: GETTING THE BASICS RIGHT.
I chose Belmont for the same reasons many families have—because its a place where neighbors take care of each other, where tradition matters, and where the best of Americaʼs small-town values are alive and well.
Belmontʼs charm isnʼt an accident. Itʼs the result of principled leadership and generations who understood the importance of preserving what makes a community special.
As Belmont grows, our job is clear: Protect whatʼs essential, and govern with common sense. - THOUGHTFUL CONTROLLED DEVELOPMENT Growth is inevitable, but how we grow is a choice. I will fight for development that enhances Belmont, not erodes it— while keeping our small-town character front and center and saying no to reckless overbuilding. We must insist on responsible planning that protects our neighborhoods and quality of life. There are some that believe that growth of any sort is good because it will expand the tax base and increase revenue. But ignoring the consequences such as traffic, infrastructure and safety that many times go along with rapid growth is proven bad policy.
- EFFICIENT, RESPONSIVE CITY SERVICES INCLUDING PUBLIC SAFETY A safe Belmont is a strong Belmont. That means standing firmly with our police and first responders, but also focusing on everyday concerns—like traffic and making our streets safer for pedestrians and school kids. Again - Getting the Basics Right - these services are expected not luxuries...as such they must be considered and anticipated in any discussion of growth and city management. Many times these elements are merely afterthoughts.
TIE IT ALL TOGETHER WITH FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY
Belmont citizens deserve nothing less than a city government that works as hard and as honestly as the people it serves. I believe in limited government—government that is focused, transparent, and delivers real value for your tax dollars. Litter, water, emergency response, and permitting—they should all work smoothly, without red tape or waste.
The Belmont City Council is the management body for the community. All of the city services and departments are directed by the Council. Even the mayor must secure Council agreement for his decisions. The Council is critical to the operation of the city and key to shaping its future.
It is more of a behavior than a particular person. I look up to those who are doing the right thing, looking out for their kids and neighbors, making things, contributing to positive perspectives in the community and trying to make a positive difference. This can be the smallest gesture or massive events. But many times it's as simple as seeing someone wait for the person to cross the street in traffic, or holding the door for someone, or cleaning your table at the restaurant.
Honesty and transparency are two key traits that seem to be lost today. Any elected official must understand and abide by the fact that they work for the community, NOT the other way around. Turn on the TV or read online that most office holders have got it wrong. In addition, proactively soliciting input from the community rather than making decisions and then announcing what happened.
Finally, being thoughtful and consider the entirety of the community operations when making decisions - a city is really a complex business with, in Belmont's case, about 20,000 Board Members that city officials report to.
Finally, being thoughtful and consider the entirety of the community operations when making decisions - a city is really a complex business with, in Belmont's case, about 20,000 Board Members that city officials report to.
Experience and maturity to understand complexity of running a city and the ability to make balanced decisions that can impact a community for many years into the future. Not simply making quick decisions to appease any particular whim or group of the day and at any cost, knowing that you are leaving the 'clean up' to the next group of city managers.
Follow my platform....Getting the Basics Right....and in much of the case for Belmont ....Don't Screw it Up (while thoughtfully managing into the future).
Follow my platform....Getting the Basics Right....and in much of the case for Belmont ....Don't Screw it Up (while thoughtfully managing into the future).
Happy, educated and successful daughters. Possibility that somehow people with whom we have interacted with over the years as we managed our disabled sons, may have seen the light in them and been touched in some way to make their family lives better.
Have to say it was the JFK assassination - I was in first grade and remember that everyone just stopped and was in a moment of shock.
I worked in a hardware store in my small town south of Pittsburgh, PA. There I was exposed to all the things that make homes work. I had fun coaching local home owners on what parts and equipment to purchase to keep their houses in top shape including how to install hot water heaters, what paint will endure the weather longest and the correct nails for framing a new addition. Turned out that I liked all those bins of parts and wires and appliances and became more knowledgeable and confident in my abilities and recommendations for how to fix things...to the point where repeat customers were thanking me (the high schooler) for helping with their projects !
Atlas Shrugged. Although I read it first years ago, recently coming back to it feels like it is more closely what we are seeing in the world today. It is a good perspective on what is important and what is noise and how many of those with loud voices, who have no expertise or empathy, are working to influence people to effect their own agendas and personal gain. For me, the book raises awareness of what is the right thing to do and what should be disregarded or not left unchallenged.
Ferris Bueller - He said, "Life Moves Pretty Fast. If you don't stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it. "
We were blessed with four great children. After our two boys were several years old we noticed that their development was not keeping up with expectations. They were diagnosed with a rare progressive neurological disease and continued to fall behind their peers at a more rapid rate. Thankfully, my wife, a talented nurse, took most of the medical management for them but while we tried to make as much of a normal life as possible for our two older daughters, nearly everything revolved around taking care of and managing both boys. We did learn a lot about love and patience and many alternatives to 'normal' routines and even sports - as we found others also managing differently abled children. We found the Miracle League where the boys played baseball and became experts at dealing with accessibility. Both boys outlived the expectations set by their doctors but sadly have both passed away, leaving us with great memories. One highlight was being introduced to Holy Angles in Belmont, the reason we even looked at the town and are now residents, where we continue to be strong supporters.
As reflected in the previous question, the Council is critical to the operation and future direction of the community. It is the controlling body for the entirety of Belmont and as such, people should recognize that...but also hold that office fully accountable for proper running of the city and decision making that impacts its future.
Not only previous government experience but real world business experience. As I said above, any city is really a complex business with lots of bosses. The city and the Council is working for those citizens bosses and we have to get it right while balancing all of the various elements - safety, finances, infrastructure, taxes, education, development, and growth.
It is not something that everyone can do. It is hard work and requires intelligence, patience, thoughtfulness and empathy.
It is not something that everyone can do. It is hard work and requires intelligence, patience, thoughtfulness and empathy.
Deep experience across all of the functional areas typically found in a successful business : Communications, Finance, Operations, Marketing, Sales, Human Resources, Treasury. Security, Infrastructure, and Executive Management.
Without knowing how things interact, many times we see decisions that are blind to certain considerations and therefore become problematic down the road.
Without knowing how things interact, many times we see decisions that are blind to certain considerations and therefore become problematic down the road.
The Belmont City Council is the management body for the community. All of the city services and departments are directed by the Council. Even the mayor must secure Council agreement for his decisions. The Council is critical to the operation of the city and key to shaping its future.
When I decided to run for Council on the simple premise that we love the town of Belmont and its unique character and are hoping for it to continue, uninfluenced by the evolution of its neighbor, Charlotte. My theme was simply, "Don't Mess it Up" - which translated into "Get the Basics Right". At several events when I mention to people that I am running for Council and we get into discussions about development and traffic and safety, I get around to my theme and they stop and pause for a moment and, to a person, they say: That's It ! People like it in Belmont and have a growing fear that their city is going to dramatically change over the very near future ....which is inevitable but they want it to change thoughtfully. Seeing how other cities continue to Mess it Up, they want someone that is thinking like they are.
The clear winner in this category are my four children, even though the boys are no longer with us here, they taught me more than I could have ever imagined. In addition, my daughters have gained a life perspective that they carry with them in a way that I never dreamed as they find their own path and success. And, knowing that I married the right girl who took on an overwhelming duty of care for the boys while trying to make a 'normal' life for the rest of us.
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See also
2025 Elections
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