Randy has been an attorney for 42 years as well as a businessman, as Partner and Treasurer of US Insulation (prior to sale to IBP); Partner and General Counsel to New England Building Products prior to sale to MASCO. He’s a former Board of Education member from Bridgewater and former Chairman of the Bridgewater Town Committee. Former president of the Bridgewater Land Trust. Originally from the Washington DC- Annapolis area, Randy attended high school in DC and started out working construction at 18 in Annapolis.  He’s a an alumnus of University of Maryland proud of it.

Linda has lived in Washington for over 60 years during which she has been immersed in church and town committees, school groups, the New Preston Boys and Girls Club, the Washington Scholarship Committee and the Washington Republican Town Committee. After a career in banking, she served as the Town Treasurer for 34 years. Throughout the years, working and raising her daughters, she now gets to enjoy time with her grandchildren. Linda also enjoys hiking in the woods and feels blessed “beyond the hills” to be able to live “in our special little town”.

Todd is a lifelong resident of Washington. He has previously served on the Zoning Board of Appeals for over nine years. Todd has enjoyed writing for his entire life. In the past decade he has had dozens of columns published in local newspapers and online. He has written heavily about the Second Amendment, social and fiscal policy, American history and occasionally spiritual issues. He also enjoys drawing portraits and works at a local animal rescue helping save lives four paws at a time. Todd currently serves as the Secretary of the Washington Republican Town Committee.

Michael has been a lifelong resident of Washington so he has a vested interested in preserving ‘this great town’ he grew up in. He acquired a BS in Accounting from Quinnipiac University and completed requirements for an MS in Taxation from the University of New Haven. Since 2019, Michael has had an accounting practice in Washington, and prior to that, from 2008 until 2019, he was a partner at Therox, Nowell & Stoughton in Torrington. He started his career in 2000, as an auditor for Price Waterhouse Coopers in Hartford, CT. He has been an auxiliary member of the Washington Volunteer Fire Department from 2019 to 2024 and served as its Treasurer for five year. He notes that Washington has always been fiscally responsible and he cares deeply about its long-tern financial success.

Mark has been a trusted financial advisor for more than 25 years. He currently serves clients at Oppenheimer & Co. where he has worked for the past two years, following a distinguished 23-year career with Morgan Stanley in New York City. A resident of Washington for over a decade, Mark combines deep financial expertise with a strong commitment to his community.

Cathy has been a resident of New Preston for 26 years. After a corporate career in Marketing, she changed paths to become a Hand Knitwear Designer and author, publishing seven books and over 500 patterns on ravelry.com, the premier knitting website. Over the years, her work has made its way to Vogue Knitting, Interweave Knits, Knitscene and numerous other publications in the field. She has enjoyed raising her two daughters in the Washington environs. She’s also a avid gardener.

Robert is as ‘local’ as it gets. He was born in the old New Milford hospital and went to New Preston grammar school and was in the last class of what was once the Washington High School. He took over the family farm in after his father’s passing in 1976, which today is a commercial haying business. As a side line, he restores antique cars and trucks. Robert has four children : two sons who live in Idaho and two daughters that live in town. He’s seen the the town change quite a lot going from a rural farm community to rural suburban community. He’s like to see the town retain as much small town character as possible, and hopes that, “smaller government, lower taxes and personal responsibility” aren’t things of the past.

Leslie Anderson grew up in the Woodville section of Washington. She graduated from Washington High School and went on to work as a Registered X-Ray Technician for the State of Connecticut for 38 years. She married and had two sons, one living here in Washington and one lives in Maine. After retirement, Leslie became more involved in the town, volunteering for various boards. She has been a member of the Housing Commission since 2010 and served as Treasurer of the Washington Republican Town Committee for 15 years.

Born and raised In Queens, New York, William graduated from the College of John & Wales, which he says helped him to develop a strong foundation in leadership and organization management. He began his professional career with Foot Locker Corporation in Human Resources. William first came to Washington in 2017 as a part-time resident and made it his full-time home in 2020. He now works in Litchfield as a Client Relationship Advisor with Oppenheimer & Co. An active member of the local community, he volunteers his extra time with several local organizations, as well as contributes to the work of the Washington Republican Town Committee. He is committed to to making Washington a great place to live through responsible leadership and community engagement.

John built his first house and moved to Washington with his young family in 1979. He is a US Air Force veteran, attended college under the GI Bill and obtained degrees in history, social science and secondary education. During college he started a 40-year career at the United Parcel Service, from which he retired 11 years ago. John served on the Region 12 Board of Education for seven years and was Treasurer for five years. He and his wfe Janet have two sons, John, who lives in Bantam and Matt in Yachats, Oregon. He keeps extremely busy with yard work, gardening and carpentry, maintenance projects and even installed a copper shingle roof n their 18C reproduction cape and barn; Always a “student of life, for life”.

Ray Reich has been a resident of Washington for 41 of his 83 years. He and his wife, Sue, raised three children in Washington, attending the Region 12 Schools. Ray taught physics and astronomy for 45 years, his early years were spent teaching in Pittsburgh and Cleveland, and his last 26 years of teaching were done at The Frederick Gunn School. Ray has long been involved in the town, serving 12 years on the Zoning Commission and even longer on the Parks and Rec Commission. He currently serves on the Steep Rock Association Board, Washington Republican Town Committee and the Washington Scholarship Fund. Ray enjoys volunteering in Washington at the Gunn Memorial Library, on the Washington Oustanding Citizenship Committee and with Shepaug Baseball.

Barbara feels fortunate to have lived with her family and worked in Washington for over 50 years. She has worked with the Town Hall for 30 years, while partnering with her husband in the family’s general contracting business. Currently, she serves as Secretary to the Washington Cemetery Association.

After retiring from New York University in 1994, Ann moved to Washington. Retirement from the academic world enabled her to begin a new chapter of life in this town. She served on the Gunn Library Board, and made the introduction to the New York Public Library “Literary Lions” director that led to the annual Gunn Library literary fund raising dinners. She became a member of the Connecticut Community Foundation Board [then the Waterbury Foundation] and through their grants program was able to be one of the founders of the ASAP Program [After School Arts Program]. Then in 2008, when money was tight and there was a need for food for the less fortunate, she helped to initiate the Judea Garden by getting individuals, social organization and schools to provide land and participate in growing crops to be given to those in need. The Garden has been a great success thanks to work of Denise Arturi and to the support of Steep Rock. All of these endeavors have in common neighbors helping each other in Washington to develop their artistic skills, to support their library and to grow food for others in need. We help each other; we do not look to the government to do that essential work. We have small town solutions - not big city/big government solutions to sustain and strengthen our town.

Joan has been a member of the Washington Republican Town Committee for many years. During this time she has had the pleasure of being involved in advocating for and electing solid Republicans with strong Republican values. The WRTC continues this mission of promoting fiscal conservatism, small, non-intrusive government.

Joan feels very fortunate to have lived in Washington for over 40 years. She believes it is a wonderful place to raise a family. Her children were educated in the Shepaug Region 12 Schools. She spent most of her career working in the judicial system, and most recently worked at the Washington Food Market where she enjoyed seeing and chatting with so many of the wonderful people of Washington. 

Joan stepped down as Chair in the Spring of 2023. We are indebted to her for her hard work keeping the RTC going and thank her for all that she has done throughout the years..