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2025 Speaking Engagements

Russell Blair

Russell Blair is the Commission’s Director of Education and Communications

To arrange a speaking engagement, please call Russell at (860) 566-5682 or email him at russell.blair@ct.gov.

Speaking Engagements - 2025

Speaking Engagements - 2025
Date Town Organization Location Time
12/22/2025 East Haddam Town of East Haddam 1 Plains Road 7:00 PM
12/17/2025 Bloomfield Town of Bloomfield 800 Bloomfield Avenue 10:00 AM
12/16/2025 Chaplin Regional School District 11 304 Parish Hill Road 7:30 PM
12/15/2025 Sharon Town of Sharon 63 Main Street 6:00 PM
12/11/2025 Bristol Bristol-Burlington Health District 240 Stafford Avenue 3:00 PM
12/10/2025 Danielson Northeastern CT Council of Governments 742 Upper Maple Street 5:00 PM
12/04/2025 Manchester CT State Community College – Manchester Virtual 7:00 PM
12/01/2025 Fairfield Board of Selectman 501 Kings Highway East 7:00 PM
11/25/2025 Hartford Capitol Region Council of Governments 350 Church Street 2:00 PM
11/24/2025 Plainfield Town of Plainfield 8 Community Ave 6:00 PM
11/15/2025 Easton Zoning Board of Appeals 225 Center Road 5:30 PM
11/17/2025 Middlebury Ethics Commission 1212 Whittemore Road 6:00 PM
11/13/2025 Hartford Hartford HealthCare 100 Pearl Street 3:00 PM
11/12/2025 Middletown CT Private Investigators Assoc 74 Court Street 5:30 PM
11/07/2025 Storrs UConn model UN 371 Fairfield Way 7:00 PM
11/07/2025 Hartford Connecticut Insurance Department Virtual Noon
11/06/2025 Hartford Department of Administrative Services Virtual 3:30 PM
11/03/2025 Hartford Office of Child Advocate Virtual Noon
10/30/2025 Essex Lower Connecticut River Valley Council of Governments 145 Dennison Road 6:00 PM
10/28/2025 Hartford Connecticut Foundation for Open Government 10 Prospect Street 6:00 PM
10/24/2025 New Haven Southern Connecticut State University 501 Crescent Street 9:00 AM
10/17/2025 Waterbury Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments 49 Leavenworth Street 2:00 PM
10/15/2025 Hartford Connecticut Bar Association Virtual 3:00 PM
10/02/2025 Cheshire Town of Cheshire 84 South Main Strret 10:00 AM
09/25/2025 Willimantic Eastern Connecticut State University Police Dept. 83 Windham Street 10:00 AM
09/23/2025 New Haven New Haven Fir Department 952 Grand Avenue 10:00 AM
09/18/2025 Westbrook Connecticut Town Clerks Association 1525 Boston Post Road 9:00 AM
09/17/2025 Windsor Locks Connecticut Airport Authority Schoepoester Road 1:00 PM
09/17/2025 Hartford Office of Health Strategy Virtual 10:00 AM
09/02/2025 Hartford Connecticut Conference of Municipalities Virtual  10:00 AM
08/21/2025 Guilford Guilford Police Department 400 Church Street 10:00 AM
08/20/2025 Willimantic Eastern Connecticut State University 83 Windham Street 2:00 PM
08/14/2025 New Britain Central Connecticut State University Police Dept. Virtual 10:00 AM
08/07/2025 Wethersfield Department of Transportation Virtual 2:00 PM
08/06/2025 Milford Milford Police Department 430 Boston Post Road 10:00 AM
08/05/2025 Bozrah Bozrah Board of Education 8 Bozrah Street Extension 5:30 PM
08/01/2025 Stamford City of Stamford Virtual 1:00 PM
07/24/2025 East Hartford Town of East Hartford 740 Main Street 2:00 PM
07/24/2025 Hartford Connecticut Conference of Municipalities Virtual 10:00 AM
07/22/2025 Montville Montville Housing Authority 81 Liberty Road 5:00 PM
