RTM District 4 (vote at Osborn Hill School)

 

Andrew Baumgardner
891 Stillson Road
abaumgard@aol.com

  • B.S., University of Bridgeport;  Employed in Corporate Tax Field, CPA
  • Past Member, Ridgewood, NJ, Planning BD & Community Organizing Activities
  • Returning Resident, raised in Fairfield – 20 years; Graduated Andrew Warde H.S.
  • Married to Colleen, 3 Grown Children

 

 

 

 

Heather Dean
919 Stillson Road
hccm88@optonline.net

  • former member RTM, ‘03-‘09 ; Chair, Public Works & Planning Committee
  • Supported School Budget, Senior Tax Relief; Blight & Reusable Bag Ordinances
  • Member Cultural Diversity Task Force, McKinley School, 2009 through present.
  • Past president, current member, Osborn Hill School PTA, 1997-2011; Co-founder  Kids’ Place; former secretary, Roger Ludlowe Middle School PTSA, Fairfield, Connecticut, 1998-2000; recipient of The U.S. Presidential Volunteer Award–June 2011
  • Small Business Owner-Infant-Toddler Child Care Program, Fairfield, Connecticut, employing five since January 2003
  • Member Outreach Board, First Church Congregational, May 2011
  • Member, Democratic Town Committee, district leader; recipient of The Denise Dougiello–Young Turk Award, April 2011; chair of Fundraising Committee, 2009-present
  • Past president and board member of Sound View Knitting Guild, Trumbull, Connecticut, 1997-2005
  • MAT Elementary Education—SHU, Fairfield, Connecticut, 2011
  • BGS-Human Service and History—UCONN, Connecticut, 2002
  • Co-founder  Kids’ Place, Osborn Hill School
  • Member, Fairfield Historical Society since 2003; Supported Demolition Delay Ordinance
  • Married to Jeff Dean, October 18, 1997, with three children, Christopher, Cullen, and Maggie.

For more, see the Q&A at The Daily Fairfield.

Douglas Jones
1304 Fairfield Woods Road
dajones@snet.net

Fairfield resident since 1985

  • Successful small business owner
  • Married to Meg; two sons—Andy (Warde 2010) and Tim (Warde 2015)
  • RTM member from District 4 (2001-2007); Majority Leader 2005 -2007
  • Greater Bridgeport Regional Planning Agency 2007 – 2009; current Conservation Commission alternate
  • Former youth soccer and basketball coach and Committee Chair, Cub Scout Pack 88
  • B.A., Brown University

Key issue

Having spent more than six years on the RTM Finance Committee, I am acutely aware of the need to right size our budgets.  Tax increases must be kept under control, but mindless budget cutting can be counterproductive over the long-term.  Lip service to fiscal responsibility is not sufficient.  Financial efficiencies must be actively pursued, especially within the school district.

For more, see the Q&A at The Daily Fairfield.

Al Menillo
2052 North Benson Road
amen2@live.com

  • Eight years of service on Town Pension Board
  • Long history of negotiating with the town with vast experience with labor and contracts through knowledge of town and many relationships with small business and town officers.
  • Lifelong Fairfield resident
  • Decorated Marine (bronze star, purple heart)
  • 30+ years of service to Fairfield
  • Husband and father

 

 

 

Alan Smith
43 Mayflower Circle
asmitheg@yahoo.com

  • Former RTM member
  • B.A., Ph.D., Yale University
  • Professor, Central Connecticut State University
  • Father of two sons educated in Fairfield public schools
  • Member, Sierra Club