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Mary CarolynRell was an American politician who served as the 87th governor of Connecticut from 2004 to 2011. Rell also had served as the state's 105th lieutenant governor of Connecticut from 1995 to 2004 under Governor John G. Rowland,and became governor after Rowland resigned from office. To date,Rell is the last Republican and last woman to serve as 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. In July 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 former Roger M. Lynch Professor of Economics and retired 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.
CT State Community College Norwalk, formerly Norwalk Community College (NCC),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 (CSCU) system. The school,which has an open admissions policy,offers 45 associate degree and 26 certificate programs.
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. As of 2024,Mr. Fedele is the last Republican to win a statewide election in Connecticut.
Andrew J. McDonald is an American judge and former politician from Connecticut. He has served as an associate justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court since 2013. He served as acting chief justice in September 2024,after the retirement of then-Chief Justice Richard A. Robinson.
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.
John A. Danaher III is a Connecticut Superior Court Judge sitting in Litchfield,Connecticut. Between March 5,2007,and May 5,2010,he served as the Commissioner of the State of Connecticut Department of Public Safety. In addition,Judge Danaher previously served as the 47th United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut from May 2001 to November 2002 during which he supervised federal prosecutions of former Waterbury Mayor Philip Giordano and former Bridgeport Mayor Joseph Ganim.
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 an American politician and former 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 Vice President for Finance at Ripon College,in Ripon,Wisconsin. He serves as Commissioner on the higher education accrediting body,New England Commission for Higher Education. He is also a Trustee of the Cal Ripken,Sr. Foundation,a Strategic Advisor to MResult,Inc.,and serves on the Board of Corporators for Chelsea Groton Bank in Connecticut.
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.