07/21/2025 East Lyme pine Grove Niantic Association Virtual 6:30 PM
07/09/2025 Easton Town of Easton 225 Center Road 10:00 AM
06/30/2025 Old Saybrook Town of Old Saybrook 302 Main Street 6:00 PM
06/18/2025 Windsor Town of Windsor 275 Broad Street 9:00 AM
06/16/2025 New London Connecticut Foundation for Open Government 63 Huntington Street 5:30 PM
06/13/2025 West Hartford Division of Public Defender Services 1678 Asylum Avenue 9:00 AM
06/12/2025 New Britain Judicial Branch Law Librarians 20 Franklin Square 1:30 PM
06/12/2025 Hartford Office of the Treasurer 165 Capitol Avenue 10:00 AM
06/04/2025 Greenwich Town of Greenwich 101 Field Point Road 1:00 PM
05/28/2025 Shelton City of Shelton 54 Hill Street 10:00 AM
05/20/2025 Madison Town of Madison 8 Campus Drive 9:30AM
05/14/2025 Cromwell Ct Association of Zoning Enforcement Officers 1 Golf Club Road 8:30 AM
05/13/2025 Norwalk City of Norwalk 125 East Avenue 11:00 AM
05/07/2025 Bridgeport City of Bridgeport Virtual 10:00 AM
05/01/2025 Old Saybrook Old Saybrook Police Department 36 Lynde Street 9:30 AM
04/30/2025 Newtown C.H. Booth Library 25 Main Street 2:00 PM
04/24/2024 Danbury CT Town Clerks Association 21 Lake Avenue Ext. 9:00 AM
04/10/2025 Somers Town of Somers 600 Main Street 10:00 AM
04/09/2025 Naugatuck Naugatuck police Department 211 Spring Street 10:00 AM
04/08/2025 Windsor Registrars of Voters Assoc. of CT 28 Day Hill Road 10:00 AM
03/26/2025 Naugatuck Naugatuck Police Department 211 Spring Street 10:00 AM
03/20/2025 Middletown City of Middletown 245 deKoven Drive 5:50 PM
03/20/2025 Marlborough Town of Marlborough 26 North Main St 10:00 AM
03/18/2025 Hartford Department of Consumer Protection Virtual 11:00 AM
03/17/2025 Oxford Oxford Ambulance Association 484 Oxford Road 7:00 PM
03/13/2025 Mansfield Town of Mansfield 4 South Eagleville Rd 2:00 PM
03/13/2025 Hartford Department of Agriculture Virtual 10:00 AM
03/12/2025 Hartford Connecticut Conference of Municipalities Virtual 10:00 AM
03/11/2025 Derby Derby Police Department 125 Water Street 10:00 AM
03/06/2025 Hartford Dept. of Energy and Enviromental Protection 79 Elm Street 10:00 AM
02/27/2025 Hartford Greater Danbury Bar Association Virtual Noon
02/26/2025 Old Lyme Town of old Lyme 52 Lyme Street 7:00 PM
02/19/2025 Hartford CT State Independent Living Council Virtual 3:00 PM
02/19/2025 Hartford Dept. of Economic & Community Development 450 Columbus Blvd 10:00 AM
02/18/2025 Hartford Dept. of Agriculture Virtual 10:00 AM
02/13/2025 Bethel Town of Bethel 1 School Street 10:00 AM
02/07/2025 Fairfield Town of Fairfield 611 Old Post Road 10:00 AM
02/05/2025 Hartford Dept. of Social Services 55 Farmington Ave 1:00 PM
01/30/2025 Hartford Office of State Comptroller Virtual 10:00 AM
01/23/2025 Hartford General Assembly Virtual 11:30 AM
01/21/2025 Deep River Town of Deep River 174 Main Street 6:00 PM
01/16/2025 Enfield Enfield Police Department 293 Elm Street 10:00 AM
01/15/2025 Bridgeport Bridgeport Board of Education 45 Lyon Terrace 6:00 PM
01/15/2025 Bridgeport City of Bridgeport Virtual 10:00 AM
01/13/2025 Hartford General Assembly 300 Capitol Ave 11:30 AM
01/09/2025 Bloomfield Town of Bloomfield 800 Bloomfield Ave 3:00 PM
01/09/2025 New Britain CT State Colleges and Universities 185 Main Street 9:15 AM
01/08/2025 Simsbury Town of Simsbury 725 Hopmeadow Street 6:30 PM
01/07/2025 Avon Avon Police Department 60 West Main Street 10:00 AM

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