TOWN OFFICIALS – Elected and Appointed
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Local – State – National
2023
Elected Town Officials
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Board of Selectmen
First Selectman
Julia Pemberton (D)
11/21/23-11/18/25
Selectmen
Margaret L. (Peg) O’Donnell (D)
11/21/23-11/18/25
Michael Thompson (R)
11/21/23-11/18/25
Tax Collector
Patricia J. Moisio (R)
11/21/23-11/18/25
Town Clerk
Michele R. Grande (D)
01/01/24-01/05/26
Kerry Miserendino, Deputy (Appointed)
01/01/24-01/05/26
Kimberly Keil, Assistant (Appointed
01/01/24-01/05/26
Board of Assessment Appeals
Greg E. Stackpole (R) Ch
11/16/21-11/18/25
Margaret B. Esten (D)
11/16/21-11/18/25
Sharon Hoverman (D)
11/18/23-11/16/27
Alternates (appointed)
Charles Bachmann (R)
11/16/21-11/18/25
Elizabeth Candler (D)
01/18/22-11/21/23
Jennifer Hunt (D)
02/21/23-11/18/25
Board of Finance
Ward J. Mazzucco (R), Chairman
11/16/21-11/16/27
Jamie Barickman (D)
11/21/23-11/20/29
Robert Dean (D)
11/21/23-11/20/29
Karen K. Gifford (D)
11/16/21-11/16/27
Roger E. Van Ausdal (D)
11/07/23-11/18/25
Jenifer Wyss (R)
11/19/19-11/18/25
Constables
Term runs from : 11/21/23-11/18/25
Jeffrey A. Boxer (D)
Daniel J. Cishek (D)
William R. Cook (R)
Urs Broderick Furrer (R)
Lorcan O’Connor (D)
J. Scott O’Donnell (D)
Leif R. Smith (G)
Vacancy
Justices of the Peace
Term runs from 1/04/21 – 01/06/25
Teresa S. Beaumont (D)
Hank Bielawa (R)
Jill H. Cilo (R)
Pamela K. Elkow (D)
Anita M. Field (U)
Joanna M. Horodyska (U)
Colleen T. Joyce (U)
Richard J. Keim (U)
Mary Dale Lancaster (D)
Patricia J. Moisio (R)
Tami G. O’Connor (R)
Richard W. Reynolds (D)
Leif Ramstad Smith (G)
Stacey Illyne Spilka (D)
Nina L. Stietzel (D)
Thomas M. Sullivan (R)
Planning Commission
Meetings – Second & fourth Tuesday of month, 8 p.m. Old Town House
Chuck Cilo (R)
07/18/22-11/18/25
Steven Gagnon (R)
11/16/21-11/18/25
Regina O’Brien (D)
11/21/23-11/16/27
Kate Perry (D)
11/21/23-11/16/27
Vacancy (D)
-11/18/25
Alternates (Appointed)
James E. Bacon (R)
02/01/21-02/01/25
Toby Welles (D)
12/01/21-02/01/25
Vacancy to 02/01/25
Probate Judge for Northern Fairfield County
Probate Judge: Steven Boa DeMoura
Redding Board of Education
Meetings – First Tuesday of month (or as posted), 7:00 p.m. John Read Middle School
John Belfatto (R)
11/16/21-11/18/25
Meghan Bendish (D)
11/21/23-11/16/27
Celeste Fine (D)
11/07/23-11/18/25
Amanda Guarniere (D)
11/21/23-11/16/27
Bria Pepe (R)
11/21/23-11/16/27
Chirag Sadana (D)
11/16/21-11/18/25
Laura Worosz (D)
11/16/21-11/18/25
Regional District #9 Board of Education
Meetings – Third Tuesday of month (or as posted), 7:30 p.m., Joel Barlow High School
Cheryl Graziano (D), Chair
12/01/21-12/01/25
Gwen Denny (D)
12/01/21-12/01/25
Mary Lee Pampel (D)
12/01/23-12/01/27
Christopher Parkin (D)
12/01/23-12/01/27
Registrars of Voters
Meghan E. Ely (D)
01/04/23-01/08/25
Michele L. Meschi (R)
01/04/21-01/08/25
Deputy Registrars of Voters (Appointed)
Lisa Bartro (D)
01/04/23-01/08/25
Jeanine M. Herman (R)
10/12/23-01/08/25
Treasurer
