Woodbridge Democratic Town Committee

Sandra Stein was reelection to a third term representing the community on the Woodbridge Board of Selectman in May 2009. First elected to this position in 2005, she has devoted much time to developing an understanding of our fiscal and administrative structures. She has served as the Selectmen's liaison to the Woodbridge Board of Education throughout her tenure on the BOS, and in this capacity she has been instrumental in encouraging greater financial reporting transparency and helping to guide the renewal of trust and cooperation between the town and the school system. She was recently appointed to serve on the Town Building Committee charged with developing an infrastructure upgrade project for Beecher Road School.

Ms. Stein is employed by the Yale University School of Medicine where she serves as the Clinical Administrator and Business Manager for the Department of Diagnostic Radiology. During her tenure with Yale-New Haven Hospital, Ms. Stein has sat on many Committees and Councils for Yale-New Haven Hospital including: the Yale New Haven Health System Quality Council, the Performance Improvement Leadership Group, and the Customer Service Steering Committee. Ms. Stein also spent six years serving on the Board of the Better Business Bureau and was Chairperson of the Marketing Committee.

Ms. Stein received her BA, with honors, in Psychology from Case Western Reserve University in Ohio and her MA in Public Health from the University of Illinois. She and her husband, Dr. Harvey Kliman, have been a part of our Woodbridge community for eighteen years and have raised three wonderful daughters.

Beth Heller was elected to a second term on the Board of Selectmen in May 2009. She has been an active member of the Woodbridge community for over seventeen years. Prior to her appointment to the Board of Selectmen in 2008, she served for a decade as the elected Democratic Registrar of Voters, after having served from 1997 to 1998 as Deputy Registrar. She has also been a member of the Amity League of Women Voters since 1992.

In addition, Ms. Heller was a member of the Woodbridge Board of Fire Commissioners since 1998, where she served as Chair from 1999 until her appointment as a Selectman. She was a member of the Woodbridge Fire Station Building Committee and is a member of the Woodbrdige Volunteer Fire Association Auxiliary. She has served as chair of the Woodbridge Community Council, Secretary of the Woodbridge Library Commission and member of the Woodbridge Siting Council. Ms. Heller has also served as Treasurer of the Beecher Road School PTO and the Amity Junior High School PTO, and been an active member of the Amity Regional High School PTSA.

She has been married for 33 years to Dr. Allen Heller and they have three children who have graduated from the Woodbridge and Amity Regional School districts. In addition to her civic engagement and family life, she is an active member of Congregation Mishkan Israel, serving on its Board of Trustees, its Executive Committee, and chairing its Membership Committee.