Mayor-Elect Simmons Announces Transition Team Leadership

STAMFORD, CT — Mayor-Elect and current State Rep. Caroline Simmons is gearing up for office.

On Thursday, she announced the leadership for her transition team, and also launched a website that will post updates on the team's work. Simmons will be sworn-in as Mayor of Stamford on Wednesday, Dec. 1.

Additional positions and structure — including specific policy area committees — will be announced in the coming days, according to an announcement from her campaign manager Lauren Meyer.

"On Tuesday night, I said we would get to work immediately preparing to take office, so that my administration will be ready on day one to do the hard work of making Stamford a city of opportunity for everyone — a place where we all can live, work, raise a family, and retire," Simmons said in a news release Thursday.

"My Transition Team will be reflective of that goal, and I am so thankful to Sen. Pat Billie Miller, Kathy Silard, and Bridget Fox for taking on these key roles. Our Transition Team will be reflective of the people of the great City we are now preparing to serve, listening to their voices, and building a mayoral administration ready to meet their needs."

More information on the transition team leadership:

State Sen. Patricia Billie Miller will serve as Transition Team Co-Chair

A Stamford native, State Sen. Miller was elected to the Connecticut State Senate in 2021 after previously serving in the State House of Representative from 2008 to 2021.

Prior to her election to the legislature, Miller spent her professional career in the affordable housing industry for more than 25 years. She served on the Stamford Board of Representatives where she served on the city’s Housing/Community Development/Social Services Committee and Education Committee.

An alumnus of the former Low-Heywood School in Stamford, Senator Miller attended Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics.

Kathy Silard, President and Chief Executive Officer of Stamford Health, which includes Stamford Hospital. Silard will serve as Transition Team Co-Chair

In her current role with Stamford Health, Silard oversees a team of more than 3,000 employees. She first joined Stamford Health in 2003 as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, after beginning her career as a nurse in the pediatrics and the neonatal intensive care unit.

Silard has been involved with the Stamford Emergency Medical Services, and is a member of the United Way of Western Connecticut's Stamford Cradle to Career Advisory Board. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from The Herbert H. Lehman College of City University of New York and a Master of Science Degree in Health Care Administration from Iona College.

Bridget Fox, President, Stamford Cradle to Career at United Way of Western CT. Fox will serve as Transition Team Executive Director

Fox has 20-plus years of experience working in the government and nonprofit sector, the majority of which have been spent in Stamford working for the Mayor’s Office and United Way of Western Connecticut.

Fox has served on numerous boards and committees in Stamford, including Stamford Achieves, St. Joseph’s Parenting Center, The Stamford Partnership, St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee and is currently serving on the Stamford High School Governance Council. She has an MPA from Suffolk University and a Bachelor’s in Political Science and Writing from Loyola University. She and her husband Dan and their three kids live in Glenbrook.