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Toni Boucher
Assistant Republican Leader

5 Wicks End Lane, Wilton 06897
Residence: 203-762-3232
Capitol: 1-800-842-1423

Education: University of Connecticut: MBA, Series 7 and 63

Occupation: Director of a Nonprofit Institute; former small business founder and corporate executive

Public Service: Member and Policy Leader of the Connecticut State Board of Education from 1995 to 1996; Selectman for Town of Wilton 1995-1996; member and former chair of the Wilton Board of Education 1987-1994; member of the Education and Technology Committees of the National Conference of State Legislators; member of the National Association of State Boards of Education; Trustee of the Weir Farm Heritage Trust, Elder House, Norwalk Youth Symphony; Board of Directors of the Wilton Education Foundation; advisory board member of the New Canaan Nature Center; former member of five school/community based planning teams (Miller, Driscoll, Cider Mill, Middlebrook, and Wilton High School; former member of the Foreign Language Task Force 1978-1992; board member of the Wilton youth Council’s Project 94,96,and 2000; member of the Technology Task Force 1993-present; member of the Gifted Task Force (1988-1990); Wilton PTA for 12 years; member and former board member of the Wilton League of Women Voters; member and volunteer of the Wilton Chapter of the AFS, the Friends of the Library and the YMCA Expansion Fund; Delegate to the 2005 White House Conference on Aging; Selected as 2006 Distinguished Legislator Award recipient by Narcotic Enforcement Officers Association

Legislative Service: State House of Representatives 1997, 1999 (Ranking Member, Human Services Committee), 2001 (Assistant Minority Leader), 2003 (Assistant Minority Leader), 2005 (Assistant Minority Leader), 2007(Assistant Minority Leader)

Committees: Appropriations (including its higher education, transportation, human services and collective bargaining subcommittees), Education, Higher Education, Transportation

Now in her sixth 2 year term in office, State Representative Toni Boucher was first elected to the Connecticut House of Representatives in November 1996 from the 143^rd District, which includes the eastern portion of Norwalk and most of Wilton... [Full Biography] (PDF/16kb)

White Barn Theatre Preservation. From left, State Rep. Toni Boucher, R-143, Wilton, Norwark , JoAnne Jackson and Celia Maddox Gable meet at November 17, 2005, ceremony where Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced a $450,000 state grant to help purchase the 18.4-acre White Barn Theatre property in Norwalk and Westport and save it from development.

Rep. Toni Boucher meets with The Business Council of Fairfield County July 20.

State Rep. Toni Boucher, center, and visitors from the Wilton League of Women Voters tour the state Legislative Office Building and State Capitol, at rear, on a Saturday in May.

Representative Boucher stands with the Kaye family in the House Chamber.
Annette and Rick Kaye and son Adam Kaye meet Rep. Boucher at the State Capitol in Hartford May 6 prior to the 27th Annual Connecticut Holocaust Commemoration ceremony, during which Adam Kaye played violin. Music included these words:

Tomorrow's sun will turn this day to gold,
And this dark night will vanish with the foe;
But should tomorrow's sun await the dawn too long,
Let this song ring out for ages yet to come.

The Wilton officials honored at the State Capitol face the camera while standing behind desks in the Senate Chamber.
Wilton officials were honored by the state Senate in Hartford today for their initiative in a later high school opening time. From left, Board of Ed chair Susan Bruschi, Donna Conway of the League of Women Voters, Sen. Judith Freedman, Catherine Kempsen of LWV, Carole Young-Kleinman of LWV, Amy Harris of LWV, Rep. Toni Boucher, former school superintendent Dr. David Clune and current superintendent Dr. Gary Richards.

"Momrades" organization of Norwalk, a group of mothers and professional women meet with Rep. Toni Boucher.

Mary Lynn Clune, center, wife of former Wilton school superintendent David Clune, visits Rep. Toni Boucher, rear, at the Capitol in Hartford with daughter Mary Elizabeth Clune, left, and granddaughter.

Representative Boucher speaks in the House Chamber March 30.