Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT elected officials: mayors, selectmen, councils, school boards and registrars

Who holds every elected county, school board, city and special-district office in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region: 294 seats on 61 elected bodies. 26 seats were on the November 3, 2026 ballot; they update once the county certifies its results.

School Board

Ansonia Board of Education

Every member is elected countywide.

OfficeWho holds it now
Board of Education MemberSteven Adamowski source
Board of Education MemberRichard Bshara source
Board of Education MemberDavid Knapp source
Board of Education MemberElizabeth Leberge source
Board of Education MemberStephanie Ocasio-Gonzalez source
Board of Education MemberChristopher Phipps source
Board of Education MemberSharon Voroschak source

Beacon Falls Board of Education

Every member is elected countywide.

OfficeWho holds it now
Board of Education MemberDouglas R. Bousguet source
Board of Education MemberTiffany M. Burkitt-Lyga source
Board of Education MemberLisa Mariano source
Board of Education MemberEleanor McAdam source

Official website

Bristol Board of Education

Every member is elected countywide.

OfficeWho holds it now
Board of Education MemberShelby Rafaniello Pons source
Board of Education MemberMaria Simmons source
Board of Education MemberJill Fitzsimmons-Bula source
Board of Education MemberKristen Giantonio source
Board of Education MemberKara Ledger source
Board of Education MemberLorianne Osenkowski source
Board of Education MemberRobert Parenti source
Board of Education MemberBarbara Tedesco source
Board of Education MemberJennifer Van Gorder source

Cheshire Board of Education

Every member is elected countywide.

OfficeWho holds it now
Board of Education MemberVacant source
Board of Education MemberMatthew Colehour source
Board of Education MemberAnne Marie Cullinan source
Board of Education MemberMark Ecke source
Board of Education MemberHeather Fitzgerald source
Board of Education MemberAnne Harrigan source
Board of Education MemberTim White source

Official website

Derby Board of Education

Every member is elected countywide.

OfficeWho holds it now
Board of Education MemberKenneth R. Marcucio, Sr. source
Board of Education MemberDaniel P. Foley, Jr. source
Board of Education MemberJames Gildea source
Board of Education MemberKarla Malerba source
Board of Education MemberMelissa Mongillo source
Board of Education MemberErica Nuzzo source
Board of Education MemberRebecca O’Hara source
Board of Education MemberHolly Orazietti source
Board of Education MemberKimberly Tovar source

Official website

Naugatuck Board of Education

Every member is elected countywide.

OfficeWho holds it now
Board of Education MemberJeffrey Litke source
Board of Education MemberMarilyn O’Donnell source
Board of Education MemberJason L. Celozzi source
Board of Education MemberErika Clements source
Board of Education MemberEthel S. Grant source
Board of Education MemberAlicia Makowski source
Board of Education MemberRobert Mezzo source
Board of Education MemberJames M. Scully source

Oxford Board of Education

Every member is elected countywide.

OfficeWho holds it now
Board of Education MemberRobert Carr source
Board of Education MemberVincent Cataudella source
Board of Education MemberJoseph Iucci source
Board of Education MemberSusan Kondic source
Board of Education MemberMichael C. Koosa source
Board of Education MemberStephen M. Kozek source
Board of Education MemberNicole Levine McGrath source
Board of Education MemberDeborah Sherman source
Board of Education MemberVictor Tomporowski source

Official website

Plymouth Board of Education

Every member is elected countywide.

OfficeWho holds it now
Board of Education MemberKaren Kulesa source
Board of Education MemberKelly Tilton source
Board of Education MemberGerard Bourbonniere source
Board of Education MemberCindy Candrea-Florenciani source
Board of Education MemberRichard Foote source
Board of Education MemberMichelle Lucian source
Board of Education MemberPatrick Perugino source
Board of Education MemberGregory Showers source
Board of Education MemberLou Zbuska source

Official website

Seymour Board of Education

Every member is elected countywide.

OfficeWho holds it now
Board of Education MemberChristopher Champagne source
Board of Education MemberEdward Strumello source
Board of Education MemberStephan Behuniak source
Board of Education MemberKristen Bruno source
Board of Education MemberJames Garofolo source
Board of Education MemberKristen Harmeling source
Board of Education MemberJay Hatfield source
Board of Education MemberPeter Kubik source
Board of Education MemberLori Nespoli source

Official website

Shelton Board of Education

Every member is elected countywide.

