DMA member and Darien First Selectman Jon Zagrodzky will provide an update on Darien town government including overall strategy, Great Island, new commercial developments, flooding investments and the FY 2025 budget process. Jon plans to leave ample time for Q&A and promises that no topic is off limits!
Jon E. Zagrodzky serves as First Selectman for the Town of Darien, having been elected to this position on November 7, 2023. Jon’s prior Town roles include: member of the Board of Selectmen; member and chairman of the Board of Finance; member of the Town and Police Pension Board; member of the Public Works Garage and Ox Ridge School Building Committee Board; member and president of the Darien Historical Society.
Until his December 2023 retirement, Jon served as COO and CFO at Rhône Group, LLC, a middle market private equity firm, where he was responsible for finance, operations, human resources, administration, information technology, and business planning. Prior to Rhône, he was CAO and Chief Compliance Officer at Oak Hill Capital Management and before that spent 16 years at McKinsey & Company.
Jon earned a BA in Economics and Romance Languages from Washington & Lee University and an MBA from The Wharton School. He is a commercial pilot and owns a Piper Seneca III. Jon moved to Darien with his wife, Sara, and their two children, Maggie and Jack, in 2005.