Biography

• Five-term First Selectman
• Member, Board of Selectmen since 1995
• 30 Years as Financial Officer, Management Executive and CPA
• Worked as Comptroller for various companies, non-profits and governments, Orangetown and Yonkers, NY, and the Natural Resources Defense Council, a national environmental organization
• Community Leader and Trustee of Civic and Environmental Groups
• Member, Governor's Blue Ribbon CT Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations
• Chair, Connecticut Conference of Municipalities' Public Health and Human Services Committee
• Member, Fairfield Arts Council Advisory Board
• Member, former Chair, former Vice-Chair, Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO)
• Honorary Chair, Swim Across the Sound
• Board Member, Discovery Museum
• Recipient of the 2002 Elks Distinguished Citizenship Award for outstanding and meritorious service to humanity
• Recipient of 2005 Housatonic Girl Scouts Council's Man of the Year Award
• President and Founding Member, PAGE of Fairfield (a parent group to improve curriculum and provide enrichment programs in schools)
• Achieved the highest "AAA" financial ratings (only 80 of 14,000 U.S. localities attained this)
• Fairfield's budget is fully balanced with a sound surplus and fully funded pension
• Fairfield rated tops by CT Magazine in 2009; 9th best in Nation and number 1 in Northeast for Quality of Life (MONEY Mag. 2006); and ranked 5th safest municipality in America (CNN 2005)
• Fairfield's schools and libraries are the cleanest, best renovated in 30 years. All town infrastructure are safe; seven schools and main library renovated over 9 years led by Ken's efforts.
• Fairfield's Senior Citizen tax relief program doubled: one of largest in CT, reducing bills for 3000 seniors
• In Fairfield, helped re-establish quality retail, new arts and theater, shopping districts are thriving
• Preserved and saved 500 acres of public open spaces in past decade
• M.B.A., Cornell University; B.S. Lehigh University
• Married with four children attending and attended Fairfield Public Schools