WRTC Who's Who
Paul Luchetti
Chairman
Current President of the Woodbury Lions.
Former Vice Chairman of the Woodbury Republican Town Committee.
Current member Commission on Seniors.
Former member of Woodbury Drug Enforcement program ASAP: (Advocates for Substance Abuse Prevention).
Former board member of the Juvenile Review Board (JRB).
Former member of the Woodbury Economic Development Committee.
Co-Founder of the Woodbury Chamber of Commerce.
Stanton Love
Vice Chair
WRTC - Treasurer – 10 years
Board of Finance – Member/Vice Chair 4 years
Public Building Commission – Chair 2 years
Ad Hoc ARPA Committee - Chair 2 years
Ad Hoc America250 - Currently Treasurer
WRTC – Currently Vice Chair
Nancy Mackey
Secretary
Former Real Estate Broker and bookkeeper for her and her husband’s business in Norwalk, CT.
Former WRTC Treasurer and current WRTC Secretary.
Former Woodbury Registrar of Voters for 3 years.
Active member and Treasurer of the Friends of the Senior Center since 2018.
Former Treasurer of the Women's Club of Woodbury for 2 years.
Former Chairman of the Women's Club House Tour.
Nancy enjoys volunteering and has been active with the Food Bank for many years.
In 2025, Nancy received the Adele Taylor Civic Award from the Democratic Town Committee for her dedication to volunteering.
Burt Stevens
Treasurer
Current Library of the Future Chairman.
Current Woodbury America 250 member.
Current Building Code Board of Appeals member.
Former Woodbury Charter Revision Chair (2004-2005).
Former WRTC Chairman (1990’s).
Former Woodbury Charter Revision member (1990’s).
Former Inland Wetlands Agency member (1980’s).
Former Conservation Commission member (1980’s)
Dennis Roberts
Candidate Recruitment
United States Marine Corp Veteran.
Member of the American Legion.
Member of the Woodbury Republican Town Committee.
Woodbury business owner of Gaylord Nursery.
Past Lead Mechanic at the Naugatuck Wastewater Treatment Facility.
Life long Woodbury resident.
Tom Benedetto
Member, Technology Chair
Retired, 27-year IBMer awarded "Best of IBM".
Tom graduated Magna Cum Laude with his bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Western Connecticut State University.
Tom received his technical MBA from NYU Polytechnic while working full-time and attending evening classes.
Tom's academics focused on Computer Technologies and his career included cloud solution architecture and deployments of Artificial Intelligence in technical sales.
Tom is a Woodbury resident at Fawn Meadow Lane residing with his beautiful wife, Anna, and rescue dogs, Toby and Cole.
Tom's personal interests embrace the great outdoors, enjoying landscaping, gardening, hiking, biking, hunting and fishing.
John Hughes
Member, State Central District 32 Representative
35 yr resident of Woodbury.
Former ZBA member.
Current Planning Commissioner.
Current Board of Assessment & Appeals member.
CTGOP 32nd district rep.
30 yr international sales professional.
Navy Veteran.
Member American Legion Post 155.
Member CT Republican Assembly.
Part-time Substitute teacher Region 14.
Member of St. Patrick Oratory, Waterbury CT.
Knight of Holy Sepulchre.
Knight of Malta.
Knight of Columbus.
Bob DeLuca
Member
Owner of DeLuca Tile & Marble Installation and Bathroom Remodeling.
Enthusiastic owner of classic motorcycle and muscle cars.
Classic rock and roll, blues, and classic country music fan.
Current member of the Woodbury Lion's Club.
Woodbury resident since the age of 16,
Robert Scott
Member
First participation with the WRTC late 1970’s.
Former WRTC Assistant Treasurer and
Former Vice Chair late 1990’s.
Cumulative WRTC member 35 plus years.
Recognized Multi Gallon Red Cross Blood Donor.
Past President Watertown Rotary Club.
Rotary Club Member 30 plus years.
Practicing Attorney.
Lee Warner
Member
Multi generational family, married for over 40 years, with one son.
Woodbury volunteer fire fighter for over 45 years.
Former Captain and Deputy Chief, involved in a local family business from 1969-2001.
Retired from Woodbury public works after 29 plus years of service.
Working part time at a local hardware store.
Drew Gwiazdoski
Member
Husband and father of three.
31 year educator City of Waterbury.
Former kindergarten teacher.
Current E.S.L teacher.
Current vice president of the Woodbury Lions Club.
Former police commissioner City of Waterbury.
Member Chase Gun Club.
Member Algonquin Archers.
George P. Romano
Member
A retired police officer (with a combined total of 50 years of full and part-time service) from both the Town of Watertown (Ret. Lieutenant) & Town of Woodbury. George served his country during the Vietnam War as a corpsman (combat medic) with the US Navy, and also serves as a Bethlehem EMT.George was a member of the Bethlehem Republican Town Committee before moving to Woodbury.
Thomas Amatruda
Member
Thomas Amatruda graduated Watertown HS in 1978 and UCONN in 1982, receiving a BS in Civil Engineering.
After college he was commissioned as an officer in the United States Air Force. He had many posting including the Pacific, Europe, and lastly the Pentagon in Washington DC.
After leaving the Air Force he worked as a Department of Defense contractor in the D.C. area.
With a growing family, he and his wife Lisa moved back to CT and he took over the family local business in Woodbury.
Tom became active in many local organizations such as the American Legion. He is currently the Chairman of Zoning Commission.
After college he was commissioned as an officer in the United States Air Force. He had many posting including the Pacific, Europe, and lastly the Pentagon in Washington DC.
After leaving the Air Force he worked as a Department of Defense contractor in the D.C. area.
With a growing family, he and his wife Lisa moved back to CT and he took over the family local business in Woodbury.
Tom became active in many local organizations such as the American Legion. He is currently the Chairman of Zoning Commission.
Charmaigne Samoska
Member
Bio coming soon
Karen Reddington-Hughes
CT State Representative
Currently a State Representative in the Connecticut House for the 66th Ct House District.
Currently a Selectman for the Town of Woodbury.
Western CT Convention and Visitors Bureau representative for Woodbury.
Member of Board of Directors for the CT Summer Opera Foundation.
Founder of the Woodbury CT Chamber of Commerce.
Chairman of the former Woodbury CT Business and
Economic Development Committee.
Recipient of the Rosenberg Award for community service from the town of Woodbury.
Graduate from the Connecticut Community Foundation Western CT Leadership Program, Charter Oak
Leadership Program, and the Campaign School at Yale.
President of the Woodbury Antiques Dealers Association.
Recipient of the State of CT Governors Award for Tourism Partner of the year.
Owner of Abrash Galleries, a small business for the past 22 years on Main Street in Woodbury.
