Southeastern Connecticut 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 Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 293 seats on 62 elected bodies. 28 seats were on the November 3, 2026 ballot; they update once the county certifies its results.
Who lives in each of the 19 school districts (Census figures)
School district
People
Median household income
Below the poverty line
Without health insurance
Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent
Bozrah School District
2,293
$108,516
11.7%
1.6%
47.2%
Colchester School District
15,648
$122,390
3.9%
2.2%
44.4%
East Lyme School District
18,721
$105,044
5.5%
2.2%
64%
Franklin School District
2,004
$105,000
8.7%
3.6%
19.5%
Griswold School District
11,530
$78,719
7.6%
3.8%
57.5%
Groton School District
38,130
$88,284
10.6%
4.2%
46.3%
Lebanon School District
7,116
$109,135
4.1%
1.2%
33%
Ledyard School District
15,433
$107,975
5.7%
4%
54%
Lisbon School District
4,211
$92,708
6.6%
3.3%
100%
Montville School District
17,950
$96,454
7.8%
3.3%
41.4%
New London School District
27,625
$59,098
21.6%
8%
53.2%
North Stonington School District
5,160
$123,938
1.5%
2.8%
0%
Norwich School District
39,973
$65,024
16.7%
7.8%
56.2%
Preston School District
4,821
$116,648
2.4%
2.3%
52.6%
Salem School District
4,282
$123,245
6.2%
0.5%
32.1%
Sprague School District
2,962
$92,850
8.1%
9.1%
26.9%
Stonington School District
18,478
$114,797
7%
3.6%
36.5%
Waterford School District
19,673
$104,820
4.6%
3.1%
44.4%
Windham School District
23,961
$55,736
20.7%
7%
57.1%
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.
How many local governments Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region has
The Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments counts 68 local governments in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region. This page lists the ones whose offices are elected.
Kind of government
Census count (2022)
Listed on this page
Cities, towns, villages and townships (6 municipal, 18 township)
24
19
School districts (school boards)
0
19
Special districts (elected boards)
44
0
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 (20 in Southeastern Connecticut 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 Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region
279,971people
41.1median ageU.S.: 38.9
$86,586 household incomeU.S.: $80,734
10.7%below the U.S.: 12.5%
35.8%of adults 25+ with a bachelor's degreeU.S.: 35.7%
$323,400median home valueU.S.: $332,700
5%unemployed (of the labor force)U.S.: 5.2%
8.8%born outside the U.S.U.S.: 14.1%
8%of adults are veteransU.S.: 6.2%
4.7%U.S.: 8.4%
51%of renting households pay of income on rentU.S.: 51.1%
26%of homeowners with a mortgage pay of income on housing costsU.S.: 28.1%
Race and Hispanic origin: Hispanic or Latino 15% · White 70.6% · Black 4.9% · Asian 3.7% · Other or more than one race 5.7% (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 Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region
4.6%September 2026, preliminary. A year earlier: 3.8%. Connecticut: 5.1%.
135,319people employedSeptember 2026, preliminary. Counted where they live, not where they work.
141,913in the September 2026, preliminary.
Yearly average unemployment rate, 2016–2025.
Every month, last two years
Month
Rate
Unemployed
Employed
Labor force
September 2026 (preliminary)
4.6%
6,594
135,319
141,913
August 2026
4.3%
6,039
134,131
140,170
July 2026
5.5%
7,816
133,925
141,741
June 2026
4.7%
6,570
132,900
139,470
May 2026
4.7%
6,517
132,317
138,834
April 2026
5.0%
6,961
131,883
138,844
March 2026
4.9%
6,879
133,020
139,899
February 2026
5.6%
7,965
133,233
141,198
January 2026
5.4%
7,584
133,558
141,142
December 2025
4.0%
5,720
136,124
141,844
November 2025
4.3%
6,216
137,299
143,515
October 2025
not collected (2025 federal shutdown)
September 2025
3.8%
5,405
138,458
143,863
August 2025
3.9%
5,621
138,841
144,462
July 2025
4.2%
6,098
139,675
145,773
June 2025
3.5%
5,066
139,136
144,202
May 2025
3.7%
5,269
138,098
143,367
April 2025
3.1%
4,383
137,957
142,340
March 2025
3.7%
5,322
137,049
142,371
February 2025
4.2%
5,977
135,573
141,550
January 2025
4.0%
5,776
136,891
142,667
December 2024
2.9%
4,151
137,667
141,818
November 2024
3.1%
4,472
138,093
142,565
October 2024
3.0%
4,245
138,922
143,167
Yearly averages
Year
Rate
Unemployed
Employed
Labor force
2025 (11 months)
3.9%
5,532
137,736
143,268
2024
3.2%
4,534
137,771
142,305
2023
3.2%
4,443
135,493
139,936
2022
4.2%
5,905
134,937
140,842
2021
7.1%
9,686
125,935
135,621
2020
9.7%
13,565
125,622
139,187
2019
3.6%
5,209
141,462
146,671
2018
3.8%
5,604
140,962
146,566
2017
4.3%
6,345
140,817
147,162
2016
4.9%
7,138
137,836
144,974
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 Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region
101.3 per 100,0002025. Connecticut: 109.6.
