Over the last three decades, Stephanie Thomas has dedicated her professional life to career advising and problem solving for nonprofit organizations, running her own business and serving as a state representative of the 143rd district. Sworn in on January 4th, 2023, Secretary Thomas was the first black person to be elected Secretary of the State of Connecticut.

Since taking office, Secretary Thomas has led the implementation of significant election reforms in the state, including the rollout of early voting and a new centralized voter registration system. Secretary Thomas believes that a healthy, representative democracy relies on regular and active participation in civic life by all of us to promote authentic and ongoing civic engagement.

She has met our communities in our own spaces, thereby cultivating a non-partisan dialog between the people and their government through programs such as her Connect and Cut series, civic trivia events at local libraries.

The 2005 Connecticut Teacher of the Year, Julia Miller is a proud New Haven Public Schools teacher, parent, and alumni. Julia is a social studies teacher committed to anti-racist education and project based learning. Her goal for her students is for them to become informed and active community members who feel empowered to make change.

Greg Frank is a social studies teacher from South Windsor who has taught high school and middle school history for 30 years. Greg used to be a Civil War reenactor and is now Revolutionary War re-enactor.

He met Brian Zawodniak in college, when they were members of Phi Alpha Theta, the national history Honor Society. A teacher at JFK Middle School in Enfield, Brian has taught geography and U.S. History for 17 years. He is a Revolutionary War loyalist reenactor. The two discuss teaching through living history and historical reenactment.