Mayor

David Martin

• President of Board of Representatives, 8 years
  Representative of 19th District, 26 years

• Member of Board of Directors of Stamford E.M.S.,
Police Foundation, Stamford Investment Advisory
Committee, Stamford Partnership, CERF Pension
Fund, Downtown Special Services District

Personal:
• MIT-trained economist (BS)
with MBA from Stanford University

• Small-business owner of Michael Allen Company,
a management consulting firm

• Married to Stamford Public School teacher

• Two daughters educated in Stamford Public Schools

Web: www.MartinForStamford.com

Telephone: 504-8877

City/Town Clerk

Donna Loglisci

Board of Finance

Tim Abbazia

• Board of Finance member for 9 years,former Board Chairman, current Chair ofAudit and Public Safety Committees
• Board of Representatives 1995-1996,Planning Board 1997-2000Previous Director or Member of CERF Pension Board,WPCA and Stamford Partnership

• Personal:
• Financial Consultant with over 20 years of accountingand budgeting experience with both small businessesand large multinational corporations

• Instrumental role in business reorganizations that reduced operating costs by millions of dollars
• MBA in Finance, University of CT; BS in Accounting,Southern Vermont College
• Married with 2 small children

Web: http://www.alw2009dems.com/

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John Louizos

• Current Vice Chairman, Board of Finance
• Current Chairman of Board of Finance Education Committee and Legal Affairs & Personnel Committee
• Current Board Member, Senior Services of Stamford, Inc.

• Partner, Curtis, Brinckerhoff & Barrett, PC, Stamford
• 12 years experience in the full-time practice of lawincluding a concentration in municipal law andprotecting citizens against the use of eminent domain
• Former law clerk, Supreme Court of Virginia
• Graduate of the Whittemore School of Business and Economics with high honors
• Graduate of Stamford High School, Dolan Middle Schooland Stark Elementary School
• Married, 3 year old son
• Stamford resident for over 30 years

Web: http://www.alw2009dems.com/

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Dudley Williams

• Board of Education, nine years, two as Board President
• Chaired Curriculum, Fiscal and Facilities committees
• Vice Chairman of the Nellie Mae Education Foundation
• Board Director for Stamford Achieves, Childcare Learning Centers, South Western Regional Planning Agency, Trustee of Ferguson Library
• Member of State Street Debating Society and NAACP

• Director of District Education Strategy at GE Asset Management, responsible for managing $15 million grant to Stamford Public Schools from GE Foundation
• Career history includes 5 years with Connecticut State Department of Education and 15+ years as a business leader in publishing
• Graduate of Columbia University
• Married to Juanita James; son Dudley III is a proud graduate of Westhill High School

Web: http://www.alw2009dems.com/

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Board of Education

Polly Rauh

Current Position:
•   Board of Representatives for the 6th District since 2004
•   Chair, Education Committee
•   Vice Chair, Personnel Committee
•   Member of Steering, Fiscal and State & Commerce 
    Committees

Government and Political Activities:
•   Commissioner, Stamford Housing Authority (2001-2004)
•   Stamford Democratic City Committee (6th Dist) (2004-pr)
•   Stamford School Building Committee (2006-pr)
•    Stamford Veterans Park Task Force (2007-pr)
•   Volunteer Coordinator, Stamford Planning Board Master 
    Plan Schools Project (1999-2001)

Community Organization Memberships:
•   Curriculum Committee, Child Care Learning Ctr. (2006-pr)
•   Officer, Stamford Public Education Foundation (2000-2004)
•   Design Team Finance Chair, Parent Leadership Training 
    Institute (2000-2002)

Education:
•   Ed.D., Ed.M. - Columbia University Teachers College
•   M.S. and 6th Year Administration - University of Bridgeport
•   B.A. in Fine Arts History and Elementary Education - 
    Oberlin College

Contact: (203) 325-9379

Naomi Chapman-Taylor

Community Organizations:

Stamford NAACP: Treasurer

Annie Davis Scholarship Committee: President

Stamford Robotocs League

Member: Faith Tabernacle Baptist Church

Volunteered in numerous community activities:

Faith Tabernacle Baptist Church Credit Union

Order Eastern Stars State of CT PHA

Attended Stamford Public Schools, as did her children and grandchildren.

