GraduationConnecticut Training &

Technical Assistance Center

2019

“CT T2 is helping FHWA’s EDC initiative get out to the locals and for that I am truly grateful. Keep up the great outreach, training and communications, the 169 Connecticut towns are fortunate to have the Center to bring efficiencies, innovations and economies to their transportation efforts.”

- Amy Jackson-Grove Division Administrator

Connecticut Division Federal Highway Administration

“From all of us at South Windsor Public Works, we sincerely thank the entire T2 Team for all that you do to keep us safe, informed and cared for. You make a difference in our lives every day.”

- Scott YeomansPublic Works Associate Manager

Town of South Windsor

“This is a great tribute to the men and women working in Public Works. I know the work you folks do will have an impact on the Public Works community for a lifetime!”

- Marty Maynard Risk Manager Town of Windsor

Our MissionThe Training & Technical Assistance Center’s

mission is to foster a safe, efficient, environmentally sound transportation

system by improving skills and knowledgeof local transportation providers through

training, technical assistance, and technology transfer.

November 14, 2019

Dear Graduates:

The staff of the Connecticut Training and Technical Assistance Center (T2) would like to extend our heartfelt congratulations to those individuals who completed the Road Master, Road Scholar, Legal Traffic Authority, Public Works Academy, Transportation Leadership and Safety Champion programs in 2019.

We could not be more proud of the value you have found in the programs we have developed to support your professional development and to ensure a quality transportation workforce of the future.

You have dedicated your time and effort to completing these comprehensive learning programs. This is certainly a positive reflection on your commitment to excellence in your profession and to your personal and professional development. Many of you have also supported the participation of your employees in these programs, a great way to develop your teams and to support a succession planning strategy. We are so grateful to all of our Cities and Towns in Connecticut for their support.

You and your supervisors are clearly recognizing the value of continual learning to the success of your agencies. As always, we remain excited and committed to finding innovative ways to support your professional learning in the future.

All of us at the T2 Center are truly proud of you and your accomplishments.

Thank you to our sponsors, the Federal Highway Administration and the Connecticut Department of Transportation. Without them, we would not be able to provide all of our valuable services to the Connecticut transportation community.

Congratulations Graduates! We look forward to your future successes!

Donna M. SheaExecutive Program DirectorCT T2 Center

2019GraduatesPublic Works Academy

Road Scholar Program

Legal Traffic Authority Program

Transportation Leadership Program

Road Master Program

Safety Academy Program

2019Public Works Academy

The Connecticut Public Works Academy is an educational program designed to provide both new and current public works employees with a broad overview of the fundamental skills needed to be a public works professional. Successful participants complete six consecutive full-day training sessions. Mustafa AburabiaTown of Cheshire

Scott AftanskiTown of Enfield

Troy AkerleyTown of Farmington

Mark AllenTown of Westport

Pasquale ArchiereCity of Danbury

Brandon BoucherTown of Vernon

Christopher BourneTown of New Milford

Colin CadaretteTown of Bloomfield

Brian CarpenterTown of Southbury

Christopher CurrierTown of West Hartford

Edward DachenhausenCity of Danbury

William DalyCity of Danbury

Jeremy DanielsTown of Montville

Ryan FrenchTown of Bloomfield

John GianniniTown of Southbury

Robert HershTown of Stonington

Michael HuffmanTown of Winchester

Nick Johansen Town of Vernon

Dan KruegerTown of Southbury

2019Public Works Academy

Kainan LafleurTown of Farmington

Troy LangerTown of Ellington

Dwight MasseyTown of Essex

Mark McCrann Town of Cromwell

James MischkeTown of Plymouth

David MortimerTown of Coventry

Bob NevilleTown of East Lyme

John PersechinoTown of West Hartford

Neil RobackTown of South Windsor

Anthony RongettiCity of Danbury

Rick Russo City of Danbury

Christopher SchwagerTown of Farmington

Dimitri SfarrazzaTown of East Lyme

Jody SimpsonTown of Bethlehem

Tyler SoliwodaTown of Farmington

Martin SwiderTown of Winchester

Joseph TracyTown of Westport

Kevin VincensTown of Coventry

Victoria WardCity of Danbury Robert WeedTown of Farmington

Austin WoslegerTown of Hebron

2019Road Master Program

The graduates of the Road Master program completed a series of workshops designed to provide Connecticut’s municipal highway personnel with knowledge of the fundamentals of modern road maintenance, management procedures and techniques.

