2019 Candidates

Selectmen

Derrylyn Gorski:

• Account Executive – SNET
• Advocacy Director for American Heart Assn for CT
• Bethany Resident since 1984
• 3 daughters who attended BCS, Amity Schools
• Elected First Selectwoman in 2003

Clark Hurlburt:

• Bethany Resident since 1987
• Bethany CERT Coordinator
• Deputy Director of Emergency Management
• 40+ years in Public Safety, Fire & EMS
• Actor – Live, TV and Film
• Works for Yale University Facilities Operations
• 1 daughter who attended BCS, Amity Schools
• Currently serving a Second Selectman

Treasurer

• Currently service his fifth term as Bethany Treasurer
• Lawyer with a practice focused on business agreements
• Past president and a board member of his synagogue
• Past treasurer and board member of Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen

Tax Collector

• Tax Collector elected in 2017
• Retired Senior Technical Director at at&t
• Graduate of Marymount College of Fordham University with a degree in English and Politics
• Bethany Resident since 1997

Board of Assessment Appeals

• Served as Sr. Vice President of Finance at Laticrete for over 15 years
• Chair of Bethany Harvest Festival
• Treasurer Lions Club since 2014
• Bethany Citizen of the Year – 2014
• MBA for UNH

Board of Finance

• Currently serves on Board of Finance
• Chief Information Officer at ProHealth Physicians
• Board Member of the Bethany Library
• Bethany Resident for over 20 years

• Served on Bethany Board of Education
• Educator for 12 years
• Teacher at Bethany Community School
• Part time faculty at SCSU
• Former Elected Member of SCSU Alumni Assn. Board of Directors
• Bethany Community School Strategic Planning Committee
• 2 young children, 1 attends BCS

• Currently serves on Board of Finance
• Elementary School Teacher – St Mary’s Milford
• Graduate of SCSU with BS in Early Childhood Ed. & Psychology
• Longtime resident of Bethany

Board of Education

• Currently serving on Board of Education
• Amity High School Teacher for 17 years
• Amity High School Science Department Head
• Co-chair Amity High School Decennial Accreditation Committee
• MS in Science Education SCSU
• Bethany Resident since 2006
• 2 children

• Graduate of NYU
• Norwalk Firefighter
• Move to Bethany for its rural character an outstanding schools
• 3 daughters attending BCS
• Currently serving on Board of Education

• Special Education teacher at Hamden Collaborative Learning Center
• Teacher for over 30 years
• Hamden Hero Award – 2019
• Bethany Resident for 27 years
• 2 daughters who attended Bethany and Amity School System
• Currently serving on Board of Education

• BA in History from Yale University
• PhD in Western History – University of Wisconsin
• Serves on Bethany Clean Energy Task Force, Sustainable Bethany Committees
• Vice President of Bethany Library Board
• Leading an effort to establish Bethany Arts District
• Currently serves on Amity Regional Board of Education

Planning and Zoning

• Current Chair of South Central Regional Planning
• Current Vice Chair of Planning and Zoning
• Arborist at Broken Arrow Nursery in Hamden

• Educator, Monroe Public Schools
• Former Matrimonial Paralegal, New York City
• Trinity College, Hartford CT, BA Psychology
• Has 2 children who attend Bethany Community School

Planning and Zoning Alternate

• Attorney
• Past President – Woodbridge Child Center
• Zoning Board of Appeals 2009-2011
• Past Recipient of ABA Land Use Planning & Zoning & Local Government Award
• Bethany Resident for 10 years
• 2 daughters who attend BCS

• Manager-Employee Relations at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Hartford
• Completing her PhD in Management
• MBA Human Resources
• 1 son who attends Amity Regional High School

• Pediatric Ophthalmologist for 22 years
• Former Selectman – 8 years
• Frequent Moderator for Annual Town Meetings
• Past President CT State Medical Society
• Bethany Resident for over 20 years

Zoning Board of Appeals

• Assistant Director, Digital Strategy, Office of Public Affairs & Communications, Yale University
• Currently serves on Zoning Board of Appeals
• MFA in Poetry from University of Pittsburgh
• Wife, Allyson, teaches at Amity High School
• 2 kids, four cats, and two birds

• Cinematographer in New York City for 20 years
• Member of Local 600 Cinematographers Guild
• Emmy Award Winner
• 1 Preschool age daughter

Zoning Board of Appeals Alternate

• Real Estate Agent for 9 years
• BS Environmental Science
• Florida Institute of Technology
• Previous Parish Secretary at Christ Church Bethany
• Sewed costumes for Amity Creative Theater musical productions for several years
• Serves on Zoning Board of Appeals -Alternate since 2017
• Bethany resident since 2005
• 4 daughters who attended Bethany and Amity School System

• Retired Sales & Marketing Professional for 20 years
• Background in Design & Real Estate
• 35+ years as member of Bethany Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary
• BCS Volunteer
• Bethany Resident for 42 years
• Children and Grand Children all attended Bethany and Amity School System

• Director of Seven Angels Children’s Theater
• Teaches After School acting classes in Waterbury Elementary Schools
• 20-Year Career as Regional Theater Actor
• Lifelong Opera Lover