First Selectman Toni Boucher’s Statement On Wilton's CFO Update

**News Release Submitted by Wilton First Selectman Toni Boucher**

Aug. 15, 2025

FIRST SELECTMAN TONI BOUCHER’S STATEMENT ON WILTON’S CFO UPDATE

It has been a very busy week since Wilton’s Town Administration discovered that our former Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Dawn Norton, had accepted a full-time position in another state while being employed full time in Wilton, without any prior notification. See the attached press release from my office on August 11, 2025.

I was shocked and outraged when I first learned of this on August 4th, and moved to immediately rectify the situation. Ms. Norton was asked to resign and her resignation letter was on my desk by August 5th. I then updated the CFO job description to include changes in the Town CFO responsibilities. The Board of Selectmen was asked to review, edit and approve the new CFO job description at a special meeting of the Board of Selectmen on Friday August 8th. I also assembled a search team comprised of three members of the Board of Selectmen, two members of the Board of Finance and a community member who had previously served as the Wilton Board of Finance Chairman. Since posting the CFO job on the town’s website, and on state and municipal job sites, we have received several resumes which are now under review.

Because a deadline of October 1, 2025 has been set to receive responses to the CFO job listing, a temporary CFO is needed in the meantime. Fortunately, a member of the Board Finance was able to recommend a few firms that provide interim CFO services whose candidates have experience in Connecticut towns. I have contacted several of these firms and, with Board approval, am expecting to have an interim CFO in place very soon. This person will remain in this position until our search for a new, permanent CFO has successfully concluded. We intend to be careful, deliberate and discerning in our choice of the next Town CFO. We must make sure they have all the necessary skills and relevant financial and management experience, and be able to review our financial systems in order to make any process improvements as necessary. A future employment agreement will also include a provision that the candidate commits to working exclusively for the Town of Wilton. We recently undertook the same revision and review of our Information Technology Department which began when we hired our new IT Director, Nick Cataldo, a year ago. Nick has worked tirelessly to successfully upgrade and modernize our systems and hardware, greatly improving town functions. I am confident that we will be doing the same for our Finance Department.

We will keep the public updated as we move forward in this process. Please reach out to me with any questions you may have.

Toni Boucher
First Selectman
Town of Wilton