Nick AbrahamCT Dept. of Transportation

Robert Adorno Town of Farmington

Charles BallardTown of Wallingford

Anthony BarileTown of Ledyard

Carmen BazzanoCT Dept. of Transportation

Jeff BillCT Dept. of Transportation

Randy BowenCT Dept. of Transportation

Mario Braga CT Dept. of Transportation

Christopher BrainardCT Dept. of Transportation

Clyde BrownCT Dept. of Transportation

Paul CalafioreCT Dept. of Transportation

David CastroCT Dept. of Transportation

Anthony ColagiovanniCT Dept. of Transportation

Alan ColwellCT Dept. of Transportation

Julio CuevasCT Dept. of Transportation

Shawn DeFeliceTown of Ledyard

Scott DePauloCT Dept. of Transportation

John DriscollTown of Simsbury

David EspositoCT Dept. of Transportation

Matthew FontaineCT Dept. of Transportation

Mitchell GahaganCT Dept. of Transportation

2019Road Master Program

Michael GajCity of Meriden

Kevin GambacortaTown of Ellington

Scott GeddesCT Dept. of Transportation

Justin GriffinCT Dept. of Transportation

Kyle HeathTown of Ledyard

Daniel HillerCT Dept. of Transportation

Peter HollisterCT Dept. of Transportation

Jason HydeTown of New Milford

Joshua IngallsTown of Ledyard

Anthony IosaTown of Watertown

Steven JameleCT Dept. of Transportation

Thomas JaneskyCity of Danbury

Neal JarochCT Dept. of Transportation

Michael KashettaCT Dept. of Transportation

Joseph KellyCT Dept. of Transportation

Andrew KennersonCT Dept. of Transportation

Douglas KingCT Dept. of Transportation

Adam KrisavageCT Dept. of Transportation

Michael LangeCT Dept. of Transportation

Joseph C. Laychak IIITown of Greenwich

Chris LevesqueCT Dept. of Transportation

Andrew LucchinaCT Dept. of Transportation

Ross MarbleCT Dept. of Transportation

Christian MarchandTown of Greenwich

Maury MenardCT Dept. of Transportation

Ryan MilesCT Dept. of Transportation

Heide MizakCT Dept. of Transportation

John MohanTown of Mansfield

Marco MucciacciaroTown of South Windsor

Juan OrtizCT Dept. of Transportation

Benjamin PareTown of Ellington

Douglas ParentTown of South Windsor

Jeffrey ParentTown of South Windsor

Jason ParlanteCT Dept. of Transportation

Jared PeayCT Dept. of Transportation

Antonio PeeleCT Dept. of Transportation

Walter PerkinsCT Dept. of Transportation

Robert PetersonCT Dept. of Transportation

Eric RegnerCT Dept. of Transportation

Robert RossCT Dept. of Transportation

Anthony RuggerioCT Dept. of Transportation

James SeeCT Dept. of Transportation

John SlavinCT Dept. of Transportation

Brian SteffmanCT Dept. of Transportation

Jeffrey ThomasTown of Newtown

Neilson TotiCT Dept. of Transportation

William TrojanoskiCT Dept. of Transportation

James WoolseyCT Dept. of Transportation

2019Road Master Program

Marc AbramsTown of Bethany

Jason Baah CT Dept. of Transportation

Joseph A. BalestracciTown of Stonington

Rich BeaulieuCT Dept. of Transportation

George BrosofskeCity of New London

William CaronCT Dept. of Transportation

Anthony CiarleglioTown of Bethany

Michael ConeCT Dept. of Transportation

Anthony DeNunzioCT Dept. of Transportation

Dale EthierCT Dept. of Transportation David EvanuskaTown of Redding

Jamie FellowsCT Dept. of Transportation

Eric GuntnerCT Dept. of Transportation

Mark HiltonTown of South Windsor

Jon HubbardTown of Bethany

Matt JullarineCity of New London