OfficeWho holds it now
Board of Education MemberAmy Romano source
Board of Education MemberJim Feehan source
Board of Education MemberKate Kutash source
Board of Education MemberJoan Littlefield source
Board of Education MemberPatricia Moonan source
Board of Education MemberJason M. Neves source
Board of Education MemberJames E. Orazietti source
Board of Education MemberLorraine B. Rossner source
Board of Education MemberAnthony Smeraglino source

Official website

Thomaston Board of Education

Every member is elected countywide.

OfficeWho holds it now
Board of Education MemberBeth Campbell source
Board of Education MemberSteven Carr source
Board of Education MemberSarah Ethier source
Board of Education MemberRuthann H. Fainer source
Board of Education MemberTanya Galpin source
Board of Education MemberAnthony Kepler source
Board of Education MemberFrank Treglia source
Board of Education MemberMatthew Van Ormer source
Board of Education MemberNathan Vieria source

Official website

Waterbury Board of Education

Every member is elected countywide.

OfficeWho holds it now
Board of Education MemberElizabeth C. Brown source
Board of Education MemberJuanita P. Hernandez source
Board of Education MemberAnthony B. Ireland source
Board of Education MemberLaToya Ireland source
Board of Education MemberJacqueline Jackson source
Board of Education MemberYarixa Lopez source
Board of Education MemberMaggie O’Brien source
Board of Education MemberRocco Orso source
Board of Education MemberMelissa Serrano-Adorno source
Board of Education MemberThomas Van Stone source

Official website

Watertown Board of Education

Every member is elected countywide.

OfficeWho holds it now
Board of Education MemberKrista Palomba source
Board of Education MemberKaren Hosking source
Board of Education MemberKarim Belica source
Board of Education MemberChristine Faressa source
Board of Education MemberJames Gambardella source
Board of Education MemberJohn Gavallas source
Board of Education MemberElizabeth Lawton source
Board of Education MemberLucinda A. Lopes-Phelan source
Board of Education MemberJason Malagutti source

Official website

Wolcott Board of Education

Every member is elected countywide.

OfficeWho holds it now
Board of Education MemberCynthia Mancini source
Board of Education MemberEugene Gasparri source
Board of Education MemberAnthony F. Gugliotti source
Board of Education MemberMelissa Hughes source
Board of Education MemberNikoleta Kollchaku source
Board of Education MemberRoberta E. Leonard source
Board of Education MemberKelly D. Mazza source
Board of Education MemberMatthew Napp source
Board of Education MemberShawn Simpson source
Board of Education MemberBrock Weber source
Who lives in each of the 13 school districts (Census figures)
School districtPeopleMedian household incomeBelow the poverty lineWithout health insuranceRenters paying 30%+ of income on rent
Ansonia School District19,033$85,8779.4%7.4%39.7%
Bristol School District61,462$79,07610.7%4.6%55.5%
Cheshire School District29,040$146,5285%1.6%44.9%
Derby School District12,487$79,50010.8%3.7%53.9%
Naugatuck School District31,800$96,3246.3%6%42.2%
Oxford School District12,991$128,9534%0.7%23.3%
Plymouth School District11,746$94,5148.5%4.3%57.9%
Seymour School District16,889$107,7086.7%6.2%45.2%
Shelton School District41,889$108,1856.6%3.4%53.8%
Thomaston School District7,492$103,2182.3%2%57.9%
Waterbury School District114,869$51,88624.7%8.4%58.6%
Watertown School District22,253$101,6914.3%2.2%56.6%
Wolcott School District16,279$110,8501.8%1.5%49.8%

Census Bureau, 2020–2024 5-year estimates for each school district's area, matched to its board by name. They're estimates with a , larger for small districts.

Cities and towns

How many local governments Naugatuck Valley Planning Region has

The Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments counts 48 local governments in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region. This page lists the ones whose offices are elected.

Kind of governmentCensus count (2022)Listed on this page
Cities, towns, villages and townships (6 municipal, 13 township)1919
School districts (school boards)314
Special districts (elected boards)260

Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments: Government Units Listing (census.gov).

About these counts

The Census Bureau counts every independent local government once, in the county it assigns it to: the one it mostly serves or where it's based. A city or district that crosses county lines is counted in only one county, so it may be listed on this page but counted elsewhere, or the other way around. Many special districts, such as housing authorities, have appointed boards, and some places have more than one elected body, so the two columns measure different things. School systems run by a county, city or the state aren't counted as separate governments (13 in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region), though their boards may be listed here; in some states the Bureau counts community or state colleges as school districts. The counts are as of 2022.

