Personal History

• Five-term First Selectman
• Member, Board of Selectmen since 1995
• 25 Years as Financial Officer, Management Executive and CPA
• 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
• Vice-Chair, Former 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)
• M.B.A., Cornell University; B.S. Lehigh University
• Married with four children attending Fairfield Public Schools