Peter KageyCT Dept. of Transportation

Jason KnightlyCT Dept. of Transportation

Doug LaPerleCT Dept. of Transportation

Donald LathropCT Dept. of Transportation

Michael MennellaCT Dept. of Transportation

Marco MucciacciaroTown of South Windsor

2019Road Scholar Program

The graduates of the Road Scholar program have completed an advanced certificate program designed for those individuals who have graduated from the CT Road Master program. This program is geared toward officials such as Directors of Public Works, Town Engineers, Highway Supervisors, and Foremen or those who aspire to these future Public Works leadership positions.

Dan OuelletteTown of Cromwell

Will Paul, Sr. CT Dept. of Transportation

Joseph PiccoCT Dept. of Transportation

Geoffrey RouisseTown of East Lyme

Richard RussoCT Dept. of Transportation

Kevin SmithTown of Bethany

Keith StewartCT Dept. of Transportation

Shaun TellierTown of Vernon

King WestberryCT Dept. of Transportation

2019Road Scholar Program

2019Legal Traffic Authority Program

Scott HoweTown of Tolland

Sgt. Patrick KrajewskiCity of Bristol

Sgt. Matthew MeierTown of Enfield

Connecticut Legal Traffic Authorities are municipal officials that are responsible for establishing traffic regulations and authorizing installation of traffic control devices. The graduates of the Connecticut Legal Traffic Authority Program received specialized training to assist them in successfully meeting the demands of their positions.

2019Transportation Leadership Program

The graduates of the Transportation Leadership Program have successfully completed eight leadership-related workshops and presented a final capstone project to a group of their peers. The program is designed for Directors of Public Works, Town Engineers, Highway Superintendents, Road Foremen and individuals who aspire to hold leadership positions in municipal and state transportation agencies.

Eric BelangerCT Dept. of Transportation

Kelli McKeon CT Dept. of Transportation

Daren SileoCT Dept. of Transportation

Seth TirrellCT Dept. of Transportation

Connecticut Road Safety Champions have completed at least 40 hours of training in the Safety Academy, a professional development program addressing current and developing topics in local road safety.

PFC Dan HemperlyCity of Milford - Police Department

2019Safety Academy Program

Radha Lamichhane Town of Hamden

C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s Graduates!From the T2 Staff

Donna Shea, Executive Program Director860.486.0377~donna.shea@uconn.edu

Mary McCarthy, Program Director - Educational Outreach860.486.1384~mary.c.mccarthy@uconn.edu

Shelly Desjardin, Program Assistant860.486.9373~shelly.desjardin@uconn.edu

Lisa Knight, Program Assistant860.486.4396~lisa.knight@uconn.edu

Regina Hackett, Program Assistant860.486.6753~regina.hackett@uconn.edu

Carolyn MacDonald, Financial Assistant860.486.6097~carolyn.macdonald@uconn.edu

Scott Zinke, Research Engineer860.486.4724~scott.zinke@uconn.edu

Stephanie Merrall, Resource Library Technician860.486.6446~stephanie.merrall@uconn.edu

Melissa Evans, Safety Circuit Rider 860.486.5847~melissa.evans@uconn.edu

Theresa Schwartz P.E., P.T.O.E., Traffic Signal Circuit Rider 860.486.4532~theresa.schwartz@uconn.edu

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