Listening to our fellow citizens and responding to their concerns with common sense solutions to protect individual freedoms and provide a better quality of life for all of Connecticut.

		Toni Boucher Assistant Republican Leader 5 Wicks End Lane, Wilton 06897 Residence: 203-762-3232 Capitol: 1-800-842-1423

Education:  University of Connecticut: MBA, Series 7 and 63

Occupation:  Director of a Nonprofit Institute; former small business founder and corporate executive

Public Service:  Member and Policy Leader of the Connecticut State Board of Education from 1995 to 1996; Selectman for Town of Wilton 1995-1996; member and former chair of the Wilton Board of Education 1987-1994; member of the Education and Technology Committees of the National Conference of State Legislators; member of the National Association of State Boards of Education; Trustee of the Weir Farm Heritage Trust, Elder House, Norwalk Youth Symphony; Board of Directors of the Wilton Education Foundation; advisory board member of the New Canaan Nature Center; former member of five school/community based planning teams (Miller, Driscoll, Cider Mill, Middlebrook, and Wilton High School; former member of the Foreign Language Task Force 1978-1992; board member  of the Wilton youth Council’s Project 94,96,and 2000; member of the Technology Task Force 1993-present; member of the Gifted Task Force (1988-1990); Wilton PTA for 12 years; member and former board member of the Wilton League of Women Voters; member and volunteer of the Wilton Chapter of the AFS, the Friends of the Library and the YMCA Expansion Fund; Delegate to the 2005 White House Conference on Aging; Selected as 2006 Distinguished Legislator Award recipient by Narcotic Enforcement Officers Association 

Legislative Service: State House of Representatives 1997, 1999 (Ranking Member, Human Services Committee), 2001 (Assistant Minority Leader), 2003 (Assistant Minority Leader), 2005 (Assistant Minority Leader), 2007(Assistant Minority Leader)

Committees: Appropriations (including its higher education, transportation, human services and collective bargaining subcommittees), Education, Higher Education, Transportation

Now in her sixth 2 year term in office, State Representative Toni Boucher was first elected to the Connecticut House of Representatives in November 1996 from the 143^rd District, which includes the eastern portion of Norwalk and most of Wilton... [Full Biography] (PDF/16kb)