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Mary Carolyn "Jodi" Rell is an American former Republican politician who served as the 87th governor of Connecticut from 2004 until 2011. Rell also served as the state's 105th lieutenant governor of Connecticut.
Dannel Patrick Malloy is an American politician,who served as the 88th governor of Connecticut from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party,he chaired the Democratic Governors Association from 2016 to 2017. On July 1,2019,he began his tenure as the Chancellor of the University of Maine System.
Thomas P. Gaffey is an American politician. Gaffey,a Democrat,had been a state senator from Connecticut since 1995,but left office due to criminal violations on January 5,2011.
Dr. Edward Deak is the Roger M. Lynch Professor of Economics and Chair of the Department of Economics at Fairfield University in Fairfield,Connecticut. Dr. Deak is also a Board Member and the Connecticut Forecast Manager for the New England Economic Partnership.
Norwalk Community College (NCC),formerly Norwalk State Technical College and Norwalk Community-Technical College,is a public community college in Norwalk,Connecticut. It is the third-largest of the twelve colleges in the Connecticut State Colleges &Universities system (CSCU) system. The school,which has an open admissions policy,offers 45 associate degree and 26 certificate programs.
Gayle Slossberg is an American politician. A Democrat,Slossberg is a former seven term Connecticut State Senator having served between 2005 and 2019.
Michael Fedele is an Italian-American politician. A member of the Republican Party,he served as the 107th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 2007 to 2011.
Michael P. Lawlor is an American politician,criminal justice professor,and lawyer from Connecticut. A Democrat,he served as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1987 to 2011,representing the 99th district in East Haven. Lawlor resigned from the legislature on January 4,2011 to serve in Dan Malloy's administration as undersecretary for criminal justice policy and planning at the Office of Policy and Management.
Chase T. Rogers was the Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court,the second woman to serve in this capacity. She announced on November 2,2017,that she would retire in February 2018. She is a graduate of Stanford University and Boston University School of Law. Rogers is a Connecticut native. She was nominated by Governor M. Jodi Rell and sworn in April 25,2007,by the first female Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court,Ellen Ash Peters. Prior to her nomination,Rogers served in the appellate court of Connecticut from April 2006 to April 2007. Prior to serving on the appellate court,she served as a superior court judge beginning in 1998. Her assignments included serving as the presiding judge for juvenile matters in Bridgeport and being assigned to the regional Child Protection Session in Middletown. Between 2001 and 2005,she was assigned to the Complex Litigation Docket in Stamford,and from 2005 to 2006 she served as the presiding judge for civil matters in the Stamford-Norwalk district. Before becoming a judge,she practiced law for 14 years at Cummings &Lockwood in Stamford,Connecticut. She has two children,a son and a daughter. She was married to Edward Vincent O'Hanlan,a lawyer,on December 21,1985.
Donald E. Williams Jr. was first elected to the Connecticut General Assembly in a special election in 1993. Prior to his service in the State Senate,he served two terms as the First Selectman for the town of Thompson. In July 2004,Senator Williams was elected to serve as the President Pro Tempore,the highest-ranking legislator in the Connecticut General Assembly. He was reelected to this post five times,in 2005,2007,2009,2011,and 2013.
Antonietta "Toni" Boucher is a United States politician in Connecticut. She was a Republican member of the Connecticut State Senate representing the 26th District and previously served in the Connecticut House of Representatives representing the 143rd District.
Dan Debicella is a former State Senator and businessman,who represented the 21st district in the Connecticut State Senate. He was also the 2010 and 2014 Republican candidate for Connecticut's Fourth Congressional District.
SustiNet is a Connecticut health care plan passed into law in July 2009. Its goal was to provide affordable health care coverage to 98% of Connecticut residents by 2014. The name SustiNet derives from the motto of the State of Connecticut:"Qui transtulit sustinet.".
Andrew W. Roraback is an American politician from Connecticut. He has served in both the Connecticut House of Representatives and the Connecticut State Senate,representing the Republican Party. As a legislator,he was a social moderate and a fiscal conservative. He never missed a roll call vote during his eighteen years in the General Assembly,earning the nickname "the Cal Ripken of the Senate." He became a judge of the Connecticut Superior Court in 2013.
Gail Lavielle is a former member of the Connecticut House of Representatives,where she represented the 143rd district. The district included parts of Wilton,Norwalk,and,following redistricting in 2012,Westport. Representative Lavielle,an Assistant House Minority Leader,was the House Ranking Member of the Connecticut General Assembly's Appropriations Committee,and served on the Transportation and Education Committees. During her 10 years in the legislature,she also served on the Finance,Revenue,and Bonding Committee and Higher Education Committee and as House Ranking Member of both the Education Committee and the Commerce Committee.
Stephen M. Coan is an American environmentalist and educator. He currently serves as CEO emeritus and served as president and chief executive officer of Sea Research Foundation between 2006 and 2022. He is chair of the Connecticut Tourism Advisory Council,appointed by Governor Ned Lamont to that position in 2021. Based in Mystic,Conn.,Sea Research Foundation operates Mystic Aquarium,one of the nation's leading marine mammal research centers with a focus on conservation,education and research. With over 800,000 annual visitors,Mystic Aquarium is the largest cultural attraction in Connecticut and one of the largest in New England. The Aquarium also serves over 100,000 students annually through a suite of education programs including undergraduate,graduate and post-graduate courses,fellowships,and internships,offered in collaboration with University of Connecticut,University of Rhode Island,Mitchell College,Springfield College,and Tufts University. Several undergraduate and graduate programs are funded by the National Science Foundation and the Office of Naval Research.
Frank N. Zullo was a Democratic mayor of Norwalk,Connecticut. At 33,he was the youngest person to be elected mayor in Norwalk's history and the city's first Italian American mayor. He served three terms from 1965 to 1971.
Robert Bruce Duff is an American politician,currently serving as a member of the Connecticut State Senate,where he represents Norwalk and part of Darien in Connecticut's 25th District. He previously served as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives,representing the 137th District. He is currently Majority Leader of the Connecticut Senate,and serves as chair of the Executive and Legislative Nominations Committee and vice chair of the Legislative Management Committee.
Joseph E. Mann is a former two-term member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk,Connecticut's 140th assembly district. He served in the Connecticut House from 2003 to 2007. He also served nine years on the Norwalk Common Council,including as its president. He currently serves on the board of Norwalk Economic Opportunity Now.
C. Ian McLachlan is a former justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court,having been appointed in 2009 by Governor Jodi Rell. He retired June 12,2012.