Jennifer Nicoletti

Jennifer is a wife, mother, and professional who has been passionate and outspoken about issues that affect her family and community. She grew up in eastern Connecticut and graduated from Griswold High School. After graduating from Manhattanville College she spent some time living in New York before moving back to Connecticut to raise her children. Jennifer has lived in Newtown for 9 years with her husband Joe, college-aged daughter, and 10-year-old son.

Professionally, Jennifer spent 22 years working for a national non-profit agency that worked to improve birth outcomes for mothers and babies. Jennifer is a result-oriented professional with a marketing and sales background. She specializes in consultative sales, proposal development, contract negotiation, and strategic planning and budgeting. She is a collaborative leader that engages with and solicits input from all stakeholders and delivers solid solutions. She worked for more than two decades with medical professionals to deliver patient and continuing education programs related to maternal and infant health in various health care settings. She has most recently moved to the other end of the life spectrum working with the elderly. She finds it fulfilling to work on behalf of some of our most vulnerable populations and to see the happiness and quality that can be brought to their lives. Jennifer is a current member of the Connecticut Association for Healthcare at Home.

Jennifer was an outstanding basketball and track and field athlete in high school. She was the Connecticut Class S High Jump State Champion in 1990. She continues to participate in organized sports. This past July Jennifer took part in the National Senior Games with her 50+ basketball team the Connecticut Classics where they earned the bronze medal! She also plays softball in the combined Newtown/Bethel women’s league.

Her past community service includes coaching girls’ basketball for four years at St. Mary School and volunteering at the Danbury Animal Welfare Society for almost a decade. She has added 3 rescue cats and a rescue dog to their family.

Jennifer wants Newtown to live to its full potential and remain the community that she and her family were drawn to. She has a special interest in education and making sure that our children are the priority. She wants Newtown to be a place where her children would want to stay and raise their families. She has realized recently that while it is important to lend your voice it is also important to become active and help make our vision for Newtown a reality.