Barkhamsted RTC Municipal Election Slate 2017

First Selectman – Mark Hemenway 

  • Incumbent Selectman six years
  • Software salesman
  • Barkhamsted Youth Baseball and Soccer Coach and Board Member
  • Volunteers as a Sunday school teacher at Immaculate Conception New Hartford
  • Mark and his wife Judy have four children

Board of Selectman  – Nick Lukiwsky

  • Lieutenant in the Waterbury Police Department
  • President, Ct Alliance of City Police
  • Founder of the Police Officer Association of CT, representing 27 police departments and 3000 policemen
  • Extensive Experience Lobbying for Public Safety
  • Five year alternate on the Planning and Zoning Commission
  • Nick and his wife Kim have four children
(R) Barkhamsted First Selectman Candidate Mark Hemenway (L) Board of Selectman candidate Nick Lukiwsky

Town Clerk – Holly Krouse

Holly Krouse (Town Clerk)
  • Barkhamsted Town Clerk starting in 2016
  • Assistant Town Clerk from 2003-2016
  • Assistant Tax Collector from 2008-2016.
  • Barkhamsted Women’s Club member for 12 yrs

Treasurer – Sally Roy

Sally Roy (Barkhamsted Candidate for Treasurer 2017)
  • 38-yr resident of Barkhamsted
  • Currently employed as Manager of Finance & Administration  for CT Consignment LLC
  • 27 years experience in accounting, bookkeeping, and business management.
  • Served on the Board of Finance for 12 years
  • Husband, Steve Roy

Board of Finance – George Walsh

George Walsh (Incumbent – Board of Finance – Alt.)
  • Incumbent – Board of Finance Alternate
  • 9-year resident of Barkhamsted
  • Attended ATS Heavy Equipment Trade School Sun Prairie, WI
  • Employed at Bluroc LLC
  • Parishioner to St. Therese Church, Granby
  • George and his wife Elise have four children

Board of Education –

Katherine Nelson

  • Incumbent – Board of Education
  • Planning Manager at Lego Systems in Enfield, CT
  • Born in Southern California, she met her husband Drew while he was serving as a Green Beret; they have a son named Jack.
Kathereyne Nelson (BOE member 2017)

 

Maggie Weingarden (BOE candidate 2017)

 

 

 

 

 

(l) Maggie Weingarten and (r) Katie Nelson (BOE candidate/member)

Maggie Weingarden

  • Program Manager at Eaton Corporation in Windsor, CT
  • Member of the Greenwood Chamber of Commerce, S.C.
  • Married to husband Ben

Tom Brodnitzki 

Tom Brodnitzki (Incumbent, Board of Education – cross endorsed)
  • Incumbent Board of Education
  • Employed at Capitol Region Education Council (CREC) 2001 – Present
  • Grade 8 Teacher at Litchfield Public School 1999-2001
  • Barkhamsted Youth Baseball Coach and Board member
  • Tom and his wife Julie have three children

Planning and Zoning Commission –

Christina Lavieri (Chair)

Christina Lavieri  (Incumbent – Chair, Planning and Zoning Commission)
  • Incumbent – P&Z, Chair of the board since 1993
  • Life-long resident of Barkhamsted
  • Former Controller at Sterling Engineering
  • Volunteers as the Treasurer for the Greenwoods Scholarship Foundation.
  • Husband, Ed Parsons

Tom Andersen (alt)

Tom Andersen (Incumbent – Planning and Zoning Commission – Alt.)
  • Incumbent – P&Z Alt.
  • University of Hartford, UCONN, and RPI.
  • Current Director of Engineering at Bartlett Brainard Eacott involved in construction mgmt.
  • President NW CT Sportsmen’s Assoc.
  • Commerical pilot
  • 40-yr resident of Barkhamsted
  • Tom and his wife Lisa have two children

Board of Assessment Appeals – Robert Brainard III

Robert Brainard III (Incumbent – Board of Assessment Appeals)
  • Incumbent Board of Assessment Appeals
  • Systems Engineer at ADNET Technologies
  • Rob and his wife Katie have two children

Zoning Board of Appeals 

Chris Tooker

Chris Tooker (Zoning Board of Appeals – Incumbent)
  • Incumbent – ZBA member for 15 years
  • 20-year resident of Barkhamsted
  • B.S. in Architectural Engineering
  • Self-Employed in the construction industry
  • Volunteers with the Berkshire Trailriders Assoc.
  • Chris and his wife have one child

Rob Pulford

Robert Pulford (Incumbent – Zoning Board of Appeals)
  • Incumbent – ZBA member for 5 years
  • B.S. & MBA in Accounting & Finance from Lehigh University
  • Part owner of a mfg. firm in Winsted
  • 12-yr resident of Barkhamsted
  • Bob and his wife Linda have one daughter

Paul Duran (alt)

Paul Duran (Incumbent – Zone of Boarding Appeals Alt. member)
  • Incumbent – ZBA Alt. for 10 yrs.
  • 17-yr resident of Barkhamsted
  • A.S. in Building Construction
  • Project Mgr. at Casle Corp. for 22 years
  • Served on Economic Development and Town Garage Building Committees

Regional 7 – Mimi Duran

Mimi Duran (Incumbent – Northwestern Regional 7 member )
  • A.S. Naugatuck Community College
  • B.S. University of Maine
  • Ethel Walker School – Assist. Athletic Director, and Head Coach (2006-Present)
  • Cheshire High School – Secretary, and Head Coach (2005-2006)
  • NW Regional #7 Middle School – Secretary (2003-2005)
  • Wamogo Regional High School – Head Coach (1993-2004)
  • The Taft School – Bursar, and Ice Rink Manager (1985-2001)

 

 

 

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