Life long Stamford resident

BS: Business Adminstration, Albertus Magnus College,

Summa Cum Laude graduate

Married to Maurice and proud parent and grandparent  

District 1

Patrick White

District 1

Richard Lyons

Richard Lyons is a member of the Board of Representatives, representing the 1st Dist. since 1999. He is the Chairman of the Public Safety and Health Committee and the Deputy Majority Leader. Rich has a BA in English from Northeastern University and works in sales and distribution. Richard, his wife and three children live on Shippan Ave, and his children attend Stamford public schools.

Contact: 921-1819

District 2

John Boccuzzi

John Boccuzzi has been a member of the Board of Representatives since 1967, representing the 2nd dist. He has served in the leadership position of Majority Leader for 29 years.

John served in the U.S. Army from 1943-1945 and he is the recipient of two Bronze Stars and the Purple Heart.

District 2

Elaine Mitchell

Current Position:
•    Board of Representatives;

Chair, Housing/Community Development/Social Services Committee
•    Member since 1986 for the 2nd District
•    Member of Steering, Fiscal, Legislative & Rules and Land Use-Urban Redevelopment
     Committees

Government & Political Activities:
•    Democratic Forum (past)
Community Organizations:
•    CTE
•    Stamford Partnership
•    NAACP
•    Waterside Coalition
•    Board of Trustees and Visionary Committee Member, Greater Faith Tabernacle Baptist Church
•    Chester Addison Community Center (past)

District 3

Terry Adams

Current Position:
• Board of Represenattives, 3d District

Vice Chair, Transportation Committee
• Member of Operations and Public Safety & Health Committees
• Alternative Teller

Community Positions:
• Democratic City Committee
• Vice President, South End Neighborhood Revitalization 
   Zone (NRZ)

District 3

Linda Cannady

Linda Cannady is a member of the Board of Representives, representing the 3rd Dist. since 1999. She is Co-Chair of the Parks and Recreation Committee, Vice Chair of the Fiscal Committee, and  a member of the Personnel committee. She is member of the Democratic City Committee, the South End NRZ, and the City of Stamford Enterprise Zone. Linda is currently employed at Carolee Designs.

Contact: 327-9220

District 4

Willy Giraldo

Current Position:

Board of Representatives, 4th District
•   Member, State & Commerce and Legislative & Rules
    Committees
Community Activities:
•   Member, Democratic City Committee
•   Member of organization team, Sister City Relationship
    between Stamford & Lima, Peru

Community Organization Memberships:
•   Member, Peruvian American National Roundtable

Education:
•   Attended Universidad San Martin de Porres, Lima Peru

Employment:
•   Advance Procurement Center, Stamford CT

District 4

Mary Savage

District 5

Gloria DePina

Gloria is a member of the Board of Representatives, representing the 5th District since 1989. She is the Deputy Majority Leader and sits on the  Appointments, Steering, Fiscal and Pubilc Safety Committees.

She is the President of the Richmond Park Condo Assoc., a member of the NAACP, The Stamford Democratic City Committee, and a former member of the Yerwood Board.

Contact:

358-8119

District 5

Lila Wallace

Current Position:

Board of Representatives 5th District.

Community Activities:
•    Democratic Town Committee
•    Board Member, Friendship House on the Hill
•    Member, MLK Committee
•    Deacon, Greater Faith Baptist Church, 1st Female appointed
•    Member, Visionary Committee, Greater Faith Baptist Church
•    Participant, Feeding Homeless/St. Luke’s and Pacific House
•    Coordinator, Junior Achievement
•    Chair of Trustees, Greater Faith Baptist Church
•    President, Coleman Towers Tenants Association
•    Business Agent, Connecticut Telephone Company Union workers
•    Board Member, Family and Children Services
•    Volunteer, various political campaigns
•    Recipient, 2004 Community Service Award (Stamford Center for the Arts)

District 6

Annie Summerville

Annie currently represents the 6 th District on the Board of Representatives where she has served since December 1, 1977. She was elected Clerk of the Board on December 3, 1979 and has served consecutively in that capacity. She has been the Chairwoman of the Board's Black Caucus for the past twenty four years.

