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ABOUT MOIRA

State Representative Moira Rader was elected in November 2022 to represent the 98th District of Guilford and Branford. Upon being sworn into her role on January 4, 2023, she was named to the Education, Environment and Public Health committees.

 

Moira earned her Bachelor of Arts from Villanova University and her Masters of Science from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. She also holds a Connecticut real estate license. Moira has worked in the fields of architecture, historic preservation, interior design, planning and real estate for over 25 years.

 

Moira has been active in public service for over a decade. She has served in leadership roles on school PTOs, volunteered in her local church as a children’s religious education instructor, given countless hours to local and statewide campaigns and has proudly served on the Guilford Board of Education, now in her second term, as Vice Chair.

 

Her experience as a community volunteer and public servant has given her the perspective and

understanding of the issues that matter most to her community and informs her work as a

legislator; working to advocate for the needs and hopes of the people of Connecticut.

 

Moira lives in the Mulberry Point neighborhood of Guilford with her husband, four children and

sweet goldendoodle. She is so honored to be representing her beloved community as their

State Representative.

COMMUNITY COMMITMENT

State Representative for the 98th House District

Vice Chair - Guilford BOE, 7 years

Former Policy Committee Chair - Guilford BOE

Former Secretary - Guilford BOE

Committee member - Operations - Guilford BOE

Committee attendant - Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment - Guilford BOE

Portrait of a Graduate (Guilford town-wide curriculum committee)

Religious education instructor (5 years) - St. George, Guilford

A.W. Cox Advisory Board - Asst. Treasurer & Treasurer

Support to numerous campaigns & non-profits serving our shoreline communities

Standing member - Guilford Democratic Town Committee (8 years)

LEGISLATIVE LEARNING

Child Welfare Fellow - National Conference of State Legislators (NCSL)

Hunt Kean Leadership Fellow - The Hunt Institute

Emerging Legislative Leaders - SLLF / The Darden School of Business / University of Virginia

Early Learning Nation Fellow - The Hunt Institute

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Bachelor of Arts - Villanova University

Master of Science - Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation

Fitch Graduate Fellowship - Columbia University - Puerto Rico, London

Post-Graduate Fellowship - World Monuments Fund - Czech Republic

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Project Manager - Superstructures Engineers + Architects - NY, NY

Project Coordinator - Hoffman Architects - North Haven, CT

Interiors Group Manager - Amenta Emma Architects

Consultant - Crosskey Architects 

CT Licensed Realtor - 2016

Former Realtor - William Pitt Sotheby's International Realty 

Independent Interior Design practice

Adjunct Faculty member - Paier College of Art & Design

PERSONAL

Married to Peter W. Rader 

Four awesome kids - Paedar, Maeve Mairead & Muiriel 

One adorable puppy - Fionnuala 

Guilford resident - Mulberry Point 

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