First Selectman:

Fillmore McPherson – bio!

Selectman:

Noreen Kokoruda

Joseph MacDougald

Board of Finance:

Helen Burland – bio!

James Matteson – bio!

Jennifer Tung – bio!

Board of Education:

John Dean

Jeanne Fitzgerald

Deborah Frey

Board of Assessment Appeals:

Eileen Banisch

Zoning Board of Appeals:

Ron Cozean

Jeanne Stevens

First Selectman:

Fillmore McPherson

Biographical Summary:

·          Madison resident since 1979

·          Married to watercolor artist Joan McPherson, with three children graduating from Daniel Hand High School

·          Navy veteran with sea duty aboard the aircraft carrier USS Independence; retired as Captain, USNR

·          M.S. in Industrial Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

·          B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Business Experience:

·          Director of Logistics, Schick Razors and Blades, Milford, CT, 19 years; responsible for Purchasing, Production Planning, and Supply Chain

·          Plant Manager, other marketing and manufacturing management, Kearney National Inc, St. Louis, Atlanta, Chattanooga, 13 years

Town Contributions:

·          Board of Finance 2001-Present, Chairman 2003-20007

·          Town Plan Advisory Committee, 2001-2003

·          High School Building Committee, Vice Chairman 1999-2000

Civic Contributions:

·          Madison Land Conservation Trust, Board of Directors, 2000-Present;  Vice President, Finance, 2001-Present

·          Currently ACT II Volunteer and Meals on Wheels Driver

·          Current Board of Directors, CLOUT Cares, a non-profit aiding AIDS widows and orphans in Kenya

·          Milford United Way Campaign Co-Chair, 1999

·          SARAH, 40^th Anniversary Committee Division Chair, 1997

·          BSA Troop 491, Troop Committee Chairman, 1980-1986

Accomplishments:

·          Eight consecutive education budgets that add classroom improvements in addition to normal growth

·          Introduced new policy to earn more interest income on reserve funds by investing in longer term government bonds and FDIC insured CD’s

·          Championed tax relief plans that help our neediest seniors

·          Fought and won battle to avoid establishing an unnecessary  $3 million trust fund for retiree benefits

·          Maintained sound fiscal policies to keep our AAA (Fitch) and AA1(Moody’s) gilt-edged rating

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Board of Finance:

Helen C. Burland

EDUCATION

Fairfield University – Bachelor of Arts Psychology  Cum Laude 1980

PROFESSIONAL

Saint Catherine Academy – President       2008- current

School for students with Special Needs

Town of Madison – Assistant for Town Administration           2003-2008

International Education Specialists – Founding Partner            1993-2000

University of Bridgeport – Director of Admissions and Financial Aid and University Registrar  1984-1992

Fairfield University- Associate Director of Alumni Relations   1982-1984

University of Bridgeport – Assistant Director of Admissions – 1980-1982

PERSONAL AND CIVIC

Board of Education – Town of Madison 1997-2005

                Vice Chairman; Chairman of Long Range Planning Committee

High School Building Committee – 2001-2003

Plan of Conservation and Development Committee – Board of Education Representative

LoCAP Committee – Board of Education Representative

St. Margaret Church Religious Education Teacher

St. Margaret Church Youth Mission Trip Chaperone

Island Avenue PTO Executive Committee

Academy School – Jump Rope for Heart Chairman

Madison resident – 16 years

Married to Tom for 25 years.  Five children – all attended Madison Public Schools.

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James Matteson

EDUCATION

B.S. Applied Economics, Cornell University

U.S. Navy Officers' Candidate School

U.S. Navy Supply Corps School

New York Institute of Finance

Cornell Executive Courses

PROFESSIONAL

CEO, Green Renewable Oil, current position

Principal, IIA: 2003 - present

Senior VP, Virtusa Corp. (NASDAQ: VRTU)

Senior VP Sales and Marketing, INSCI Corp

VP Development, Results Marketing, Inc.