772.3 per 100,0002025. Connecticut: 1,146.0.
3murders2025, 220 violent crimes in all.
Earlier years
Year
Violent
Rate
Property
Rate
2025
220
101.3
1,678
772.3
2024
252
117.5
2,072
966.0
2023
246
114.7
2,052
957.0
2022
276
128.2
2,175
1,010.0
2021
322
153.2
2,031
966.2
2020
312
148.3
2,162
1,027.8
2019
339
160.5
2,045
968.5
2018
362
169.9
2,337
1,096.6
2017
392
183.4
2,972
1,390.3
2016
455
211.1
3,060
1,419.4
By police agency (11)
Agency
Year
Violent
Property
People served
Norwich Police Department
2025
87
408
39,987
New London Police Department
2025
63
365
28,415
Groton Town Police Department
2025
13
241
27,977
Waterford Police Department
2025
5
233
19,996
East Lyme Police Department
2025
4
93
19,147
Stonington Police Department
2025
4
85
18,900
Willimantic Police Department
2025
17
97
18,463
Montville Police Department
2025
4
56
17,877
Ledyard Police Department
2025
12
41
15,621
Groton Police Department
2025
11
51
10,378
Groton Long Point Police Department
2025
0
8
520
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
2.07 per 1,000 residents2025, 11 agencies serving 217,281 people.
449sworn officers2025, full-time, as of October 31.
110civilian staff2025, full-time.
Agencies counted (11), 2025
Agency
Officers
Civilians
People served
Norwich Police Department
76
11
39,987
Groton Town Police Department
63
19
27,977
New London Police Department
64
14
28,415
Waterford Police Department
52
6
19,996
Stonington Police Department
40
13
18,900
Willimantic Police Department
38
9
18,463
Montville Police Department
30
10
17,877
East Lyme Police Department
29
9
19,147
Groton Police Department
28
9
10,378
Ledyard Police Department
23
10
15,621
Groton Long Point Police Department
6
0
520
Earlier years
Year
Officers
Per 1,000
Civilians
Agencies
2025
449
2.07
110
11
2024
447
2.08
118
11
2023
468
2.18
112
11
2022
417
2.12
103
10
2021
413
2.15
101
10
2020
429
2.23
92
10
2019
430
2.23
97
10
2018
414
2.13
89
10
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 Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region School Board?
Michel R. Leask (Board of Education Member); Lindsey Baah (Board of Education Member); Jonathan Gilman (Board of Education Member); Lindsey Laflash (Board of Education Member); Justin A. LaPre (Board of Education Member); Nicholas Savoie (Board of Education Member); Abby von Halem (Board of Education Member); Stephanie Tracey-Calash (Board of Education Member); Cari Duigou (Board of Education Member); Gussie Gilberti (Board of Education Member); Cody McNeeley (Board of Education Member); Michelle Millington (Board of Education Member); Nancy Nelson (Board of Education Member); Christopher Rivers (Board of Education Member); Eric A. Bauman (Board of Education Member); Alisa Bradley (Board of Education Member); Jill S. Carini (Board of Education Member); William Joseph Derry (Board of Education Member); Esteban Garcia (Board of Education Member); Leigh McNamara Gianakos (Board of Education Member); Stephen Luber (Board of Education Member); Vivek Purohit (Board of Education Member); Jaime Barr Shelburn (Board of Education Member); Catherine Steel (Board of Education Member); Amy Konow (Board of Education Member); Bruce M. Bouley (Board of Education Member); Kelsey E. Malik (Board of Education Member); Elizabeth Meyer (Board of Education Member); Judy Novosad (Board of Education Member); Jennifer T. Petrario (Board of Education Member); Russell Stockton (Board of Education Member); Mary Elizabeth Malin (Board of Education Member); Jennifer Norman (Board of Education Member); Stuart R. Norman, Jr. (Board of Education Member); Jaimee O’Neill-Eaton (Board of Education Member); Donald Desrochers (Board of Education Member); Yvonne Palasky (Board of Education Member); Catherine Waselik (Board of Education Member); Beverly Washington (Board of Education Member); Adrian Johnson (Board of Education Member); Andrea L. Ackerman (Board of Education Member); Constantine Antipas (Board of Education Member); Matthew Shulman (Board of Education Member); Ian Thomas (Board of Education Member); Jay Weitlauf (Board of Education Member); Jennifer White (Board of Education Member); Michael Whitney (Board of Education Member); Dawn Whitcher (Board of Education Member); Brian Green (Board of Education Member); Rachael Archer (Board of Education Member); Carrie Bender Schwartz (Board of Education Member); Nicole McGilliccuddy (Board of Education Member); John Okonuk (Board of Education Member); Danelle Person (Board of Education Member); Elizabeth Sullivan (Board of Education Member); Karl Weinsteiger (Board of Education Member); Anthony Favry (Board of Education Member); Kate DiPalma-Herb (Board of Education Member); Alex Fritsch (Board of Education Member); Brandon Graber (Board of Education Member); Mary Harris (Board of Education Member); Joanne M. Kelley (Board of Education Member); Ty Lamb (Board of Education Member); Jenn Reguin (Board of Education Member); Sarah Treaster (Board of Education Member); Judy Jenks (Board of Education Member); Karen Barber (Board of Education Member); Jenny Danburg (Board of Education Member); Joseph P. Lewerk (Board of Education Member); David Nowakowski (Board of Education Member); Heidi Raposo (Board of Education Member); Ian Rogers (Board of Education Member); Laura Sweet (Board of Education Member); Katie Vane (Board of Education Member); Wills Pike (Board of Education Member); Bonnie Bacon (Board of Education Member); Carol Burgess (Board of Education Member); Donna J. Funk (Board of Education Member); Tina Grove (Board of Education Member); Robert R. Mitchell, Jr. (Board of Education Member); Timothy Shanahan (Board of Education Member); Erika Striebel (Board of Education Member); Elain Maynard-Adams (Board of Education Member); Alisha Blake (Board of Education Member); Bryan Doughty (Board of Education Member); Bianca Alexis (Board of Education Member); Nathan Caron (Board of Education Member); Danni Cruz (Board of Education Member); Susan Hambey (Board of Education Member); Stephanie Mastroianni (Board of Education Member); Lisa Mazzella (Board of Education Member); Jamie Towle-Weicksel (Board of Education Member); Patrick Austin (Board of Education Member); Bryan Burdick (Board of Education Member); Judith Main (Board of Education Member); Stanley “Chet” Stefanowicz (Board of Education Member); Christine Wagner (Board of Education Member); John Iovino Carline Charmelus (Board of Education Member); Christine Distasio (Board of Education Member); Heather Fowler (Board of Education Member); Mark Kulos (Board of Education Member); Chris Milton (Board of Education Member); Ella Myles (Board of Education Member); Gregory Perry (Board of Education Member); Kevin Saythany (Board of Education Member); Megan Gallant (Board of Education Member); Deborah Burke-Grabarek (Board of Education Member); Courtney Ennis (Board of Education Member); Daniel V. Harris, Jr. (Board of Education Member); Michael Hinton (Board of Education Member); Cynthia Luty (Board of Education Member); Nicole Serra (Board of Education Member); Thomas Turner (Board of Education Member); Sean Reith (Board of Education Member); Tiffany B. Cunningham (Board of Education Member); Kelly Francis (Board of Education Member); Ryan Little (Board of Education Member); Dan Marsh (Board of Education Member); Jennifer Rucci (Board of Education Member); Susan Spang (Board of Education Member); Erik Trotter (Board of Education Member); Keri Weaver (Board of Education Member); Corrine Topalis (Board of Education Member); Dana Belanger (Board of Education Member); Jennifer Brohinsky (Board of Education Member); Colleen Caulfield (Board of Education Member); Willaim W. Mather III (Board of Education Member); Donna Sanford (Board of Education Member); Michelle Walton (Board of Education Member); Farouk Rajab (Board of Education Member); Kevin Agnello (Board of Education Member); Sara Baker (Board of Education Member); Megan Blanchette (Board of Education Member); Chris Donahue (Board of Education Member); Katie Gauthier (Board of Education Member); Daniel Kelley (Board of Education Member); Pat Fedor (Board of Education Member); Marcia A. Benvenuti (Board of Education Member); Kathleen Elbaum (Board of Education Member); Amanda Gates-Lamothe (Board of Education Member); Joy Gaughan (Board of Education Member); Christopher R. Jones (Board of Education Member); Craig Merriman (Board of Education Member); Deborah Roselli-Kelly (Board of Education Member); Laurie Wolfley (Board of Education Member); Lynne Ide (Board of Education Member); Mark Doyle (Board of Education Member); Mary Gallucci (Board of Education Member); Paula Haney (Board of Education Member); Brendan O’Neill (Board of Education Member); Catina Caban Owen (Board of Education Member); Ilda Ray (Board of Education Member); Alicia Rivera (Board of Education Member); Dianisi Torres (Board of Education Member).
What is the population of Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region?
About 279,971 people, with a median age of 41.1; the median household income is $86,586 and 10.7% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).
What is the unemployment rate in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region?
4.6% in September 2026 (preliminary): 6,594 people unemployed in a labor force of 141,913, against 3.8% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).
How many local governments are there in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region?
68 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 6 municipal, 18 township and 44 special district governments.
What cities and towns are in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region?
43: Bozrah, Bozrah, Colchester, Colchester, East Lyme, East Lyme, Franklin, Franklin, Griswold, Griswold, Groton, Groton, Lebanon, Lebanon, Ledyard, Ledyard, Ledyard, Lisbon, Lisbon, Montville, Montville, Montville, New London, New London, New London, North Stonington, North Stonington, Norwich, Norwich, Norwich, Preston, Preston, Salem, Salem, Sprague, Sprague, Stonington, Stonington, Waterford, Waterford, Windham, Windham, Windham. 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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