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Deputy Minority Leader Dolly Powers  

Claudia Powers
Deputy Republican Leader-at-Large

15 Hendrie Avenue, Riverside 06878
 Residence: 203-637-1438
Capitol: 1-800-842-1423

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Education: University of Hawaii: BA; Columbia University: MA

Occupation: Former Special Education Teacher

Public Service:  Current member representing Governor Jodi Rell on the Education Commission of the States; Current member of Board of Trustees at the Norwalk Maritime Aquarium; Past and current member and former chair of the Greenwich Republican Town Committee; former vice chairman and current member of the Greenwich League of Women Voters; former member of the Greenwich Representative Town Meeting; member of the Republican Roundtable of Greenwich; former member of the State Birth-To-Three Council; former member of the State Advisory Council on Special Education; former member of the Connecticut Student Loan Foundation Board; member of the Board of Directors of the Lower Fairfield County Regional Action Council; member of the American Legislative Exchange Council; member of the National Order of Women Legislators; member of the Associate Board of the Arch Street Greenwich Teen Center; past member of the Board of Directors for the Arch Street Greenwich Teen Center; former member of the Cos Cob School Building Committee, the Riverside Association, the Board of the Greenwich Council on Youth and Drugs; volunteer with Meals-on-Wheels and the Greenwich Red Cross; member of and Lay Eucharistic Minister at Christ Episcopal Church, member of Christ Episcopal Church’s Altar Guild; member of the Governor's Prevention Partnership; member of the Advisory Council to the Domestic Abuse Service at the Greenwich YWCA.

Legislative Service: State House of Representatives 1993, 1995, 1997 (Assistant Minority Leader), 1999 (Minority Whip), 2001 (Minority Whip), 2003 (Deputy Minority Leader), 2005 (Deputy Minority Leader), 2007 (Deputy Minority Leader-at-Large)

Awards and Recognition: Certificate of Appreciation (for obtaining out-patient clinic for veterans), Greenwich American Legion Post 29 – May 27, 1996; Certificate of Appreciation, Retired Men’s Association of Greenwich – December 15, 2004; Excellent Service to Children, Unitarian Society of Hartford and Shared Parenting Council of Connecticut – February 21, 2006; Outstanding Legislator in Reducing Underage Drinking, Connecticut Coalition to Stop Underage Drinking – October 13, 2003 and October 25, 2005; NEA’s Read Across America Certificate of Appreciation, National Education Association – March 2, 2005.

Committees: Higher Education, Judiciary, Legislative Management, Regulation Review

State Representative Claudia “Dolly” Powers is the highest-ranking member of the Greenwich delegation to the General Assembly... [Full Biography] (PDF/14kb)

 


  

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Rep. Powers joined Gov. M. Jodi Rell and other colleagues for signing the Handicapped Parking Bill into law, June 26, 2007.
Rep. Powers joined Gov. M. Jodi Rell and other colleagues for signing the Handicapped Parking Bill into law, June 26, 2007.

Julio is sitting at Rep. Power's desk and she is standing behind him in the House Chamber.
 State Rep. Dolly Powers with Julio Rivera from the Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich up at the State Capitol on Boys and Girls Club Day, May 2, 2007.

Rep. Belden and Rep. Powers are sitting at their chamber desks while Rep. Christ and Rep. Hamzy are standing in front of their desks and talking.
Rep. Belden (Sitting- Left)confers with fellow representatives Rep. Hamzy(standing to the right)and Rep. Powers(Sitting- Right), Rep. Christ(Standing- Left)on legislation to be discussed during the Session day, April 25, 2007.

State Representatives Livvy R. Floren, Lile R. Gibbons, and Claudia “Dolly” Powers joined a bipartisan coalition of legislators, health professionals and child advocates urged passage of legislation that extends a ban on the use of pesticides at day care and elementary schools to middle and high schools.
State Representatives Livvy R. Floren, Lile R. Gibbons, and Claudia “Dolly” Powers joined a bipartisan coalition of legislators, health professionals and child advocates urged passage of legislation that extends a ban on the use of pesticides at day care and elementary schools to middle and high schools.

She is standing in the chamber and speaking into the microphone.
Rep. Powers speaks on the appointment of former House Republican Leader, Bob Ward, as the new commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles during the March 7, 2007 session day.

Rep. Powers is seated and is reading from a large book.
Rep. Powers reads to children at Riverside Elementary School. March 2.

The two women are speaking.
Rep. Powers and Rep. Sawyer are sharing a light moment on Opening Day 2007.

The two smile side by side.
Rep. Powers meets with Jara Burnett, President of the League of Women Voters and Riverside resident. They met following a statewide Transportation rally at the capitol Wednesday, January 10.

Dolly and baby are shown in their home with a Christmas tree in the background.
Rep. Powers celebrates Christmas with her grandson James.

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