Geoff Luxenberg

Geoffrey R. Luxenberg (born October 20, 1983) is an elected official in the Connecticut General Assembly. He served in office from 2011 to 2015, and was re-elected in 2018 where he currently represents the 12th Assembly District of Manchester, CT. Geoff is a lifelong Democrat.

Biography

Luxenberg was born on October 20, 1983 in Connecticut. He graduated from Hall High School in 2002. In 2005 he graduated from North Carolina State University. He also owned and operated a small business.

Geoff Luxenberg is honored to serve as State Representative for the 12th House District of the Connecticut House of Representatives where he proudly represents Manchester. He is a current member of the Judiciary, Labor and General Law Committees.

Geoff previously served in the Connecticut General Assembly from 2011 – 2015. During his tenure, he secured $300,000 to complete Manchester’s sidewalk upgrade project. In addition, he delivered $425,000 to make the Whiton Library ADA accessible and to prevent it from closing. Geoff also helped create the Earned Income Tax Credit to help working class families and defended it from budget cuts.

Prior to his service in the legislature, Geoff served on the Manchester Board of Education where he introduced the first Connecticut municipal level, “Achievement Gap” task force designed to address disparities in educational outcomes. He was the former Vice President of the Manchester Foundation for Public Schools and served on the Commission for Elderly Services and People with Disabilities for the Town of Manchester. Geoff has volunteered for Relay for Life for the American Cancer Society, participated in the Manchester Rotary Club, and volunteered at Manchester’s Rebuilding Together community service day.

Geoff is the proud father to his daughter, Zoey.

Career

Luxenberg formerly served on the Manchester Board of Education. He was the Vice President of the Manchester Foundation for Public Schools and served on the Commission on Elderly Services and People with Disabilities and the Commission on Aging for the Town of Manchester.

During his first term in the General Assembly, he secured $300,000 in state funds to complete Manchester's sidewalk upgrade project and $450,000 for the renovation of Whiton Library. He was instrumental in passing a law to divest state resources from Iran, helped cut the business entity tax for small businesses to once every other year and supported the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC.[1]

In 2013, he took on a number of initiatives including expanding awareness on illnesses and diseases that affect children and seniors, and took bold positions on gun control and school safety. He also fought to preserve funding for the Children's Trust Fund to prevent child abuse and neglect.[2]

In his first term, he served as the Vice Chair of the Banks Committee. He sat on the Finance, Review, and Bonding Committee and the Committee on Veteran's Affairs.[3]

He currently sits on the General Law and Labor and Public Employees Committee, along with the Joint Committee on Judiciary.

External information

References
  1. Geoff Luxenberg Biography on CGA.gov http://www.housedems.ct.gov/Luxenberg/bio012.html Archived 2013-03-25 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Bills Introduced by Rep. Luxenberg in 2013 http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/CGABillStatus/CGAMemberBills.asp?dist_code='012'&dist_name=012
  3. House Democrats Committee Assignments http://www.housedems.ct.gov/Luxenberg/committees.asp Archived 2013-03-25 at the Wayback Machine
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