Who lives in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region

454,969people
41.8median ageU.S.: 38.9
$86,191 household incomeU.S.: $80,734
11.2%below the U.S.: 12.5%
33.8%of adults 25+ with a bachelor's degreeU.S.: 35.7%
$317,700median home valueU.S.: $332,700
6%unemployed (of the labor force)U.S.: 5.2%
14.2%born outside the U.S.U.S.: 14.1%
5%of adults are veteransU.S.: 6.2%
4.8%U.S.: 8.4%
53.5%of renting households pay of income on rentU.S.: 51.1%
32%of homeowners with a mortgage pay of income on housing costsU.S.: 28.1%

Race and Hispanic origin: Hispanic or Latino 19.9% · White 59.8% · Black 10.6% · Asian 3.8% · Other or more than one race 5.9% (Hispanic or Latino people can be of any race; the other groups are non-Hispanic.)

Census Bureau, 2020–2024 5-year estimates (data.census.gov).

About these figures

The American Community Survey asks about 3.5 million households a year about who lives there, their work, income, schooling and housing. The 5-year estimates pool 2020–2024 answers so that every county and district has enough of them. They're estimates with a (larger for smaller places), and they're different from the once-a-decade census count. "Median" means half are above and half below. Household income is before taxes and includes everyone in the household. The unemployment share here is the survey's five-year average, so it differs from the monthly rate in the BLS jobs report. Race and Hispanic origin are as people describe themselves.

Health insurance means any coverage, private or public (such as Medicaid or Medicare), when people answered; the share is of everyone except people on active military duty and people living in institutions such as prisons and nursing homes. The housing shares are of renting households, and of homeowners with a mortgage, for whom the Census Bureau can compute them (households with no income, or renters who pay no cash rent, are left out). Rent here is gross rent, rent plus utilities; owner costs include the mortgage, property taxes, insurance, utilities and fees.

Jobs in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region

5.7%September 2026, preliminary. A year earlier: 4.5%. Connecticut: 5.1%.
13,373people unemployedSeptember 2026, preliminary.
220,551people employedSeptember 2026, preliminary. Counted where they live, not where they work.
233,924in the September 2026, preliminary.
Unemployment rate, yearly average, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region 0.0%2.2%4.5%6.7%8.9% 20162018202020222024

Yearly average unemployment rate, 2016–2025.

Every month, last two years
MonthRateUnemployedEmployedLabor force
September 2026 (preliminary)5.7%13,373220,551233,924
August 20265.5%12,757218,917231,674
July 20266.4%14,952219,946234,898
June 20265.4%12,483218,298230,781
May 20265.6%12,801216,796229,597
April 20265.8%13,392216,429229,821
March 20265.9%13,747218,344232,091
February 20266.6%15,491218,966234,457
January 20266.3%14,814220,660235,474
December 20254.7%11,111224,564235,675
November 20255.0%11,807226,151237,958
October 2025not collected (2025 federal shutdown)
September 20254.5%10,670226,917237,587
August 20254.7%11,189227,129238,318
July 20254.7%11,446229,687241,133
June 20254.1%9,722230,327240,049
May 20254.2%10,110228,545238,655
April 20253.8%9,018228,758237,776
March 20254.5%10,777227,779238,556
February 20255.0%11,766225,325237,091
January 20254.7%11,359227,988239,347
December 20243.5%8,241230,257238,498
November 20243.6%8,712230,196238,908
October 20243.6%8,626230,908239,534
Yearly averages
YearRateUnemployedEmployedLabor force
2025 (11 months)4.5%10,816227,561238,377
20243.8%8,999229,749238,748
20233.7%8,646228,102236,748
20224.5%10,685229,272239,957
20217.0%16,295215,691231,986
20208.5%19,959215,495235,454
20194.0%9,671232,076241,747
20184.4%10,545229,747240,292
20174.9%11,830228,189240,019
20165.4%12,888225,804238,692

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, : BLS publishes county figures only that way, so they rise and fall with the seasons; compare a month with the same month a year earlier rather than with the month before. Connecticut's figure above is on the same basis; seasonally adjusted, as in BLS's monthly state release, it was 5.1% in September 2026. The latest month is preliminary and is revised the next month, and BLS revises earlier years each spring. People are counted where they live. October 2025 wasn't collected during the 2025 federal government shutdown, so 2025's yearly average covers 11 months.

