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Lonnie Reed's Biography

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Full Name:

Lonnie Reed

Gender:

Female

Home City:

Branford, CT

Bachelors, English & Political Science, Whitman College

Masters, Journalism, University of Washington

Representative, Connecticut State House of Representatives, District 102, 2008-2019

Co-Founder, Hand Across Our Pond, 2004-2008

Former Co-Chair, Energy and Technology Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Former Member, Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Former Member, General Law Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Former Member, Planning and Development Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Newspaper Journalist

Owner, LRP, Incorporated

Former Legislative Aide, United States Senate Energy Committee

Television News Correspondent, WFSB, Hartford

Television News Correspondent, WNEW, NY

Co-Chair/ Board of Directors, Guttman Diagnostic Institute, New York City, 1996-present

Board Chair, BCTV Community Television, present

Awards:

Investigative Reporting Emmy
Her work has received four Emmy Awards and several film festival prizes

Priority Issues:

Get people back to work by incentivizing job creation, investing in new technology and preparing a workforce to support it

Increase Education Cost Sharing (ECS) funds for Branford Schools

Reduce Property Taxes for Branford by encouraging towns to work together to provide services

Ensure that Seniors have the services they need to remain at home and enjoy a healthy, happy retirement

Expand clean energy options, encouraging green jobs and clean, renewable, affordable energy.

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