Themis Klarides - Retired Men`s Association of Greenwich, Inc.

RETIREDMEN'SASSOCIATIONOFGREENWICH,Inc.(RMA)
InvitesyoutoitsmeetingJanuary20,2016at
FirstPresbyterianChurch,LafayettePlace,Greenwich,CT.
ThemisKlarides
“Connecticut’sBusinessClimate:Challengesand
Solutions”
One of Connecticut’s two highest-ranking elected Republicans is
comingtotheRMAtodiscusswhyherpartythinksthatthestatusquo
inHartfordisnottherightpathforward. AlthoughRepublicanshave
been shut out of budget negotiations in the Legislature, Minority
LeaderKlarideshasfoundawaytopublicizesuchRepublicanissuesas
fiscal responsibility and to offer common-sense, practical solutions to
the state’s many problems including a $3 billion deficit over the next
twoyears.
Ms. Klarides is currently serving in her ninth term from the 114th House District
representingWoodbridge,Derby,andOrange.ShecurrentlylivesinDerby.
Following the 2014 elections in which she received 66% of the vote, her House
Republican colleagues unanimously elected her as the first female Republican leader.
SheleadsthelargestHouseRepublicancaucusin20years.
ThemisgraduatedfromTrinityCollege(B.A.)andQuinnipiacSchoolofLaw(J.D.).She
observed and then worked part-time with her family running its supermarket in
Orange. Working at her family’s supermarket she gained appreciation for the
challengesthatsmallbusinessesfacetoday.
RMAmeetingsarefreeandopentothepublic,bothmenandwomen;noreservationsarerequired.Please
plan to arrive around 10:40AM for our social break (coffee and cake), followed by our speaker at
11:00M. Meetings are held at the First Presbyterian Church in Greenwich, with parking on-street or at
public lot two houses north of the church on Lafayette Place. For additional information, contact:
[email protected]