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Meet Your Town Elected Officials


Board of Selectmen

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James M. Prichard
Member of Board of Selectmen since 2005
Alternate Member, Planning & Zoning Commission – 10 years
Member of American Legion Post 200
Owner, Ellington Star Hardware LLC, East Windsor Star Hardware LLC,
Ellington Star Rental LLC, Manchester Star Hardware LLC, Somers Star Hardware LLC
President, Kuhnly Plumbing & Heating
Married, wife Kristina, four children
Lifelong resident of Ellington
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David Stavens
Member of the BOS since 2015
Member Planning and Zoning 2011-2015
Owner of Barber Utilities, LLC for 20+ years
Attended Wentworth Institute of Technology, degree in civil engineering
Past President of the Rockville Exchange club
Member of National Utility Contractor Association (NUCA)
Board of Directors and Chairman of Safety Committee for NUCA
Vice President of the Utility Contractor Association CT
Member of Northeast Gas Association
Married, wife Heather, five children
Lifelong Ellington Resident

Board of Finance

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Douglas Harding
Member, Board of Finance since 2014
Member, Ad Hoc Emergency Services Committee
Member, Deferred Compensation Committee
Former Member, School Facilities Study Committee
Former Member, Planning and Zoning Commission-4.5 years
BA in Economics and Political Science, Central Connecticut State University
Accounting Certificate, Manchester Community College
Electronic Filing Coordinator, Connecticut Department of Revenue Services
Eagle Scout
Troop Committee Member, Boy Scout Troop 96
2006 Alumni of CT American Legion Boy's State Program
Lifelong Ellington Resident
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Maurice Blanchette
Resident of Ellington since 1977 
BS in Engineering Physics, University of Maine/Orono
Employed for 35 years at Trans-Tek, Inc. in Ellington,
         (rising from Engineer to President)
Ellington First Selectman for 6 years
Member of Ellington Board of Education for 15 years,
         (8 of those years as Chairman)
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Dan Keune
Current Chairman-Shared Services Commission
Former Board of Education Member and Chairman
Former Member of the BOE Finance committee
Local Realtor and Past Pres of the CT association of REALTORS
Member of the BOS of the Crumbling foundation Solutions indemnity Company

 


Board of Education

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Jennifer Dzen​
​Current Chairwoman of the Board of Education
Board Liaison
Past Vicechair of the Board of Education
Served as Operations Chair, EDU Innovate Board Liaison, Re-Opening Committee Chair, Mastery Based Learning Committee member & Windermere Building Project Committee Member
PTO member of Ellington Middle School, and previously Windermere and Center Elementary Schools
Member of the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Parish
BA in Culinary Arts from Johnson & Wales University
Certified Meeting Professional designation from Meeting Professionals International
Past owner of Dzen Meeting Management
Seasonal Manager/bookkeeper for Dzen Brothers, Inc & Dzen Farms
Part time CPA assistant to James Fiztgerald & Company CPAs
Married to husband Donald
Three children 
Ellington resident for over 20 years
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Marcia Kupferschmid
Current member of Board of Education
Member of Communications Committee
Member of Curriculum Committee
30 years as an Administrative Assistant at Windermere School
Member of Ellington Historical Society
Member of Ad Hoc to Save the Pinney House
Married 53 years to husband, Wayne
3 Kids, 9 Grandchildren
​Ellington residents for over 50 years
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Angela Moser 
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Member, Board of Education
Owner, Fresh Living, LLC
Member, Apostolic Christian Church
Board Member, Ellington Historical Society
Member, Center School PTO
Member, CT Farm Bureau
Married, husband, Jon, 5 children
​Ellington Resident, 20+ years
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Kerry Socha
Attorney, Law Offices of Kerry A. Socha, LLC
Member, Board of Education, since 2015
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, American International College
Juris Doctor, Western New England School of Law
Member, Connecticut Bar Association
Member, Windermere PTO
Married, husband, Christopher, 2 daughters
Resident of Ellington since 2011
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Michael Young
Member, Board of Education
13 years Associate Professor at UCONN  
​Ph. D in Cognitive Psychology


Planning and Zoning

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Sean Kelly
Planning and Zoning Commissioner since 2015
Chairman, Ellington Economic Development Commission
Vice Chairman of the Ellington POCD Update Committee
Member of the Ellington Permanent Building Committee
Justice of the Peace
Business Owner, Metal Forming Industry
BA from Marquette University
Married, wife Blanca, 2 children
Ellington Resident for over 15 years


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Jonathan Moser
Founder/President @ EDUinnovate.com
Planning and Zoning Commission Alternate
Board Member, Ellington Historical Society
CEO, Coach, Founder, Board Member @Finalsite.com
Owner/Farmer at Myfarmstand.com Farm Fresh 
Member, Apostolic Christian Church
Graduate of Eastern Connecticut State University
Married 20+ years, Angela, 5 Children
Lifelong Ellington Resident
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Robert C. Sandberg
Current Member, Zoning Board of Appeals
Past President, Rockville Exchange Club
Past member, Ellington Volunteer Fire Department
20 years Past member, Ellington Volunteer Ambulance Corps
Graduate, Howell Cheney Tech
Owner of Ellington construction business
Married, wife Lisa, 2 children
Lifelong Ellington resident
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Mike Swanson
Owner of All Source, LLC
Managing Member of Flat Bread Co.
Zoning Board of Appeals Commissioner 
Ryan Orszulak, Alternate


Zoning Board of Appeals

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Kenneth M. Braga
Member, Zoning Board of Appeals for 28 years
Chairman, Inland Wetlands Commission for 25 years
Owner, Ellington Center Liquor Shoppe
Member, Knights of Columbus
Member, Rockville Exchange Club
Married, wife Dianne, 5 children
Resident of Ellington for 44 years
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Katherine Heminway
Member, Zoning Board of Appeals
Member, Inland Wetlands Commission
Member, Permanent Building Committee for 10 years
Secretary for Ellington Historical Society
Horticulture Therapists & Grounds Manager at hartford hospital institute of living 20+ years
Was the head of the street scape project in Hartford around Hartford hospital; first streetscape project in city
Greenhouse production/design for Lori Speilman Landscaping 20+ years
​Resident of Ellington for 21 years
Miranda Graziani

Rodger Hosig, Alternate 

Ronald Stomberg, Alternate 

Library Board of Trustees

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Mary E. Blanchette
Current Member Library Board  12 years
Former Member, Board of Directors of Camp Care (non-profit for special needs children)
Deputy Republican Registrar of Voters  2001-2004
Co-Founder and Co-President, Ellington Middle School PTO 1992-1995
Volunteer, EHS Guidance Department 1997-2003
Former Volunteer, Ellington Library Summer Program
Past President St. Bernard's Women's Guild
Member St. Bernard's Bereavement Committee
Attended Framingham State College and Eastern CT University
Married, husband Maurice, three daughters
Ellington resident for 42 years

Christina Keune

Deanna Wambolt-Gulick
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Registrar of Voters

Wanda DeLand
Paid for by the Ellington Republican Town Committee; Rhonda Villanova, Treasurer
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