W. Wesley Higgins (U)
11/21/23-11/18/25
Zoning Board of Appeals
Meetings – Third Tuesday of month, 7:30 p.m. Town Hall
Elizabeth F. Williams (D) Chairman
11/21/23-11/16/27
Jill H. Cilo (R)
11/16/21-11/18/25
Noel R. Cooke (R)
11/21/23-11/16/27
Brian Matzke (R)
11/21/23-11/16/27
Scott Smith (D)
11/16/21-11/18/25
Alternates
Christopher Howard (D)
02/21/23-11/18/25
Sarah C. Unfried (R)
03/03/22-11/18/25
Leif Smith (G)
11/21/23-11/16/27
Zoning Commission
Meetings – Second & fourth Wednesday of month, 7:30 p.m. Town Hall
Matthew Lecher (R), Chair
11/21/23-11/16/27
Amy L. Atamian (D)
11/16/21-11/18/25
Nicole Bricker (D)
11/21/23-11/16/27
William J. Miller (R)
11/16/21-11/18/25
William Whitehead, Jr. (D)
11/21/23-11/16/27
Alternates (appointed by the Board of Selectmen)
Diana M. Carlino (D)
02/26/20-02/01/24
Gary Miyashiro (R)
02/01/20-02/01/24
Vacancy
to 02/01/26
Appointed Town Officials
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Board of Ethics
Aaron Bricker (D), Chair
02/09/22-02/09/24
Mercedes A. Demasi (D)
12/06/23-12/06/25
Laurie L. Heiss (D)
02/09/22-02/09/24
Kenneth Unfried (R), Secretary
12/14/21-12/14/23
Eric Witt (R)
01/18/22-01/18/24
Alternates
Commission on Aging
Ruth Moran (R), Chair
07/01/23-06/30/25
Salvatore Armato (D)
07/01/23-06/30/25
Sarah Atwood (D)
07/01/23-06/30/25
Kathleen Brandt (U)
07/01/22-06/30/24
Peter Cody (U)
07/01/23-06/30/25
Sarah Cummings (D)
07/01/22-06/30/24
Mary Dale Lancaster (D)
07/01/23-06/30/25
Garner Lester (D)
07/01/22-06/30/24
Peggy Zamore (D)
05/09/23-06/30/24
Alternates
Hilda Rhodes (D)
05/09/23-06/30/24
Janet August (D)
11/08/23-06/30/25
Vacancy
Conservation Commission
David R. Pattee (D), Chairperson
11/01/23-10/31/27
Stuart H. Green (D)
11/01/22-10/31/26
William M. Hill (D)
11/01/23-10/31/27
Clairann Matzke (R)
11/01/20-10/31/24
Tina M. Miller (D)
11/01/20-10/31/24
Wallace G. Perlman (D)
11/01/20-10/31/24
Vacancy
to 10/31/26
Historic Review Committee
Raymond D’Angelo (D), Chair
12/15/21-12/15/25
Matthew Lecher (R)
12/15/21-12/15/25
Regina O’Brien (D)
09/19/22-12/15/25
Alternates
Sherry Arell Karraker (D)
12/15/21-12/15/25
Vacancy (R)
Term ends 12/15/25
Park and Recreation Commission
Angela Caes (D), Co-Chair
06/29/22-06/30/25
Tami O’Connor (R), Co-Chair
09/20/21-06/30/24
Mary Lou Carlson (D)
07/01/23-06/30/26
Brett Chapin (R)
07/01/23-06/30/26
Peter Graziano (D)
07/01/23-06/30/26
Jaymie Massaro (R)
02/21/23-06/30/26
Lorcan D. O’Connor (D)
07/01/21-06/30/24
William J. Rook (R)
03/22/22-06/30/24
Schuchard, Patrick (D)
07/01/23-06/30/26
Water Pollution Control Commission
Members
Amy L. Atamian (D), Chairman (Zoning Commission member)
03/01/21-02/28/25
Peter Bonfanti (D) (At-Large Member of Public)
03/01/23-02/28/27
Charles Cilo (R) (Planning Commission Member)
03/01/21-02/28/25
David Faulknor (D) (At-Large Member of Public)
03/01/23-02/28/27
Kirby N. Klump (R) (At-Large Member of Public-Georgetown)
03/01/23-02/28/27
Vanessa McPherson (U) (First Selectman’s Designee)
11/21/23-11/18/25
David R. Pattee (R) (Conservation Commission Member)
03/01/21-02/28/25