Our Republican Town Committee Executive Team
Shawn Daly: Chairman
Shawn has lived in West Hartford for nearly 50 years. Currently, he is Head of Group Retirement Experience and Product Management for MML Investors Services, LLC, which is a broker/dealer owned by MassMutual.
Shawn graduated from Conard High School, earned a BA in English from The University of Connecticut and also earned an MBA in Managing in the Global Economy from Excelsior College in Albany, NY.
With his wife, Eileen, and daughter, Shannon (a student at Hall High School), Shawn is very active in the philanthropic community. He is currently Vice-Chairman of the West Hartford Conservation and Environment Commission. He is also President of the West Hartford Girls Basketball League and is on the Tournament Executive Committee for The Travelers Championship, a PGA Tour Event in Connecticut that raises millions of dollars for charitable organizations throughout Connecticut.
He is also a Fourth Degree Knight of the Knights of Columbus. A former Jaycee, Shawn is also a Jaycee Statesman. Previously, Shawn served as a Board of Director and the Junior Division Supervisor for the West Hartford Girls Soccer League.
Dennis Swanton: Vice-Chairman
Ted Mancini: Treasurer
Ted Mancini has lived in West Hartford for over 45 years. In fact, Ted's family have been in West Hartford since the early 1950's!
Currently, Ted has been an Operations Manager in the construction industry for 22 years and Ted has been married for 28 years.
Ted graduated from Conard High School in 1988 and graduated from Central Connecticut State University with a degreen in Business (Finance) soon after.
Ted has served the West Hartford Community in several capacities. He was Vice-President for 2 years and then President for 3 years of the West Hartford Youth Football League. He was a coach in the West Hartford Youth Basketball League for 6 years.
He currently has been serving on the Human Rights Commission for West Hartford for the past year and a half and most recently, he is the Treasurer of the Anastasia Yopp for State House Representative in the 20th District that includes Newington and West Hartford.
Tony Landino: Deputy Treasurer
Kyle Zelazny: Director, Risk Management
Kaye Straw: Secretary
Kaye has been a West Hartford resident for 25 years after having been recruited from Ohio to teach home economics at Hall High School.
She holds a B.S. in Education from Ohio University, an MS in Education from the University of Hartford, and an MA from the University of St. Joseph.
Kaye has been a member of the West Hartford RTC since 1992.