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Claudia Powers' Biography

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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.

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