Crime reported in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region

119.8 per 100,0002025. Connecticut: 109.6.
1,213.6 per 100,0002025. Connecticut: 1,146.0.
12murders2025, 482 violent crimes in all.
Earlier years
YearViolentRatePropertyRate
2025482119.84,8821,213.6
2024531134.25,8151,469.1
2023614155.86,4551,637.5
2022643165.36,6081,698.3
2021589155.66,8181,801.2
2020645169.56,3491,668.3
2019546142.96,3871,671.5
2018727189.38,1832,130.5
2017790206.27,9362,071.0
2016799207.78,2602,147.7
By police agency (13)
AgencyYearViolentPropertyPeople served
Waterbury Police Department20253402,723116,419
Bristol Police Department20253340462,563
Shelton Police Department20251428243,332
Naugatuck Police Department20251928932,273
Cheshire Police Department2025212731,218
Watertown Police Department20252220822,601
Ansonia Police Department20251429619,271
Seymour Police Department202596117,248
Wolcott Police Department202537116,607
Derby Police Department20251728213,072
Plymouth Police Department202555711,936
Middlebury Police Department20252448,142
Thomaston Police Department20252387,598

Crimes to the county's city and county police agencies (FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Return A), per 100,000 people they serve. Years with incomplete reporting are left out. Crime in Connecticut · the U.S.

Police staffing

2.01 per 1,000 residents2025, 13 agencies serving 402,280 people.
807sworn officers2025, full-time, as of October 31.
152civilian staff2025, full-time.
Agencies counted (13), 2025
AgencyOfficersCiviliansPeople served
Waterbury Police Department30446116,419
Bristol Police Department1172462,563
Naugatuck Police Department611332,273
Shelton Police Department431643,332
Cheshire Police Department461131,218
Watertown Police Department411322,601
Ansonia Police Department45819,271
Seymour Police Department41117,248
Derby Police Department34513,072
Wolcott Police Department27916,607
Plymouth Police Department22211,936
Thomaston Police Department1337,598
Middlebury Police Department1318,142
Earlier years
YearOfficersPer 1,000CiviliansAgencies
20258072.0115213
20247962.0114713
20237521.9114813
20227371.8915213
20217812.0615813
20207812.0514813
20197922.0714113
20187672.0016213
20177792.0314713
20167762.0215013

Full-time employees of the county's city police departments and sheriff's office, as each reported them to the FBI (Uniform Crime Reporting, Law Enforcement Employees), per 1,000 people in the areas those agencies serve (the FBI's population figures). A year is shown only when every one of these agencies sent a count; a count under half or over double the agency's own counts in nearby years is treated as not sent. Towns policed under contract by another agency are counted through that agency. State police, campus and other agencies aren't included. Sheriffs' offices often also run the county jail and courthouse security, so their staff counts include those jobs.

