2020 Annual Meeting

The Connecticut Audubon Society held its 2020 Annual Meeting, on Thursday, October 15. Two new members of the Board of Directors were elected, Harshad Kuntey and John Tower.

Harshad Kuntey comes to us from our Glastonbury regional board. He is a diversified engineering professional at Pratt & Whitney with a keen interest in volunteering and environmental causes. While serving on the Glastonbury board he helped to update Connecticut Audubon website and collaborated with newspaper editors to ensure publicity for events. He also participated in planning activities and events. Harshad is particularly enthusiastic about trying to attract younger people to the organization.

John Tower is a litigation partner in the law firm Cramer and Anderson and former New Milford town attorney. He has handled several environmentally important cases and is an avid hiker and cyclist. He brings us representation from the Danbury area and is passionate about the environment.

Members also elected the following slate of officers:

Chair: Kathleen Van Der Aue

Vice-chair:  Pamela Fraser-Abder

Secretary:  Christina Clayton

Treasurer:  Peter Kunkel

By-Laws

Members approved changes to the by-laws.

Please click here to see a marked up copy of the By-Laws, showing additions and deletions. Throughout, the nouns such as “chairman” were made gender-neutral.