Contact / Staff

All staff members may be contacted at 203-757-0535 or by dialing their direct number.

Administration and Finance

Rick Dunne

Executive Director

rdunne@nvcogct.gov

Mark Nielsen

Assistant Director

203-489-0369

mnielsen@nvcogct.gov

Michael Szpryngel

Finance Director

mszpryngel@nvcogct.gov

Drew Baklik

Director of Municipal Affairs

475-233-2081

dbaklik@nvcogct.gov

Mark Pandolfi

Transit Capital Administrator

203-735-6824

mpandolfi@valleytransit.org

Patricia Bruder

Executive Administrative Clerk

203-489-0372

pbruder@nvcogct.gov

Trish Bauer

Office / Financial Manager

203-489-0360

tbauer@nvcogct.gov

Faith Thurmond

Accounting Analyst

203-489-0352

fthurmond@nvcogct.gov

Transportation Planning and Programming

Richard Donovan

Transportation Planning Director

203-489-0361

rdonovan@nvcogct.gov

Joanna Rogalski

Senior Transportation Planner

203-489-0373

jrogalski@nvcogct.gov

Kate Pipa

Senior Transportation Planner

203-489-0374

kpipa@nvcogct.gov

Kevin Ellis, P.E.

Senior Transportation Engineer

203-489-0375

kellis@nvcogct.gov

Shahadat Hossain

Transportation Engineer

shossain@nvcogct.gov

Eyitayo Olaleye

Transportation Planner II

475-233-2084

eolaleye@nvcogct.gov

Anthony Lagana

Transportation Planner I

203-489-0367

alagana@nvcogct.gov

Nicole Sullivan

Sustainable Communities Planner

475-233-2082

nsullivan@nvcogct.gov

Community Planning

Savannah-Nicole Villalba, AICP, AZT

Community Planning Director

475-233-2083

snvillalba@nvcogct.gov

Lana Harrison

Senior Community Planner

203-515-2816

lharrison@nvcogct.gov

Emely Ricci

Community Planner II

475-233-2068

ericci@nvcogct.gov

Demetre Coles

Housing and Community Planner

475-689-3032

dcoles@nvcogct.gov

Environmental Planning

Aaron Budris

Environmental Planning Director

203-489-0362

abudris@nvcogct.gov

Ricardo J. Rodriguez

Brownfields Program Director

203-982-0797

rrodriguez@nvcogct.gov

Christine O'Neill, AICP

Senior Environmental Planner

203-489-0351

coneill@nvcogct.gov

Craig Stevenson

Economic Development & Project Manager

203-527-4813

cstevenson@nvcogct.gov

Molly Johnson

Environmental Planner II

475-233-2069

mjohnson@nvcogct.gov

Thomas Dougherty

Environmental Planner

203-725-3096

tdougherty@nvcogct.gov

Inez Ortiz

Environmental Planner

203-489-0368

iortiz@nvcogct.gov

Mapping, Data & Technology

Richard Crowther Jr., GISP

Geographic Information Science and Technology Coordinator

203-489-0366

rcrowther@nvcogct.gov

Danny Thomas

GIS Analyst

203-489-0514

dthomas@nvcogct.gov

Tim Nolan

Data Scientist

203-489-0518

tnolan@nvcogct.gov

Communications & Community Engagement

Desira Blanchard

Communications & Community Engagement Coordinator

203-489-0353

dblanchard@nvcogct.gov

Heidy Coronel

Communications Associate

203-489-0363

hcoronel@nvcogct.gov