Tom Long

Tom Long has been a resident of Newtown for 18 years since he moved to town in 2005. Tom is happily married to Tina and is a dedicated and caring dog dad to his two Tollers, Annie (3) and Eddie (1). He considers himself fortunate for having dogs in his family for over 20 years which cultivated a better understanding of the need to maintain open space.

Tom is completing his first term on Newtown’s Legislative Council after being elected in 2021. He has been active in the Newtown community from the moment he arrived. Tom has served on the Economic Development Commission, the Parks and Recreation Trails Committee, Edmond Town Hall Board of Managers and as a trustee of the C.H. Booth Library.  Additionally, he was appointed to serve on the 2014 Charter Revision Commission.

In the community, Tom has been a volunteer for the Red Cross and the Newtown Forest Association. He founded Newtown Toastmasters, played for the Newtown Sandy Hook Vintage Baseball Club, and for several years was the Race Director for the Newtown Turkey Trot 5K road race. Tom’s recent interest in pickleball provided an opportunity for him to become a founding member of the Fairfield County Pickleball Club.

Tom is a frequent visitor to the Fairfield Hills campus and enjoys all the recreation opportunities Newtown has to offer from Eichler’s Cover to Holcombe Hill. His priorities for the town include continuing to decrease dependency on borrowing, supporting public safety measures to maintain our neighborhoods, expansion of open space and advancing road maintenance.

Tom graduated from the University of Delaware with a bachelor’s in political science and then received his MBA from Sacred Heart University. He is currently employed as an S.V.P. with The WorkPlace where he oversees operations of a program that helps low-income, mature workers return to employment in 5 states. Prior, he was the product lead for a direct marketing agency and handled constituent services for Congressman Shays.