General Manager, Versyss Corp.

President, The Baker-Goodyear Co.

Regional Director, Data General Corp.

Sales, Branch Manager, Burroughs Corp.

Stock Broker, Hugh Johnson & Co.

Supply Officer, USS Mullany, USNR

PERSONAL AND CIVIC

Married 37 years; 2 sons

31-year Madison Resident

Madison Ad Hoc Ethics Program Committee

Madison Republican Town Committee

Madison Country Club since 1995

Madison Jaycees 1978-1982

Board of Finance, Dunstable, MA 1977-1978

Jim and his wife Diane are 31-year residents of Madison with two sons who graduated from Daniel Hand High School. Jim’s public service includes Board of Finance, Dunstable, MA (1977, 1978) and Ad hoc Ethics Program Committee in Madison (2009). He is a member of the Madison Republican Town Committee.

An entrepreneur and business veteran within the high technology industry, Jim currently serves as CEO of Green Renewable Oil, LLC – a New England-based project management and operating company in the used lubrication oil re-refinery industry. He is also a principal of Ideas-Into-Action – a business consultancy in the high technology arena. He retired in 2007 from Virtusa Corporation (Nasdaq:VRTU) as Senior Vice President of the Communications, Content, and Technology (CCT) business unit.

Jim is a proven business leader. His responsibilities and experience within the corporate world help to establish a solid background in management and business strategy. These assets provide a rich frame of reference from which to help manage the assets of our town as a member of Madison’s Board of Finance.

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Jennifer S. Tung

EDUCATION

Masters in Toxicology at San Jose, California State University

B.S. from Cornell University

PROFESSIONAL

Investigator and investor in entrepreneurial businesses, properties and the stock market.

Toxicologist at Lockheed Missiles and Space, Inc., utilizing financial management skills.

Environmental, Health and Safety Officer, Field Safety Inc. at Santa Clara University.  Consultant creating budgets for clients.

Owner of 3 small businesses which required exercising cost containment skills.

PERSONAL AND CIVIC

Town of Madison Board of Finance: One term.  Liaison for the Board of Education and Beach and Recreation Commission. Member of the Joint Legal Costs Oversight Committee and Joint Facilities Review Committee (LOCAP), Selectman Salary Review, and Board Clerk.

Chairperson: The Brown Middle School Renovation Committee.

Treasurer:  Madison Republican Town Committee:  Also Voter Outreach, Gala Chair, Organizer of the RTC/ DTC Softball Game and 4^th of July Parade

Madison Liaison,  Connecticut Shoreline Republican Women's Committee:

Parent Teacher Organization: Winter Workshop Chair, Newsletter Secretary, Library Coordinator, Community Awareness Correspondent, Tools for Schools Liaison

Odyssey of the Mind: Head Coach

Saint Margaret's Church: Children's Liturgy of the Word, Catechist, Prayer Line and Family Rosary

Madison Community Services: Meals on Wheels

Madison Newcomers: First Vice President, Correspondence Secretary, Scholarship Committee

Jennifer Tung and her husband Tom moved to Madison with their two boys in 1997 seeking a town with the small-town Northeast values that she knew as a child. For 12 years Jennifer has volunteered in Madison: at St. Margaret's Church, as an Odyssey of the Mind head coach, at Madison Community Services, at the Parent Teacher Organizations for Ryerson, Brown and Polson Schools, and working on the Madison Tools for Schools. Jennifer currently serves on the Board of Finance, after being on the Madison Republican Town Committee for 7 years.  She chaired  the Brown School Renovation Committee, and sat on the starting board of the Connecticut Shoreline Republican Women's Committee. She has partnered/co-owned 2 businesses, consulted with Field Safety Corporation in Guilford, and worked as the Environmental Officer at Santa Clara University while concurrently consulting for several other universities. After receiving her B.S. from Cornell University, Jennifer worked as a Toxicologist for Lockheed Missile and Space Company, Inc. while earning her M. A. from California State University in San Jose.

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