John H. Frey

State Representative John H. Frey (born in Greenwich, Connecticut on February 8, 1963) won re-election to serve as State Representative for the people of the 111th District (Ridgefield, Connecticut)in November, 2006. In the 2004 election, Rep. Frey won with 68.7% of the vote and was the highest vote-getter in the 151-member Connecticut House of Representatives.

Serving in his fifth term as Ridgefield’s chief advocate in Hartford, Representative Frey was appointed by the House Minority Leader, Larry Cafero to serve as Republican Whip.

Representative Frey has supported measures to improve education for students at all grade levels, to protect benefits of seniors and Veterans residing in Connecticut, to preserve consumers’ rights, to reform state government, and to secure pristine areas of open space.

Representative Frey has also been instrumental in securing state aid for local projects in Ridgefield, including the Ridgefield Playhouse, school construction and improvements, the Ridgefield Veterans Community Center, the Aldrich Museum, Tiger Hollow and the Ridgefield Boys & Girls Club. He is largely credited for gaining funding for the convert|400|acre|km2|1|sing=on Bennetts Pond State Park.

In February 2008, the State Bond Commission approved $3.25 million to fund 12 unit expansion of Ballard Green senior housing and rehabilitation of 120 units of affordable and senior housing in Ridgefield. Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell thanks Rep. John Frey for his perseverance in advocating for funding for the project.

Before winning election to the state House of Representatives, former Governor John Rowland appointed Representative Frey ‘Chairman’ of the Connecticut Real Estate Commission in 1995, holding the distinct honor as the commission’s youngest Chairman in state history. Representative Frey was also appointed ‘government representative’ for the University of Connecticut Business School Center for Real Estate and Economic Studies, a position he still holds.

In June, 2008, he was appointed by President George W. Bush to the President's Commission on White House Fellows.

Republican Politics

Representative Frey served as a member of the Ridgefield Republican Town Committee from 1981 to 1998 and the Republican State Central Committee 1989-2000.

In February, 2007 Frey was elected as the Connecticut National Committeeman to the Republican National Committee.

In 1996, Representative Frey was the 5th District coordinator for the Bob Dole Presidential Campaign and was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in San Diego, California where he represented the state as a member of the Platform Committee. In 2004, for the third time he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention and again represented Connecticut on the Platform Committee, where he gained approval for language calling for a more transparent Indian tribe recognition process.

Other

Representative Frey was also a member of the Connecticut Institute of Municipal Studies Property Revaluation Task Force, Chairman of Ridgefield’s Parking Authority, and is a ‘Justice of the Peace’.

Representative Frey is the Principal of Century 21 Landmark Properties.

Representative Frey holds a long list of memberships to various professional organizations, including: Advisory Board member of America On-Line’s Real Estate Desk; Century 21 National Broker’s Conference; Employee Relocation Council; Ridgefield Board of Realtors; Connecticut Association of Realtors; and the National Association of Realtors.

In addition to his extensive business and governmental background, Representative Frey remains active in the Ridgefield community. He is a member of the Ridgefield Chamber of Commerce, advisory member of Meals-on-Wheels, a trustee of the Ridgefield Historical Society, an incorporator and former board member of the Ridgefield Visiting Nurse Association, the Ridgefield Community Center (past President), the Ridgefield Family Fourth Committee, and the Ridgefield Arts Council. Representative Frey is a former president of the Ridgefield Workshop for the Performing Arts and fund raiser for the Easter Seals of Connecticut.

Personal

Mr. Frey has lived in Ridgefield since 1966. A graduate of Ridgefield High School, he attended Western Connecticut State University.

References

* [http://www.cga.ct.gov Official Connecticut General Assembly Website]
* [http://www.housegop.state.ct.us/ House Republicans Website]
* [http://www.whitehouse.gov/fellows/ White House Fellows Website]