David Martin (Mayor)
| David Martin | |
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| Mayor of Stamford, Connecticut | |
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Assumed office November 2013 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
February 23, 1953 Kansas City, Missouri |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Stanford University |
David R. Martin (born February 23, 1953) is the current mayor of Stamford, Connecticut. A Democrat, he was elected Mayor of Stamford in November 2013 with approximately 48% of the vote. He was sworn in on December 1, 2013. He previously served as the President of the Stamford Board of Representatives (city council) and on the Stamford Board of Finance.
Mayor Martin was born and raised just outside Kansas City, Missouri. His mother worked as a public school counselor. His father was a lawyer and, later, a trial judge. After graduating from public high school, Martin attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he received two B.A. degrees in Biology and Economics. He later earned an M.B.A. from Stanford University in 1979.
Following graduation from MIT, Martin took a job working for the Congressional Budget Office in the national security division. He also worked for Pepsico. He moved to Stamford with his wife Judy in 1981 and within a couple of years purchased a home in North Stamford, where they have lived for over 30 years.
In the mid-1980s, Martin took a job at Michael Allen Company, a private consulting firm headquartered in Darien, Connecticut. Martin, who worked there until his election as Mayor, was one of five partners at the company and focused on bringing new approaches and greater efficiency to major pharmaceutical companies such as Abbott Labs, Genetech, Merck and Bristol-Myers Squibb.
Martin and his wife, Judy, in 2008 founded the nonprofit charity The Starfish Connection, whose mission is to support academically talented students from low income families reach their potential and their dreams of attending college. Students enroll in a ten year mentoring program beginning in Grade 3. In 2016, 57 students were enrolled in the program.
Martin has two daughters, Rachel and Sarah, who are both graduates of Stamford Public Schools. His wife Judy left a career in corporate America to become a reading teacher at one of Stamford's elementary schools, where she has worked since 2007.
The Mayor made tackling unfunded pension and retiree healthcare benefits a budgetary priority. He will be the first Mayor to fully fund required pension contributions and retiree medical benefits, and will do more to pay down previously unfunded obligations than any prior Mayor. He cites the issue as critical to the long term success of the City and its financial health. Stamford currently has a AAA bond rating, the highest possible rating, and that rating could be put in jeopardy without addressing these issues, according to the Mayor. Increases in paying down these long-term obligations accounted for significant portions of the City budget increase.
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