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Chris Forster's Biography

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Full Name:

Christopher 'Chris' Forster

Gender:

Male

Family:

Wife: Jessica; 1 Child: Delilah

Birth Place:

Danbury, CT

Home City:

Unionville, CT

BA, Economics/Political Science, The University of Connecticut

Certificate, Public Financial Management, The University of Connecticut

MPA, The University of Connecticut

Candidate, Connecticut State House of Representatives, District 21, 2018

Controller, Connecticut Board of Regents for Higher Education, 2014-present

Director of Agency Business Services, Oklahoma Office of Management and Enterprise Services, 2012-2014

Fiscal Director, Information Services Division, Oklahoma Office of State Finance, 2011-2012

Fiscal Services Officer, City of Tulsa, Public Works Department, 2010-2011

Financial Analyst, City of Tulsa, 2008-2010

Commissioner, Farmington Zoning Board of Appeals, 2016-present

Board Member, Exchange Club of Farmington, 2015-present

Commissioner, Unionville Historic District Commission, 2015-present

Commissioner, Farmington Conservation and Inland Wetlands Commission, 2015

Committee Member, Government Finance Officers Association Economic Development and Capital Planning Committee, 2013-2015

Board Member, Association of Government Accountants Oklahoma City Chapter, 2012-2014

Finance Committee Member, Stillwater Habitat for Community, 2009-2011

Awards:

Advanced Government Finance Institute (AGFI)
Wisconsin School of Business, Government Finance Officers Association
July 2013
LEAN Certified
State of Connecticut
August 2015

Priority Issues:

Reducing government costs - Chris is prepared to leverage his extensive background in government finance to bring back sanity to the State budget and reduce government debt.
Preventing tax increases - Controlling costs is the first step to controlling taxes but we need representation in Hartford that will always say no to the failed policy of taxing our way out of everything.
Strengthen our community - Too much power is in the hands of the legislature. Chris will fight against the government overreach and corrupt municipal aid distribution that rewards failing town administrations and penalizes well-governed communities such as Farmington.

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