SERC: Connecticut SERC Membership
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Membership

Effective July 1, 2011, the State Emergency Response Commission (SERC) is comprised of eighteen members: the Commissioners of the Departments of Energy and Environmental Protection, Emergency Services and Public Protection,  Public Health, Transportation, and Labor; the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management; the State Fire Marshal; the State Fire Administrator; the Adjutant General of the Military Department; (or their designees or a designee); and nine (9) members appointed by the Governor.

Chairperson / SERC Administration:

Gerard P. Goudreau, SERC Chairperson
Ulbrich Stainless Steels

Mark DeCaprio, M.P.H., RS, SERC Administrator
Director, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Bureau of Materials Management and Compliance Assurance
Emergency Response and Spill Prevention Division

Commission Members

Public Act 11-51, An Act Implementing the Provisions of the Budget Concerning the Judicial Branch, Child Protection, Criminal Justice, Weigh Stations and Certain State Agency Consolidations.  While the transition is taking place, please continue to check back here for up-to-date information on Commission Members. 

Member

Designee
Commissioner
Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Mark DeCaprio, Director, Emergency Response and Spill Prevention Division,
Bureau of Materials Management and Compliance Assurance
Jewel Mullen, MD, MPH, MPA
Commissioner
Department of Public Health
David Kallander, Ph.D.
Toxicologist
Environmental and Occupational Health Assessment Program 
James P. Redeker
Commissioner
Department of Transportation
March 4, 2011
Greg Dorosh
Transportation Principal Engineer
Environmental Compliance
After July 1, 2011
Commissioner
Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection
July 11, 2011
William J. Hackett
State Director of Emergency Management, Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security
Commissioner
Department of Labor
Kenneth Tucker
Occupational Hygienist
OSHA Division
Secretary of
Office of Policy and Management
Dimple J. Desai
Undersecretary of the Intergovernmental Policy Division 
Major General Thaddeus Martin
Adjutant General of the Military Department
 
After July 1, 2011
Donald DeFronzo
Acting Commissioner
Department of Construction Services
Robert J. Ross, Vice Chairman
CT State Fire Marshal
Office of State Fire Marshal
Jeffrey J. Morrissette, Secretary
State Fire Administrator
Office of the State Fire Administrator
 

The following list represents the nine (9) SERC members appointed by the Governor, four (4) represent the public; three (3) represent owners or operators of facilities; one (1) is the fire chief of a municipal fire department whose employees are compensated for their services; and one (1) is the fire chief of a volunteer fire department.  The members of the SERC are appointed by the Governor to the Commission and serve for two (2) years, or until a successor is appointed and has qualified, whichever is longer. 

Appointees Represent
Gerard P. Goudreau - Serves as Chairperson
Ulbrich Stainless Steels
Facility
Reappointed February 4, 2010
Term ending January 31, 2012
Robert J. Araujo
Manager Environmental Engineering
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation 
Facility
Reappointed June 6, 2012
Term Ending June 30, 2013
Robert J. Klancko, P.E., CSP
Klancko & Klancko, LLC 
Facility
Reappointed June 6, 2012
Term Ending June 30, 2013
Chief John C. Littell
Tolland Volunteer Fire Department
Volunteer Fire Department
Appointed June 6, 2012
Term Ending June 30, 2014
Chief Edward N. Richards
Enfield Fire Department 
Municipal Fire Department 
Reappointed June 6, 2012
Term Ending June 30, 2013
Vacant 
 
Public
John A. Elsesser
Town of Coventry
Public
Reappointed July 1, 2010
Term Ending June 30, 2012
Vacant (July 2008) Public
Vacant (November 2008)
Public
  • Terms of appointees are effective on a specific date and end on a specific date or until a successor is appointed and has qualified, whichever is longer.

Content Last Updated July 9, 2012






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