Our team

Democratic leadership in Farmington.

Meet the officers who lead the FDTC and the Democrats currently serving in elected local office.

Committee officers

2026–2028 leadership

Bruce Polsky

Vice Chair

A Town Council member and retired global technology executive with experience leading large teams and budgets.

Liz Gemski

First District Chair

A Zoning Board of Appeals member with experience in government affairs, policy and legislative analysis.

Marianne Dess-Santoro

Second District Chair

A retired healthcare management executive and Zoning Board of Appeals alternate.

Andre Simons

Treasurer

Dave Wlodkowski

Assistant Treasurer

A Town Council member, licensed architect and longtime Farmington community volunteer.

Leahanne Fenton

Secretary

Current elected officials

Democrats serving Farmington

Local offices reflect the Town of Farmington’s September 2026 Boards and Commissions Booklet. State offices and districts link to official legislative sources.

STATE

State Legislative Delegation

Connecticut General Assembly

01

Town Council

January 2026–January 2028

Brian F.X. Connolly

Chair • At Large

A Town Council member since 2019, former Economic Development Commission member and community-program professional at LiveWell.

William Beckert

Second District

An attorney and former Board of Education chair who has also served on the Conservation and Town Plan & Zoning commissions.

Patricia Boye-Williams

Second District

An environmental attorney, former Board of Education member and Farmington Land Trust board member.

Bruce Polsky

First District

A retired global technology executive who previously served on the Town Plan & Zoning Commission and Retirement Board.

Dave Wlodkowski

First District

A licensed architect and former Retirement Board chair with leadership roles in local civic and community organizations.

02

Board of Education

Current Democratic members

Andrea Sobinski

Chair

A licensed clinical social worker who has served on Board committees covering personnel, curriculum and the superintendent search.

James Rackliffe

Vice Chair / Secretary

An insurance-industry professional who has served on the Farmington Public School Foundation board and volunteered with Comprehensive FHS.

Matt Hutvagner

Member

A finance professional and Farmington Public Schools parent with prior PTO and FHS Building Project involvement.

Beth Kintner

Member

Farmington’s Registrar of Voters and a former Town Council member who has served on Board communications and policy committees.

Erika Nowakowski

Member

A youth-justice nonprofit leader, former West District School PTO president and Farmington Public School Foundation board member.

Haley Pellegren

Member

An education program director with experience supporting elementary students with autism who has served on the Farmington Public School Foundation board.

03

Town Plan & Zoning

Commission and alternates

Liz Sanford

Chair

A longtime Town Plan & Zoning member and Farmington Land Trust land steward.

Dave St. Germain

Secretary

A Farmington small-business owner and Town Plan & Zoning commissioner.

Phil Cordeiro

Commissioner

An electrical engineer and project manager who has also served as secretary of the Water Pollution Control Authority.

Josh Davidson

Commissioner

A business leader with an MBA who has organized community input on development projects in Farmington.

Lisa Fagan

Alternate

Taylor Pogson

Alternate

A fourth-generation Farmington resident and local farmer.

04

Zoning Board of Appeals

Board and alternates

Jon L. Schoenhorn

Chair

An attorney and New England Scenic Trail manager with experience in open-space and recreation advocacy.

Christopher R. Cloud

Secretary

A government-relations professional who has served as chair of Farmington’s Racial Equality Taskforce.

Cate Grady-Benson

Member

Executive director of the Farmington Land Trust and a longtime organizer of Farmington’s town-wide clean-up.

Elizabeth Gemski

Member

A government-affairs professional with experience in policy, legislative and media analysis.

Marianne Dess-Santoro

Alternate

A retired healthcare management executive with leadership experience at UConn Health and Yale Medicine.

Haritha Subramanian

Alternate

A community organizer whose work has included housing policy and land-use issues.

05

Board of Assessment Appeals

Current Democratic members

Frank Gerratana

Member

Ted Glanzer

Member

An attorney and former local reporter who has coached Farmington youth soccer and Little League.

Ron White

Member

Joan M. Williams

Member

A retired UConn Health employee and assistant registrar for Farmington elections.

06

Constables

January 2026–January 2028

Peter Bagdigian

Constable

A Navy veteran, assistant registrar and former member of ZBA, TPZ and WPCA.

Swapna Das

Constable

A Farmington elections moderator, UConn Health employee and longtime school volunteer.

07

Other elected offices

Townwide service

Michael Tucci Jr.

Town Clerk

A Farmington Land Trust volunteer, volunteer firefighter and former UConn research and teaching assistant.

Beth Kintner

Registrar of Voters

A Board of Education member and former Town Council member with experience in public communication and election administration.

Paul Bedard

Judge of Probate, District 10

An attorney with extensive experience in probate matters and Connecticut’s probate courts.

Local offices and leadership roles: Town of Farmington Boards and Commissions Booklet, September 10, 2026. State legislative districts: Farmington Registrar of Voters. State officeholder information: Connecticut General Assembly. Town Council biographical details: official Town Council biographies. Additional photographs and biographical details were supplied in 2023 and 2025 FDTC candidate materials.

The full committee

Fifty voting members. Two districts. One town.

The full town committee includes members from Farmington’s First and Second Districts. Members recruit and support candidates, organize campaign activity, plan events, communicate with residents and carry out the work of the local Democratic Party organization.

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