Commission Appointees
Old Lyme River's Edge, Kathleen DeMeo
The membership of the Connecticut River Gateway Commission is comprised of two representatives from each of the eight member towns appointed by their municipal governments for two-year terms, plus two representatives and two alternates selected by the Lower Connecticut River Valley Council of Governments (RiverCOG). A representative of the Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) also serves on the Commission.
The Gateway Commission conducts much of its work through subcommittees which include Communications & Outreach, Finance, Grants Review, Land, and Rules & Procedures.
Officers
Suzanne Thompson
Chair
Old Lyme
William Webb
Vice Chair
Old Saybrook
Michael Farina
Secretary
Haddam
Erin Ortega
Treasurer
Haddam
Officers
Suzanne Thompson
Chair
Old Lyme
William Webb
Vice Chair
Old Saybrook
Michael Farina
Secretary
Haddam
Erin Ortega
Treasurer
Haddam
Connecticut River Gateway Commission Appointees
Chester
Misha Semënov-Leiva
Tom Brelsford (alternate)
Deep River
Jerry Roberts
John Cunningham(alternate)
Essex
Peter Fleischer
James Hiller (alternate)
East Haddam
Crary Brownell
Deborah Langdon (alternate)
Haddam
Mike Farina
Erin Ortega (alternate)
Lyme
Susan Fox
Lisa Wadge (alternate)
Old Lyme
Suzanne Thompson
Greg Futoma (alternate)
Old Saybrook
Bill Webb
Ellen FitzGerald (alternate)
RiverCOG
South
Gail Reynolds
Anne Redfield (alternate)
North
Raul Debrigard
Alan Ponanski (alternate)
DEEP
Dept. of Energy & Environmental Protection
Kathleen Perzanowski
Environmental Analyst, Commissioner’s Representative
Commissioner Emeritus
J. Melvin Woody
The Commission is represented in legal matters by Attorneys Mark Branse and Matt Willis of Halloran & Sage.
Connecticut’s Largest Island is in Lyme
Selden Island on the east side of the Connecticut River was created in 1854 by storm runoff that separated it from mainland Lyme. At 604 acres, it is the largest Connecticut island. Once a farm and later a stone quarry that produced red granite schist for paving, today it contains Selden Neck State Park which is only accessible by boat — as the state’s sole island state park.