Quick answers

Who is on the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region School Board?
Steven Adamowski (Board of Education Member); Richard Bshara (Board of Education Member); David Knapp (Board of Education Member); Elizabeth Leberge (Board of Education Member); Stephanie Ocasio-Gonzalez (Board of Education Member); Christopher Phipps (Board of Education Member); Sharon Voroschak (Board of Education Member); Douglas R. Bousguet (Board of Education Member); Tiffany M. Burkitt-Lyga (Board of Education Member); Lisa Mariano (Board of Education Member); Eleanor McAdam (Board of Education Member); Shelby Rafaniello Pons (Board of Education Member); Maria Simmons (Board of Education Member); Jill Fitzsimmons-Bula (Board of Education Member); Kristen Giantonio (Board of Education Member); Kara Ledger (Board of Education Member); Lorianne Osenkowski (Board of Education Member); Robert Parenti (Board of Education Member); Barbara Tedesco (Board of Education Member); Jennifer Van Gorder (Board of Education Member); Matthew Colehour (Board of Education Member); Anne Marie Cullinan (Board of Education Member); Mark Ecke (Board of Education Member); Heather Fitzgerald (Board of Education Member); Anne Harrigan (Board of Education Member); Tim White (Board of Education Member); Kenneth R. Marcucio, Sr. (Board of Education Member); Daniel P. Foley, Jr. (Board of Education Member); James Gildea (Board of Education Member); Karla Malerba (Board of Education Member); Melissa Mongillo (Board of Education Member); Erica Nuzzo (Board of Education Member); Rebecca O’Hara (Board of Education Member); Holly Orazietti (Board of Education Member); Kimberly Tovar (Board of Education Member); Jeffrey Litke (Board of Education Member); Marilyn O’Donnell (Board of Education Member); Jason L. Celozzi (Board of Education Member); Erika Clements (Board of Education Member); Ethel S. Grant (Board of Education Member); Alicia Makowski (Board of Education Member); Robert Mezzo (Board of Education Member); James M. Scully (Board of Education Member); Robert Carr (Board of Education Member); Vincent Cataudella (Board of Education Member); Joseph Iucci (Board of Education Member); Susan Kondic (Board of Education Member); Michael C. Koosa (Board of Education Member); Stephen M. Kozek (Board of Education Member); Nicole Levine McGrath (Board of Education Member); Deborah Sherman (Board of Education Member); Victor Tomporowski (Board of Education Member); Karen Kulesa (Board of Education Member); Kelly Tilton (Board of Education Member); Gerard Bourbonniere (Board of Education Member); Cindy Candrea-Florenciani (Board of Education Member); Richard Foote (Board of Education Member); Michelle Lucian (Board of Education Member); Patrick Perugino (Board of Education Member); Gregory Showers (Board of Education Member); Lou Zbuska (Board of Education Member); Christopher Champagne (Board of Education Member); Edward Strumello (Board of Education Member); Stephan Behuniak (Board of Education Member); Kristen Bruno (Board of Education Member); James Garofolo (Board of Education Member); Kristen Harmeling (Board of Education Member); Jay Hatfield (Board of Education Member); Peter Kubik (Board of Education Member); Lori Nespoli (Board of Education Member); Amy Romano (Board of Education Member); Jim Feehan (Board of Education Member); Kate Kutash (Board of Education Member); Joan Littlefield (Board of Education Member); Patricia Moonan (Board of Education Member); Jason M. Neves (Board of Education Member); James E. Orazietti (Board of Education Member); Lorraine B. Rossner (Board of Education Member); Anthony Smeraglino (Board of Education Member); Beth Campbell (Board of Education Member); Steven Carr (Board of Education Member); Sarah Ethier (Board of Education Member); Ruthann H. Fainer (Board of Education Member); Tanya Galpin (Board of Education Member); Anthony Kepler (Board of Education Member); Frank Treglia (Board of Education Member); Matthew Van Ormer (Board of Education Member); Nathan Vieria (Board of Education Member); Elizabeth C. Brown (Board of Education Member); Juanita P. Hernandez (Board of Education Member); Anthony B. Ireland (Board of Education Member); LaToya Ireland (Board of Education Member); Jacqueline Jackson (Board of Education Member); Yarixa Lopez (Board of Education Member); Maggie O’Brien (Board of Education Member); Rocco Orso (Board of Education Member); Melissa Serrano-Adorno (Board of Education Member); Thomas Van Stone (Board of Education Member); Krista Palomba (Board of Education Member); Karen Hosking (Board of Education Member); Karim Belica (Board of Education Member); Christine Faressa (Board of Education Member); James Gambardella (Board of Education Member); John Gavallas (Board of Education Member); Elizabeth Lawton (Board of Education Member); Lucinda A. Lopes-Phelan (Board of Education Member); Jason Malagutti (Board of Education Member); Cynthia Mancini (Board of Education Member); Eugene Gasparri (Board of Education Member); Anthony F. Gugliotti (Board of Education Member); Melissa Hughes (Board of Education Member); Nikoleta Kollchaku (Board of Education Member); Roberta E. Leonard (Board of Education Member); Kelly D. Mazza (Board of Education Member); Matthew Napp (Board of Education Member); Shawn Simpson (Board of Education Member); Brock Weber (Board of Education Member).
What is the population of Naugatuck Valley Planning Region?
About 454,969 people, with a median age of 41.8; the median household income is $86,191 and 11.2% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).
What is the unemployment rate in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region?
5.7% in September 2026 (preliminary): 13,373 people unemployed in a labor force of 233,924, against 4.5% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).
How many local governments are there in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region?
48 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 6 municipal, 13 township, 3 school district and 26 special district governments.
What cities and towns are in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region?
47: Ansonia, Ansonia, Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Beacon Falls, Bethlehem, Bethlehem, Bristol, Bristol, Bristol, Cheshire, Cheshire, Derby, Derby, Derby, Middlebury, Middlebury, Naugatuck, Naugatuck, Naugatuck, Oxford, Oxford, Plymouth, Plymouth, Plymouth, Prospect, Prospect, Prospect, Seymour, Seymour, Shelton, Shelton, Shelton, Southbury, Southbury, Thomaston, Thomaston, Waterbury, Waterbury, Waterbury, Watertown, Watertown, Wolcott, Wolcott, Wolcott, Woodbury, Woodbury. Each has its own page with its mayor and council.

Officeholders as of November 6, 2026, from the Connecticut Secretary of the State's Register and Manual (Section VII, town officers); each name links to its source. Officials change between elections (appointments, resignations), and the body's own website is the authority. Party is shown only for offices elected on a partisan ballot.

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