Our Republican Town Committee Executive Team
Shawn Daly: Chairman
Shawn has lived in West Hartford for over 50 years. Currently, he is Head of Group Retirement Experience and Product Management for MML Investors Services, LLC, which is a broker/dealer, financial services firm, wholly 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 University in Albany, NY.
With his wife, Eileen, and daughter, Shannon (a graduate from Hall High School and current student at The University of Delaware with a major in Marine Biology and minor in Public Policy), Shawn is very active in the philanthropic community. He is currently a member of the West Hartford Parks & Recreation Advisory Board. He is also the current President of the West Hartford Girls Basketball League. Previously, Shawn has been on the Board of Directors for the West Hartford Girls Soccer League as its Juniors Division Supervisor and for over 20 years was a member of the Tournament Executive Committee for The Travelers Championship, a PGA Tour Event in Connecticut that raises millions of dollars for charitable organizations throughout Connecticut. Most recently, he also served on the Town of West Hartford Environmental & Conservation Commission as Vice-Chairman.
He also currently serves as a Fourth Degree Knight of the Knights of Columbus. A former Jaycee Chapter and Foundation Board member, Shawn is also a Jaycee Statesman.
Dennis Swanton: Vice-Chairman
bio coming soon…
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
photo and bio coming soon…
Kyle Zelazny: Director, Risk Management
Kyle practices in the areas of travel law, law enforcement representation, corporate and business matters, worker’s compensation, and all aspects of commercial real estate transactions, including development, leasing (including office, retail and industrial leasing), financing, title, survey and environmental matters, the sale and disposition of commercial properties and general transactional due diligence. He received his B.A. from Boston College and his J.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Law. Kyle is civic-minded and enjoys volunteering at the Simon Foundation, and is actively engaged in local community groups and boards. He enjoys rooting for the New York Yankees and New York Jets alongside his German Shepherd, Ares. He currently lives in West Hartford, Connecticut.
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.