Full Name:
Melissa H. Ziobron
Gender:
Female
Family:
Husband: Scott; 2 Children: Brittany, Bryan
Home City:
East Haddam, CT
Attended, English, Middlesex Community College, 1990-1993
Attended, English/Zoology, Central Connecticut State University, 1991-1992
Member, Grassroots East, 2012-present
Member, Hadlyme Public Hall, 2012-present
Former Member, East Haddam Board of Education
Representative, Connecticut House of Representatives, District 34, 2013-2019
Assistant Minority Leader, Connecticut State House of Representatives, 2017-2019
Former Coordinator, Jodi Rell Campaign, East Haddam, 2006
Candidate, First Selectman, East Haddam, 2005
Former Ranking Member, Appropriations Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives
Former Member, Children Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives
Former Member, Environment Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives
Former Member, General Law Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives
Former Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Accountability, Connecticut State House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Collective Bargaining, Connecticut State House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Conservation and Development, Connecticut State House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Legislative, Connecticut State House of Representatives
Member, Middlesex Chamber of Commerce Revitalization Commission, 2008
Member, Finance Sub-Committee, Board of Education, 2000-2006
Member, Nathan Hale Ray 4-8 School Building Committee, 2003-2006
Member, Transportation Sub-Committees, Board of Education, 2000-2006
Member, Policy Sub-Committee, Board of Education, 2000-2004
Coordinator, Economic Development, East Haddam, 2007-present
Former Manager, Sadlers Ordinary, Marlborough
Former Chair, Save Our School Political Action Committee (PAC), 2006
Member, Republican Town Committee, East Haddam, 2002, present
Volunteer, Friends of Gillette Castle State Park, 2010-present
Member, Land Trust, East Haddam, 2010-present
Volunteer, Friends of Devils Hopyard State Park
Member, National Rifle Association (NRA)
Member, Planned Parenthood
Mentor, Young Republicans, East Haddam
Former Secretary, Elderly Tax Relief Committee, 2007
Former Treasurer, Middle School Conversion Committee, 2007
Former Member, Open Space Committee, 2003-2006
Former Member, Assistant Republican Registrar of Voters, 2002
Former Member, Middle School Principal Search Committee, 2001
Favorite Quote:
"In this and like communities, public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it, nothing can succeed." Abraham Lincoln 1858
"Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it." Milton Friedman
"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal." Henry Ford
"The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money". Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859)
"Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program". Milton Friedman
"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life." Winston Churchill
Pets (include names):
Dogs: Duke, Daisy