Annie is a past president of the Yerwood Center and the Yerwood Center 's Women's Club. She is a member of Stamford Center for the Arts Advisory Group as well as a member of the St. John's Urban Development Corporation. Annie is involved in the restoration of and planning for Stamford 's Old Town Hall as a member of the Old Town Hall Committee.

Ms. Summerville is a member of Stamford 's Democratic City Committee, currently serving as its Correspondence Secretary. She has served as past president and is a member of the Democratic City Women's Club.

Ms. Summerville has received numerous awards from various distinguished community organizations including the NAACP, the Yerwood Center, AFSCME, Local 1199 and the Dr. Martin Luther King Day Committee.

District 6

Polly Rauh

District 7

Cynthia Martin

District 8

Anabel Figueroa

Current Position:
•   Board of Representatives 8th District since 2001
•   Member of Fiscal, Personnel and Housing-Community 
    Development-Social Services Committees

Community Organizations: 
•   Founder, American Red Cross, Tonacatepeque, El Salvador (1978-1983)

Occupation:
•   Patient care technician

District 8

Eileen Heaphy

Eileen Heaphy currently is a member of The Board of Representatives, representing the 8th District. She serves as Chair of the State and Commerce Committee. Eileen was born, raised and educated in Connecticut ( St. Joseph College ). She has a lifetime of public service, including 26 years as a US diplomat in Washington and abroad. She was the Executive Director of the Stamford World Affairs Forum and served on the Stamford Environmental Protection Board. Eileen has been active in the community as a member of the Stamford Chamber of Commerce, the Business Council of Fairfield County, Friends of the Stamford Symphony, the East Side Partnership, and the Cove Neighborhood Association. She is the founder of the Irish American Democrats in Connecticut. She has two daughters, Jackie, and Annie. 

Contact:

District 9

Valerie McNeal

District 9

Walter Neary

Current Position:

Board of Representatives 9th District
•    Member of Operations Committee

Community Organization Memberships:
•    Ancient Order of Hibernians, Stamford Division
•    St. John the Evangelist parish
•    Volunteer, Brighton Gardens Senior Citizens Center

Education:
•    Bachelor's Degree - Writing - Bloomsburg University of 
     Pennsylvania
•    Associate's Degree - Graphic Design - Art Institute of Philadelphia

Occupation:
•    Senior Designer, Web Design and Development

District 10

Carolyn Young

Current Position:

Board of Representatives 10th District

  Member of Parks & Recreation, Education and Transportation

Education:
•    Stamford Public Schools

Occupation:
•    Sales, Lord & Taylor

District 10

Phil Giordano

Phil Giordano is currently a member of The Board of Representatives, representing the 10th Dist. since 1995. He serves on the Fiscal, Transportation, Housing and Steeering Committees. Phil attended Stamford public schools and the JM Wright Technical School. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army and is the recipient of the Meritorious citattion from the Vietnam Veterans Agent Orange Victims.  Phil retired from a career with the City of Stamford public schools and served for 14 years as a member of the Stamford Fire and Rescue Dept. 

Phil has a long and distinguished history of community service. He serves on the Board of Directors of CTE, Inc. and the O.H.C. American Legion Post. For nearly a decade he coached American Legion Baseball and in 1991 received city and state proclamations for outstanding service to Stamford 's youth.

Contact:

Tel: 353-8436

District 11

John Zelinsky

District 11

Mitchell Kaufman

Current Position:

Member Board of Representatives, 11th Dist.

