Staff Directory
TITLE | NAME | PHONE | |
Executive Director | Francis Pickering | fpickering@westcog.org | 475-323-2070 |
Deputy Director | Michael Towle | mtowle@westcog.org | 475-323-2064 |
Financial Director | Victoria Ricks | vricks@westcog.org | 475-323-2056 |
Office Manager | Cricket Carpenter | ccarpenter@westcog.org | 475-323-2057 |
Transportation Director | Kristin Hadjstylianos | khadjstylianos@westcog.org | 475-323-2073 |
Principal Planner | Todd Fontanella | tfontanella@westcog.org | 475-323-2076 |
Senior Planner | Kristin Floberg | kfloberg@westcog.org | 475-323-2075 |
Senior Planner | Mike Wilson | mwilson@westcog.org | 475-323-2074 |
Transportation Planner | Ryan Dolan | rdolan@westcog.org | 475-323-2065 |
Associate Planner | Amal Malik | amalik@westcog.org | 475-323-2071 |
Senior Project Manager | Kevin Mahoney | kmahoney@westcog.org | 475-323-2072 |
Senior Project Manager | Charles Vidich | cvidich@westcog.org | 475-323-2068 |
Senior Project Manager | Betsy Paynter | bpaynter@westcog.org | 475-323-2069 |
Project Manager | Jaclyn Reelick | Jreelick@westcog.org | 475-323-2067 |
Senior Data Scientist | Nicholas Trabka | ntrabka@westcog.org | 475-323-2061 |
Senior Data Scientist | Tucker Beckett | tbeckett@westcog.org | 475-323-2062 |
Francis Pickering – Executive Director
Francis directs WestCOG’s staff and represents the region to partners, including state and federal agencies. Prior to joining WestCOG, he …
Michael Towle – Deputy Director
Michael works on Regional Services, Environmental Planning, and Public Safety along with staff coordination for WestCOG’s planning/service programs. Prior to …
Victoria Ricks – Financial Director
Prior to joining WestCOG, Vicky worked as a Financial Analyst for Kimberly Clark Corporation for 9 years. She received a …
Cricket Carpenter – Office Manager
Prior to joining WestCOG, Cricket worked alongside her husband managing a construction business in Fairfield County. She attended the Southern …
Kristin Hadjstylianos – Transportation Director
Kristin assists with transportation planning services at WestCOG, including management of corridor studies and development of the region’s Long-Range Transportation …
Todd Fontanella – Principal Planner
Todd has over thirty years of experience in transportation grant programs, MPO activities and transit planning. Before coming to WestCOG, …
Kristin Floberg – Senior Planner
Kristin leads land use planning activities at WestCOG and assists the transportation staff on various projects. She graduated from the …
Mike Wilson – Senior Planner
Mike has over thirty years of experience in the transportation field, in both public and private sectors. Prior to joining …
Ryan Dolan- Planner
Ryan is a transportation planner with over ten years of experience in the public and private sector focusing on travel …
Amal Malik – Associate Planner
Amal provides transportation planning support on various projects. She earned her B.A. in Environment & Society from McMaster University in …
Kevin Mahoney – Senior Project Manager
Kevin is a civil engineer with over 30 years of experience in the transportation field. He was previously employed with …
Charles Vidich – Senior Project Manager
Charles has over 40 years of experience in planning and government, including as the Principal Planner at the Council of …
Tucker Beckett – Senior Planner
Tucker works on land use and environmental planning projects. Prior to joining WestCOG, he worked as a municipal planner for …
Betsy Paynter – Senior Project Manager
WestCOG has hired Betsy Paynter to serve as a Project Manager. Betsy will provide technical support for communities to get …
Jaclyn Reelick – Project Manager
Jaclyn provides grant funding support related to brownfield, water quality and flood resilience projects. Prior to joining WestCOG, Jaclyn worked …
Nicholas Trabka – Senior Data Scientist
Nicholas supports the planning staff with environmental management and transportation projects. Prior to joining WestCOG, he assisted the GIS staff …
Elizabeth Falk- Planning Aide
Elizabeth Falk- Planning Aide Elizabeth grew up in Northern New Jersey, moving to Danbury CT soon after college. She graduated …
Garrett Reed- Planning Aide
Garrett Reed- Planning Aide Garrett graduated from Penn State with a major in Earth Sciences and a minor in Geosciences …
Demetre Coles- Planning Aide
Demetre Coles- Planning Aide Demetre was born and raised in Waterbury. At a young age, his parents instilled values of …