New Britain Democratic leaders are working hard to show why Democrat Veronica T. DeLandro is the right person to succeed Representative-Elect Manny Sanchez (D-24) on the City Council.
Representative-Elect Sanchez was recently elected as the Twenty-Fourth District State Representative, succeeding Senator-Elect Rick Lopes (D-6) in the seat.
Rep.-Elect Sanchez is now recommending DeLandro to succeed him in the At-Large seat he currently represents on the Council. Sanchez posted a video recently on Facebook on why is supporting DeLandro.
The other Democratic members of the City Council have also recently posted a video on Facebook, touting DeLandro as the right person to join them on the Council.
DeLandro has served as District Director for Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (D-5) and now provides consulting, training and coaching to nonprofit organizations at VTD Consulting Group, which she founded. She previously had a career at ESPN before she began working with organizations with a focus on philanthropy, college access and mentoring.
DeLandro ran for City Council in 2017, very nearly winning an upset victory in an uphill race in the City’s First Ward, where Republicans have historically had the advantage in city level elections, and then was selected as the City Council’s first woman and first African American Clerk of Committees. She has also previously served on the city’s Youth & Family Services Commission and the school system’s Graduation Odyssey Task Force.
A longtime community leader, DeLandro is on the Executive Board of the NAACP New Britain Branch and serves on the Board of the YWCA New Britain, co-chairing the YWCA’s Policy Committee. She is a founding member of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving’s Black Giving Circle, and her biography notes her roles as, “Connecticut State Coordinator for the Eastern Region of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Recording Secretary for the North Atlantic Region of the National Hampton Alumni Association, Inc. and Technology Chair for the Greater Hartford Chapter of The Links, Incorporated.”
DeLandro was one of Connecticut Magazine‘s “40 under 40” of rising leaders, recognized for her leadership at the Inaugural MIP (Minority Inclusion Project) Honors Gala and was named one of the Top 25 Most Influential Blacks by the New Britain NAACP.
DeLandro is married and has two children.
