12 Facts About Gail Lavielle

Gail Lavielle is a former member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, where she represented the 143rd district.

Gail Lavielle was first elected to the House on November 2,2010, defeating the incumbent and winning the election in both the Wilton and Norwalk parts of the 143rd District.

Gail Lavielle served for five two-year terms and did not run for a sixth term in 2020.

Gail Lavielle earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Cornell University, a Master of Arts in French from Yale University, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Connecticut.

Gail Lavielle worked for more than 25 years in finance and communication.

Gail Lavielle began her career at JP Morgan, completing training in corporate finance and then heading international advertising.

Gail Lavielle subsequently held executive leadership positions with Fortune 500 corporations in both France and the United States, including chief executive of a Paris subsidiary of the Interpublic Group and Senior Vice President of Suez Environnement.

Gail Lavielle served on the Education Commission of the States, the Connecticut Public Transportation Commission, the Connecticut Advisory Council for Professional Standards for School Administrators, and the Governor's task force on rail station parking and access, as well as the Wilton Board of Finance, the Wilton Energy Commission, and the Norwalk River Valley Trail steering committee.

Gail Lavielle is a former member of the board of directors of the Norwalk Senior Center and the Child Guidance Center of Mid-Fairfield County, and was an advisory council member of Wilton Go Green.

Gail Lavielle serves on the board of the Helicon Foundation, which explores chamber music in its historical context by presenting and producing period performances, including an annual subscription series of four Symposiums in New York featuring both performance and discussion of chamber music.

Gail Lavielle is a board director of the American Hospital of Paris Foundation, which provides funding support for the operations of the American Hospital of Paris and functions as the link between the Hospital and the United States, funding many collaborative and exchange programs with New York-Presbyterian Hospital.

Gail Lavielle is a Fellow of the Yankee Institute for Public Policy, a research and citizen education organization that focuses on free markets and limited government, as well as issues of transparency and good governance.