Connecticut General Assembly

Office of Fiscal Analysis

 

Staff by Assignment

Staff Directory and Major Issue Assignments
 

Geary Maher Director
L. Spencer Cain Section Chief
Alan Calandro Section Chief
Robert Wysock Section Chief
   
Laurie L. Wysock Secretary to the Director
Lisa Kiro Staff Assistant/Fiscal Note Coordinator
Czeslava Ferrino Senior Legislative Secretary
Theresa Kelly Senior Legislative Secretary
   
 


Christine Ashburn
Principal Budget Analyst

 
* Southbury Training School * Birth to Three Program * Developmental Disabilities
* Home and Community Based Waiver * Substance Abuse / Addiction Services * Connecticut Valley Hospital
* Services for the Blind & Deaf * Veteran's Affairs * Supported Employment
* Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines' Fund   * Mental Health Services

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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 * Corrections * Elementary Education
* Student Financial Aid * Parole * Pardons
* Vocational -Technical Schools * University of Connecticut  
*Community-Technical Colleges

* Connecticut State University

 

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Spencer Cain
Section Chief

 
* Medicaid * Welfare Reform * Child Support
*Child Day Care * Long Term Care/Nursing Homes * Home Health Care
* HUSKY Plan * Results Based Accountability * Rental Assistance Program

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Alan Calandro
Section Chief

 
* Judicial/Corrections * ITS Liaison * Regulatory Agencies

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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

 
* State Employees Fringe Benefits * Teachers' Retirement System * Judges' Retirement System
  * State Comptroller  

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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  

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William Lederman
Associate Budget Analyst

 
* Special Revenue * Indian Gaming * Lottery

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Geary Maher
Director

 

*Liaison to Appropriations Committee

* Budget Projections/Current and Out-Years

 

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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   * 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
Budget Analyst II

 
* Agriculture * Environmental Protection * Council on Environmental Quality
     

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Felix Planas
Principal Economic Analyst

 
* Property Taxes * State Information Technology Consolidation/DOIT * Alcohol Tax
* Public Service Corporation Tax * Personal Income Tax * Cigarette Tax
* Real Estate Conveyance Tax * Oil Company Tax * Transportation
  * Motor Vehicles  

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Alan Shepard
Principal Budget Analyst

 
* Elementary Education * Banking * Special Education
* Priority School Districts * School Construction *Attorney General
* ECS Grant * Charter Schools * Consumer Protection
 

* Grants to Towns

 

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

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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
* Public Health

* Tobacco Settlement

* Children's Trust Fund

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  Rachel Welch
Budget Analyst I
 
* Chief Medical Examiner * Child Advocate * Office of Health Care Access
* Insurance * Office of Health Care Advocate * Protection and Advocacy for the Disabled

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  Chris Wetzel
Budget Analyst I
 

*Public Safety/State Police

* Military/Emergency Management

*Municipal Police Officer Training 

*Firearms Permit Examiners Board *Municipal Fire Fighter Training * Probate Court

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  Robert Wysock  
  Section Chief  
* Sales and Use Tax * Corporation Tax * Refunds of Taxes
* License, Permit and Fee Revenues * Hospital Gross Receipts Tax * Gasoline Tax
* Inheritance and Estate Taxes   * Rentals, Fees and Escheats

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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 * Public Utilities
  * Board of Accountancy  

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