Full Name:
Claudia 'Dolly' M. Powers
Gender:
Female
Family:
4 Children: Gregory, Theodore, Matthew, TJ
Birth Date:
05/28/1950
Birth Place:
Key West, FL
Home City:
Riverside, CT
Religion:
Episcopal
BA, University of Hawaii.
MA, Columbia University
Representative, Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1993-2008
Greenwich Republican Town Committee, 1983-2008
Minority Whip, Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1999-2003
Assistant Minority Leader, Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1997-1999
Greenwich Representative Town Meeting, 1980-1993
Chair, Greenwich Republican Town Committee, 1986-1990
Former Member, Cos Cob School Building Committee
Experience, Education Commission of the States
Experience, Governor's Prevention Partnership
Board Member, Greenwich Council on Youth and Drugs
Experience, House Republican Bill Review Committee
Experience, House Republican Campaign Committee
Experience, State Advisory Council on Special Education
Experience, Former Special Education Teacher
Experience, American Legislative Exchange Council
Associate Board/Former Board of Directors, Arch Street Greenwich Teen Center
Experience, Birth-To-Three Council
Member/Lay Eucharistic Minister/Altar Guild, Christ Episcopal Church
Experience, Connecticut Republicans for Choice
Former Member, Connecticut Student Loan Foundation Board
Experience, Connections
Experience, Greenwich League of Women Voters
Volunteer, Greenwich Red Cross
Former President/Member, Greenwich Women's Republican Club
Experience, Lower Fairfield County ACT
Board of Directors, Lower Fairfield County Regional Action Council
Volunteer, Meals-on-Wheels
Experience, National Order of Women Legislators
Experience, OWLS
Experience, Republican Roundtable of Greenwich
Former President/Member, Republican Women's Club of Eastern Greenwich
Experience, Riverside Association
Awards:
Excellent Service to Children, Unitarian Society of Hartford and Shared Parenting Council of Connecticut, 2006; Read Across America Certificate of Appreciation, National Education Association, 2005; Outstanding Legislator in Reducing Underage Drinking, Connecticut Coalition to Stop Underage Drinking, 2003, 2005; Certificate of Appreciation, Retired Men's Association of Greenwich, 2004; Certificate of Appreciation, Greenwich American Legion Post 29, 1996.