GREENWICH — Janet Stone McGuigan is a newcomer to politics, however she has an extended report in public coverage.
Stone McGuigan, the Democratic challenger for an open seat on the Board of Selectmen, labored within the area of environmental regulation whereas residing in Washington, D.C., coordinating coverage amongst a variety of various stakeholders.
“Understanding how public processes work is crucial,” she stated. It’s a piece expertise she stated she hopes to the convey to City Corridor if she is elected Nov. 2.
Stone McGuigan is a local of the Syracuse, N.Y., space. She earned levels in civil engineering and economics from Cornell and a grasp’s in public coverage from Harvard College’s Kennedy Faculty of Authorities.
Working in Washington as a mediator, she helped roll out new rules from the Environmental Safety Company, together with these pertaining to consuming water.
Her work concerned bringing collectively firms, nonprofits and civic teams to make sure a easy roll-out of latest federal rules, Stone McGuigan stated, and her expertise concerned “engaged on giant public processes, and federal regulatory negotiations.”
She additionally labored on initiatives from the Division of Vitality on wind power, and the Nationwide Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
“They might name collectively all of the events on these big, advanced rules,” she stated. “Then they’d work an settlement on what the rule-making ought to seem like.”
Dwelling in Brussels, Belgium, for a time, Stone McGuigan, additionally wrote reviews on environmental legal responsibility for the European Union.
After shifting to Greenwich in 2006, she stated she “immersed myself locally,” the place her husband, Peter, is a local.
Stone McGuigan has served on the the League of Girls Voters and the PTA Council. She presently serves on the board of Neighborhood Facilities Inc., which helps folks in want, and he or she is lively with the Junior League. She was elected to the Consultant City Assembly in 2019, and he or she serves as an alternate on the training committee.
Her background in federal policy-making can be an asset as Greenwich seems to be to acquire tens of millions of {dollars} in COVID-relief funds, she stated.
“A situation of getting that funding is that we have now to return collectively as a city to give you a viable plan as how we’re going to fund it. And Greenwich will not be almost as far alongside as different Connecticut cities. That is one thing I can comfortably say I may help Greenwich transfer ahead with,” she stated.
Having expertise in environmental coverage, Stone McGuigan stated the city can do extra when it comes to power effectivity.
“I feel the city wants an power fee, trying into power financial savings. It’s simply wise, one thing that we are able to simply do however haven’t performed,” she stated. “Current flooding hits residence that local weather change is actual, and we have to make this city much more resilient.”
Stone McGuigan stated she wish to see the city’s sewage plant at Grass Island extra impervious to huge storms, and he or she thinks the Holly Hill recycling facility might be “reconfigured.”
“We’ve made strides, however I feel we are able to do extra,” she stated.
Stone McGuigan, a married mom of two, says she helps the formation of a Police Advisory Committee so as to add a higher stage of accountability to native regulation enforcement, an idea lately mentioned by the selectmen.
“I feel we are able to get to one thing that might be passable to everyone. It wants nice tuning however the idea is nice,” she stated.
On her management fashion, she stated, “I’m undoubtedly a servant-leader. I don’t include a private agenda, I’m the most effective pursuits of the group. I’m centered on getting work performed that should get performed.”
On the marketing campaign path, Stone McGuigan says she learns one thing day-after-day: “I’ve knocked on a number of doorways. I assumed I knew Greenwich, however I’m studying much more about it and having fun with it.”
She says she likes to journey, learn and bike at Greenwich Level.
“I like our colleges, shoreline and mountaineering trails,” she stated. “Greenwich is a small city with sufficient range that everybody can discover a place to slot in. However what I like most is its neighborhood spirit — residents who give generously of their time and expertise to make this place the house all of us deserve.”