Member Legislative and Rules and State and Commerce Committees

Previous Public Service:

Alternate, Stamford Zoning Board

Occupation:

District 12

Marion McGarry

Current Position:

Board of Representatives 12th District
•   Member of Appointments, Land Use-Urban Redevelopment and 
    Parks & Recreation Committees

Community Organizations Memberships:

•   Member of the Democratic City Committee
•   President and Vice President of Stillmeadow Elementary School 
    PFO (Past)
•   President and Vice President of Cloonan Middle School PFO (Past)
•   Vice President of Stamford High School PFO (Past)
•   Member of Purple Heart BiCentennial Committee
•   Missionary in Los Amazonas, Colombia, South America

Education:
•   Bachelors Degree - Marymount College
•   Graduated from the NY School of Journalism
•   Graduate studies in La Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia

Occupation:
•   Ordained Minister
•   Retired teacher/office manager for local non profits
Personal:
•   Stamford resident for 34 years; 12th District homeowner for 30 
    years

District 12

John Mallozzi

Current Position:

Board of Representatives, 12th District
•    Member 1983 to 1985 and 2005 to present
•    Member of Operations, Parks & Recreation, State & Commerce Committees

Government & Political Activities:
•    Stamford Urban Renewal Commission (1982-1983)
•    Chairman (1987-89) and Vice Chairman (1989-91), Stamford Board of Finance (1985-1993)
•    Chairman, Stamford Charter Revision Commission (1993-95)
•    President (1998-99) Stamford Board of Education (1995-2000)

Education:
•    Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering - University of Connecticut
•    Master's Degree in Civil Engineering - Polytechnic University

Occupation:
•    Structural Engineer

District 15

Barbara Griffin

District 16

Philip Berns

Current Position:

Board of Representatives 16th District since 2005
•    Member of Legislative & Rules, Operations and Public Safety & Health Committees

Community Organization Memberships:
•    Member, Board of Directors, East Side Partnership (past)
•    Member, Indian Ridge Neighborhood Association (2005 to present)
•    Member, Stamford Environmental Protection Board (past)
•    Member, Hispanic Advisory Council of Greater Stamford (since 2000)
•    Member, Democratic City Committee (past)
•    Vice President, K.T. Murphy Elementary School PTO (past)
•    Vice President, STamford Partent-Teacher Council (past)
•    Pro Bono Committee Chairman, Fiarfield County Bar Association (past)
•    Chairman, Environmental Council of Stamford (past)
•    Member, Sewer and Water Commission (past)
•    Member, Hamilton Green Condominium Association (past)

Education:
•    Bachelor's Degree, Cornell University 1980
•    Juris Doctorate, Pace University, 1993

Occupation:
•    Attorney

Contact:

Tel: 324-2133

District 19

Randy Skigen

Current Position:
•    Board of Representatives since 1995 for the 19th District
•    Chair, Fiscal Committee
•    Parliamentarian
•    Member of Steering, Personnel and State & Commerce
     Committees Government & Political Activities:
•    Member, Charter Revision Commission

Community Organization Memberships:
•    Temple Sinai Board of Trustees (1999-02)
•    Jewish Community Endowment Foundation (2005-present)Education:
•    Bachelor's degree in Political Science - Northwestern University
•    Master's Degree in Education- University of Connecticut
•    Law Degree - Cornell Law School

Occupation:
•    Attorney

Contact:

tel: 322-7184

District 20

Bud Grebey    

• Raised in North Stamford, attended Stamford Public Schools                         
• Senior vice president and general manager of Waggener Edstrom Worldwide, an international strategic communications consultancy.
• More than 25 years leadership experience in corporate executive and government positions, including chief of staff in the U.S. House of Representatives.
• Bud and his family have a history of engagement and volunteer work in our community, including the Bartlett Arboretum, Stamford Museum & Nature Center, League of Women Voters, Bennett Cancer Center, and National History Day. Bud is married to Kate Urbank, who serves on Stamford’s Democratic Town Committee and has been on the campaign staff of local, state, and national Democratic candidates.
• Bud and Kate have two children: James, a graduate of Westhill High School, is a sophomore at Hamilton College; Tess is a sophomore at Westhill High School.
• B.A. from Kenyon College

District 20

Andy Sklover

• Eight-year resident of North Stamford
• Long history of volunteer work: Mentor - “I Have a Dream” Foundation
• Co-Founder - Earn and Learn CT
• Tutor – SPS Kindergarten and 1st Grade
• SYSL Coach (4 Years)
• Volunteer - Special Olympics
• Education:
• BA from Northwestern University
• MBA from Columbia University
• Occupation:
• Commercial insurance intermediary and consultant based in Stamford

Constables:

Ralph Serafino

Phil Giordano

Morty Klein

Gloria DePina

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