Connecticut General Assembly

Office of Fiscal Analysis

 

Staff by Assignment

Staff Directory and Major Issue Assignments
 

Geary Maher Director
Christine Ashburn Section Chief-General Gov't/Statewide Agencies
L. Spencer Cain Section Chief-Health & Human Services
Alan Calandro Section Chief-Justice, Education, Environment, Veterans, Economic Development
Robert Wysock Section Chief-Capital Investment
   
Laurie L. Wysock Secretary to the Director
Lisa Kiro Staff Assistant/Fiscal Note Coordinator
Czeslava Ferrino Senior Legislative Secretary
Theresa Kelly Senior Legislative Secretary
     
 

Neil Ayers
Principal Budget Analyst

 
* Temporary Assistance to Needy Families * Food Stamps * Child Support
* State Administered General Assistance * AIDS Drug Assistance * Services to the Disabled
* UConn Health Center   * Behavioral Health Managed Care
* ConnPACE * School Readiness * Child Day Care

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Sarah Bourne
Associate Budget Analyst

 
* Higher Education   * Elementary Education
* Student Financial Aid * Parole * Special Education
* Vocational -Technical Schools * School Construction * Priority School Districts

* Grants to Towns

* Charter Schools * ECS Grant

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Jennifer Campbell
Budget Analyst I

 
* State Comptroller   * State Employees Fringe Benefits

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Donald Chaffee
Principal Budget Analyst

 
* Freedom of Information * Elections * Ethics
  * Budget Data Coordinator  

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Christina Gellman
Principal Budget Analyst

 
* Developmental Disabilities * Teachers' Retirement System  
     

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Steve Hunt
Budget Analyst I

 
* Mental Health Services * Results Based Accountability * Psychiatric Review Board

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Kerry Kelley
Principal Budget Analyst

 
* Elderly & Veterans Property Tax Relief * PILOT - State Property * PILOT - Colleges & Hospitals

* Grants to Towns

* Pequot/Mohegan Aid * Services for the Blind & Deaf

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William Lederman
Associate Budget Analyst

 
* Special Revenue * Indian Gaming * Lottery

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Linda Miller
Principal Economic Analyst

 
* Debt Service * State Bonding * Treasurer
* State Real Assets Management/Public Works   * Capital Equipment Purchase Fund

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Michael Murphy
Principal Budget Analyst

 
* Alternative Sanctions * Court Administration & Judges * State Marshals
* Juvenile Detention * Prosecutors and Public Defenders * Adult & Juvenile Probation
* Victim Services * State Information Technology Consolidation/DOIT * Support Enforcement

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Chris Perillo
Principal Budget Analyst

 
*State Administrative Services

* Legislative Management

* Reserve for Salary Adjustments
* Contracting Standards Board * Workers' Compensation * Workers' Compensation Commission

* Collective Bargaining

* Statewide Personnel Issues * Auditors of Public Accounts

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Marcy Picano
Associate Budget Analyst

 
* Agriculture * Environmental Protection * Council on Environmental Quality
     

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Felix Planas
Principal Economic Analyst

 
* Property Taxes * Motor Vehicles * Alcohol Tax
* Public Service Corporation Tax * Personal Income Tax * Cigarette Tax
* Real Estate Conveyance Tax * Oil Company Tax * Transportation

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Alan Shepard
Principal Budget Analyst

 
* Elementary Education * Banking *Attorney General
* University of Connecticut *Community-Technical Colleges * Consumer Protection

* Connecticut State University

   
     

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  Emily Shepard
Associate Budget Analyst
 
* Economic and Community Development * Tourism * Workforce Competitiveness
     

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Joan Soulsby
Principal Budget Analyst

 
* Children's Behavioral Health * Child Welfare * Juvenile Justice
* Foster Care/Adoption/Guardianship * Federal Funds * DCF Consent Decree
 

* Tobacco Settlement

* Children's Trust Fund

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  Rachel Welch
Budget Analyst I
 
* Chief Medical Examiner * Public Health * Office of Health Care Access
* Insurance * Office of Health Care Advocate * Results Based Accountability

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  Chris Wetzel
Budget Analyst II
 

*Public Safety/State Police

* Military/Emergency Management

*Municipal Police Officer Training 

* Labor * Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines' Fund * Veteran's Affairs
*Firearms Permit Examiners Board *Municipal Fire Fighter Training * Probate Court

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  Phoenix Young
Budget Analyst I
 
* Consumer Counsel * Human Rights and Opportunities * Secretary of the State
* Governor's Office/Lt. Governor's Office * Results Based Accountability * Public Utilities
* Child Advocate * Board of Accountancy * Protection and Advocacy for the Disabled

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