Hey, I’m Tyler. In 2009, needing a brief reprieve from my career as a recording engineer, I took a temporary job working in the mail room of the State Capitol. Between printing flyers and alphabatizing letterhead, I got hooked on the purpose and potential of policymaking.

In the years that followed, I took on any and all projects that advanced the mission of passing good laws and helping others. I did videography, graphic design, web design, and social media management for the House Democratic caucus — comprised of up to 114 lawmakers from across the state during my tenure. I joined the staff of former Connecticut Comptroller Kevin Lembo, first as Director of Digital Media and later as his Director of Communications.

I held the same title under Lembo’s successor, Natalie Braswell, and Connecticut Treasurer Erick Russell.

In my time in state government, I helped construct OpenCT, the state’s lauded suite of transparency products. I oversaw all communications and marketing for the health, dental, and pharmacy plans serving over 250,000 members including all state employees. I designed and executed the communications strategy that led to the creation of CT Baby Bonds, the first anti-poverty program of its kind in the nation. And I served as the primary spokesperson for state agencies intricately involved in state spending, budgeting, borrowing, and investing tens of billions of dollars.

I have had the great fortune to be on the leadership team of three historic officials. Lembo was Connecticut’s first LGBTQ statewide elected official. Braswell was the first Black person to serve as State Comptroller. Russell is the first out LGBTQ Black person to win a statewide election in American history.    

As importantly, I have had the honor of serving alongside hundreds of dedicated and extraordinarily talented people, working together to pass legislation, administer statewide programs, achieve big things, and improve life in Connecticut. I am extremely proud of my time as a public servant.

I want to continue supporting good people doing big things and making a big difference. I want to help organizations strategize, build, grow, and connect with their constituents. I want to help put people in office who hold the same reverence for public service. I want to advance innovative and meaningful policies. 

And I want to help explain why the work matters, and how it fits into a bigger picture of building the community we want to live in together.

Shout if you need me.