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2009 Municipal Election

First Selectman

Kathleen Kelly Zabel First Selectman of Burlington, CT, incumbent 2007 – serving 2008 – present Selectman, Board of Selectmen, 2006 – present Member, Board of Directors, Bristol-Burlington Health District, 2005 – 2008 Director of Fundraising, The National Conference, 1992 – 1996 Town Clerk, Burlington, CT, elected 1983, re-elected 1987 CT State Legislature Clerk, Insurance & Real Estate Committee, 1982 – 1983 and for Government Admin. & Elections Committee, 1979 – 1982 Staff Assistant, United States Congress Graduate, Mount Vernon College, Washington, D.C. Member, Burlington Historical Society; Friends of the Library; and, Land Trust Former Member, Burlington Volunteer Fire Department Married to Daniel Zabel, two children, three grandchildren

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Board of Selectmen

	Kristen Grindal-Keller Selectman, Board of Selectman, incumbent 2007, serving 2008 – present Chair, Town of Burlington Website Committee, 2008 Transition Counselor, Lewis S. Mills High School, 2005 – present Member, “Make A Mark” Advisory Committee, Region School District #10, 2009 – present Former Corporate Human Resource Consultant, 1989 – 1996 Member, American School Counseling Association MBA, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute M.S. in School Counseling – University of Hartford Married to David Keller with two young children
	Sarah Scheidel McCusker Librarian, Canton Public Library, 2007 – present Assistant Director, Burlington Public Library in 2007, Librarian, 2005 – 2007 Member, Plan of Conservation & Development Subcommittee, 2009 Secretary of Burlington Bicentennial Committee 2003 – 2006 Former Deputy Registrar of Voters Former Board Member, Burlington Historical Society, Current Member Member, Friends of the Library Married to James McCusker
	Michael V. Vollono, Esquire Attorney – Private Practice at Thompson, Vollono and Donovan, Plainville, CT , 20 years Member, Board of Finance, 2005 – present Chairman, Planning and Zoning Commission, 2004 – 2006 Member, Plan of Conservation and Development Committee, 2008 -2009 Member, Planning and Zoning Commission, 1995 – 2004 Member, Open Space Committee, 2000 – 2001 Former Little League Coach and Soccer Coach Married with two children who attend Region #10 Schools

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Town Treasurer

Stephen J. Savino, CPA Town Treasurer, Burlington, CT , Incumbent 2007 – present Certified Public Account currently in private practice, 30 years Investment Advisory Agent, June 2002 – present Former Member, Economic Development Commission Founding Member, Burlington Chamber of Commerce 1989 Married with two children and three grandchildren

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Board of Finance

	John T. Achilli Member, Board of Finance, 2004 – present Former Member, Democratic Town Committee – 10 years Business Owner of Machine Shops, 1984 – 2008 Manager at Chandler Evans Inc. – 22 years Former Member, Burlington Volunteer Fire Dept., 16 years, Secretary for 14 or 15 yrs. Interests Include: traveling, gardening and rebuilding antique cars Married with two grandchildren in Region #10
	Robert J. Coates (Bob) Selectman, Board of Selectman, 2004 – 2006 Chairman, Planning and Zonning Commission 1993 – 2004 Sales Engineer, Torrington Company now Timken Company since 1975 Member, Burlington Democratic Town Committee, 25 years Volunteer at St. Patrick’s Church Married, Children attended Region #10
	Arthur Johanson Chairman, Board of Finance, 1991 – present Member, Board of Finance, 1978 -present Director of IT, Travelers Insurance Company Former President, current Member, Board of Directors, Lake Garda Improvement Ass. Former Member, Burlington Volunteer Fire Dept. Ass. Past President, Burlington Junior Soccer Ass. Served as Little League and Basket Ball Coaches

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Board of Assessment Appeals

Daniel Zabel Member, Board of Assessment Appeals, 2003 to present Member, Board of Directors, Bristol – Burlington Health District, 2007 – present Chief Executive Officer, Stamford Anesthesiology Services, P.C. – current Former Chief Executive Officer, University Physicians of Brooklyn, NY Former Associate Vice President for Health Affairs, at University of South Florida M.P.H. Degree, University of Connecticut School of Medicine Member, Burlington Historical Society, Exchange Club and Rotary Club Married, two children and three grandchildren Burlington native

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Planning and Zoning Commission

	Robert M. Angelillo Chairman, Planning & Zoning Commission, August, 2009 – present Member, Planning & Zoning Commission, 2007 – present Master Electrician, R & C Electric, Bristol, CT Owner, Angelillo Construction, 1999 – present Interests include boating and fishing Married with two young children in Region #10
	George Curtis Acting Member, Planning & Zoning Commission, 2009 Alternate Member, Planning & Zoning, 2008 Network Administrator for ProHealth Physicians, Farmington, CT – current Acting IT Director, City of New Britain, 2004 – 2009 Former Vice President of GMIS, a consortium of municipal IT professionals Married with two young children
	Peter Dumais Chairman, Planning & Zoning, Commission, 2006 – Sept. 2009 Acting Member, Planning & Zoning Commission, 2004 -2006 Former Chairman, Planning & Zoning Board of Appeals, Plainville, CT Account Manager, Stamford Anesthesiology services, Inc. – current Insurance Adjuster, Hartford Financial Services Group, Harford, CT Former Coach and Assistant Coach, Burlington Junior Soccer Association Single Father, two children

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Zoning Board of Appeals

Christopher T. Chenette, Esq. Attorney in private practice, Chenette Law Offices, LLC, Farmington, CT, 2009 Associate Attorney, Baillie & Hershman, P.C., Cheshire, CT, 2005 – 2009 Assistant Clerk, Waterbury Superior Court, 2004 – 2005 Financial Service Associate, People’s Bank, 2001 – 2005 J.D. Degree, Quinnipiac University School of Law, 2003 Volunteer, Spirit Youth Group, St. Patrick Church Married

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Board of Education

	JohnPeter Parente Burlington – Harwinton American Legion Baseball Assistant Coach, 2008- present Mechanical Engineer, Pratt and Whitney Engines, East Hartford, CT, 2008 – present B.S. Degree, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, 2003 – 2008 Member, United Way Youth Board, 1999 – 2003 Event Volunteer, the New England Air Museum Member of professional societies: SAE and ASME
	Christa L. Ronalter Assistant Town Clerk, Burlington, CT , 2007 – present Executive Assistant/Agency Service Manager, Chubb Specialty Insurance, 2000 – 2005 Executive Assistant, Scor Reinsurance, 1997 – 2000 B. S. Degree, Eastern CT State University Captain, Women’s Varsity Soccer Team Member, Intramural Sports League Married with two children
	Theodore Charles Scheidel, Jr. Former First Selectman, Burlington, CT, 1981 -2007 Administrative Assistant to the Mayor of Plymouth 2008 – present Banker, CBT/Fleet Bank 1967 – 2001 Member, Tunxis Community College Foundation Member, Burlington Chamber of Commerce Member, Environmental Learning Centers of CT Volunteer, United Way of West Central CT

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