Dear editor,
Electing Amy Murphy Carroll as First Selectman would be a huge win for New Canaan. It’s hard to imagine anyone better prepared to do the work of New Canaan’s First Selectman. Amy is a graduate of Cornell University and has an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. She spent the last 30 years working in municipal finance as an investment industry professional, most recently at JPMorgan. She also has deep knowledge of New Canaan’s governance, as she has served on the Board of Finance for ten years. Amy’s municipal finance expertise and long tenure on New Canaan’s Board of Finance mean that she will be effective from Day One – she knows how town government works and she understands the specific issues we face in New Canaan.
Amy is a 27-year resident of New Canaan and has contributed much to our town. She’s an expert in municipal finance and knows our town’s finances as well as anyone. She has made significant contributions to New Canaan’s fiscal health during her long service on the Board of Finance. She served as the Board of Finance liaison to the Board of Education, Public Works and Parks & Rec and was a member of both the Saxe and Police Building Committees. She co-authored the current Board of Finance Debt Guidelines and is a member of the Retirement Plans Advisory Committee overseeing New Canaan’s pension investments. She has also devoted her time to many New Canaan civic activities, among them chairing the St. Mark’s White Elephant several times and managing numerous of her four children’s youth sports teams.
Amy will bring her collaborative and open leadership style to town government, reflecting her campaign’s theme of unifying the town as “One New Canaan.” As she said in a recent interview: “We all have the common goals of maintaining our world-class schools and our amazing town amenities, supported by our top-notch Public Works Department.” She will draw on the town’s “informed, engaged electorate,” to be partners in government so that the First Selectman is seen as a “steward for the town, not just one person’s or one party’s priorities.”
Amy has already been an asset to New Canaan and the work she has done has benefited all taxpayers. Please join me in electing Amy to continue her service to the town in the role of First Selectman.
