Commission on Aging

Members

• Joseph Pankowski Jr. (U), Chairman
  Term Expires: March 31, 2024
• Marcia Cleary (D)
  Term Expires: March 31, 2024
• Joan Davey (R)
  Term Expires: March 31, 2022
• Peter F. Eder (R)
  Term Expires: March 31, 2022
• Geraldine Genovese (R)
  Term Expires: March 31, 2023
• Susan Kostin (D)
  Term Expires: March 31, 2024 
• Mary McCarthy (R)
  Term Expires: March 31, 2023
• James Metzger (R) 
  Term Expires: March 31, 2022 
• Suzanne Okie (D)
  Term Expires: March 31, 2023
• Raymond Slavin (R)
  Term Expires: March 31, 2023
• Carla Thompson (R) 
  Term Expires: March 31, 2021 

3-year terms

Ex-Officio Members

• Ali Ramsteck, Human Services Director
• Beth Paris, Senior Center Coordinator

Overview

The Town does hereby create a Commission on Aging which shall consist of eleven (11) members to be appointed by the Board of Selectmen.  Commission members shall serve for three-year terms commencing on April 1 of the year of their appointment.  The municipal agent for elderly persons of the town shall be a nonvoting ex officio member of the commission.  (Code 1972, § 53-1; Ord. of February 1, 1988; Amd. of June 12, 2018(2)

The Commission on Aging is concerned with the needs of Darien's seniors - and seniors-to-be - with regard to health, recreation, transportation and economics.  Currently, there are more than 3,000 people 60 or older in Darien - making them the fastest growing segment of the Town's population.