Stakeholder Advisory Committee
The SAC will provide oversight and direction for the study, and monitor the planning process. Members represent local government, business, and commuters. The CTDOT is also serving on the committee consistency and compatibility with state plans and visions. The SAC will guide discussions on corridor alignment alternatives and transit options.
SAC members
Stakeholder Committee:
| City of Derby: | Title |
| Richard Dziekan | Mayor |
| Andrew Baklik | Chief of Staff |
| Lynn DiGiovanni | |
| City of Shelton: | |
| Mark Lauretti | Mayor |
| Ruth Parkins | P&Z Chair |
| City of Ansonia: | |
| David Cassetti, Mayor | Mayor |
| Sheila O’Malley | Economic Development Director |
| John Marini | |
| Town of Seymour: | |
| Kurt Miller | First Selectman |
| Fred Messore | Economic Development Director |
| Town of Beacon Falls: | |
| Chris Bielik | First Selectman |
| TBD | |
| Borough of Naugatuck: | |
| Pete Hess | Mayor |
| Jim Stewart | Town Engineer |
| Ron Pugliese | CEO, Naugatuck EDC |
| Jan Danbowsky | Administrative Assistant |
| Others: | |
| Paul Grimmer | President, Shelton EDC |
| Jim Gildea | CT Commuter Rail Council |
| Metro North Railroad | |
| Mark Pandolfi | Executive Director, VTD |
| Doug Holcomb | Chief Executive Officer, GBT |
| Steve DiMichele | Transit Planner, GBT |
| Bill Purcell | President, Greater Valley Chamber |
| Matt Fulda | Acting Executive Director, MetroCOG |
| Meghan Sloan | Senior Transportation Planner, MetroCOG |
| Scott Willis | Division Manager–CT Trans. NH |
| Barbara Kalosky | General Manager–NET |
| CDOT Bureau of Policy & Planning | |
| Roxane Fromson | TOD Pilot Program Manager |
| Sara Radacsi | RPO Coordination |
| Melanie Zimyeski | Intermodal Planning |
| CDOT Bureau of Public Transportation | |
| Carl Jackson | Office of Rails |
| Lisa Rivers, | Office of Transit & Ridesharing |
| Mike Sanders | Office of Transit & Ridesharing |