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RESUME___________________________
Education: Southern
Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT , B.S. Degree, Magna
Cum Laude, May, 1975 Languages spoken: Some Spanish Professional Experience: 1980 to Present: Attorney – Law Offices of Audrey B. Blondin General practice of law. Founder, Torrington’s oldest woman-owned law firm. Areas of practice include real estate, wills and estate planning. Office has served as counsel for many banks and mortgage companies, providing representation on residential closings, including FHA, CHFA, and VA loan programs, commercial closings, foreclosures and loan work-out. Office has served as court-appointed Committee on numerous foreclosure sales over the past thirty years. Lender representation includes: Bank of America, Litchfield Bancorp, Torrington Savings Bank, Thomaston Savings Bank, Webster Bank, Northwest Community Bank, People’s Bank, Village Mortgage Company, New Milford Savings Bank, Salisbury Bank & Trust Company, First National Bank of Litchfield. Licensed title insurance agent for Connecticut Attorneys Title Insurance Company. Professional Activities: Selectman - Town of Litchfield – 1993 to 2003: Elected position to five-person Board of Selectmen. Participated in all aspects of local town government, including budget process and preparation, labor negotiations, hiring of personnel, community involvement and interaction with various town departments and local boards and commissions, including Public Works, Park and Recreation and Board of Finance. Served as Chairman of the Litchfield Courthouse Committee. Also served as Moderator for Town Meetings. Obtained designation of Litchfield as a Millennium Community by organizing the purchase and sealing of a town time capsule. Developed concept and assisted Recycling Committee in formation and implementation of the Litchfield Book Exchange at the town recycling center. Served as the longest-serving Democratic woman member of the Litchfield Board of Selectmen. Public Information Officer – Town of Litchfield – 2002 to 2004: Appointed by First Selectman and Board of Selectmen as part of the Town Emergency Management Plan. Revised Town Emergency Management Plan and participated in state-sponsored Emergency Management courses. Performed official Public Information Officer duties during town-wide ice storm related State of Emergency from November 17-20, 2002. Democratic State Central Committeewoman-30th District 2002 to Present: Elected from the 30th State Senatorial District as member of 76 person statewide Democratic organization. Responsibilities include providing assistance to the Democratic Party on the state level, candidate recruitment and organization, fundraising, media briefing on local and state Democratic candidates and issues. Connecticut State Chairman – NACBA – 2002 to 2006: Appointed by the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys Board of Directors to serve as State Chairman for Connecticut. Duties include promoting and developing NACBA membership among Connecticut bankruptcy attorneys, as well as assisting and contributing to the issues advocated by NACBA on behalf of current bankruptcy law and clients. Also performed lobbying duties on behalf of NACBA in Washington, D.C. 1999-2005. Met with members and staffs of the House of Representatives and United States Senate in Washington, D.C. on behalf of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys to advocate for fair and responsible bankruptcy reform legislation. VOSH-Connecticut(Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity) Co-founder with husband, Dr. Matthew Blondin, in 2001 of VOSH-Connecticut. VOSH-Connecticut is the Connecticut chapter of VOSH-International, an international organization providing eye care services to residents of third world countries. Currently serving as Secretary/Treasurer of VOSH-Connecticut. Missions to San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua-2001 – 2009, Upcoming 2010 As a member of VOSH, assisted in providing eye examinations and eyeglasses to over 25,000 area residents per year without access to eye care of any kind. Served as Director of Mission Clinic in 2001-2009 supervising over 100 volunteers, optometrists, optometry students, opticians, assistants and local support staff providing eye care services to several thousand local Nicaraguan residents each year. Upcoming mission is currently scheduled for January 9-16, 2009. Democratic National Convention Delegate -2000, Alternate Delegate-2004, Candidate for Secretary of the State 2006Served as a member of the Connecticut delegation to the 2000 and 2004 Democratic National Conventions. Provided legal representation on behalf of the Democratic National Committee for a gender balance challenge to the Connecticut delegation in 2000. Served as a Connecticut counsel for the Gore 2000 campaign, and as the 5th Congressional District Coordinator Kerry for President 2004. Served as a member of the Statewide Campaign Hillary Clinton for President 2008. Ran a state-wide campaign as one of the six candidates for Secretary of the State 2006. Computer Expertise: Law Offices have brand new Dell Computers, Laptop Computers and Hewlett Packard LaserJet printers. Program expertise includes Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Office 2009, including Microsoft Word, Publisher, FrontPage, Access, PowerPoint, Excel, Works, and Outlook, Adobe Acrobat 7.0, CATIC PrepExpress 6.0, Quicken 2007 for Windows (Trustee and Office Bank Accounts), America Online 9.0, DSL, Internet Explorer, AOL and Yahoo e-mail. Professional Organizations and Activities:
Connecticut Bar Association Publications: Various political, legal, optometric, opinion and other articles, including Connecticut Bar Journal, Connecticut Law Tribune, Optometric Economics, The Connecticut REALTOR and the Register Citizen, Litchfield Enquirer, Litchfield County Times, Republican-American and the Hartford Courant. Licensure:
Admitted to Connecticut Bar, May 19, 1980
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