Gibbons, Lile

First took office January 2001
Term ends January 2013

State Rep. Lile Gibbons

R, 150th District

Gibbons, Lile

Contact:

Lile.Gibbons@housegop.ct.gov
Official Website
860-240-8700

Education:

B.A., Smith College

Committees:

Human Services (ranking member),Finance Revenue and Bonding, Transportation

District Town(s):

Greenwich

Occupation:

Part-owner, Earthworks of Greenwich

2010 Election

Campaign Expenditures:

$5,564. Gibbons did not participate in the state's public campaign financing program.

General Election Results:

Lile R Gibbons (R)5,055(100%)

Primary Election Results:

0(0%)

Election History

Gibbons won an open seat in 2000, succeeding four-term Republican Marilyn Hess. She was unopposed in 2010.

Background

Gibbons is the daughter of Elmer Rasmuson, an Alaskan banker and philanthropist who left $400 million to charity upon his death in December 2000 at age 91. She sits on the board the Rasmuson Foundation, one of the richest foundations in the Pacific Northwest.

She is a former member of the Greenwich Board of Education and the state Board of Higher Education.

She and her husband are the parents of four and grandparents of five. They live in Greenwich.

Financial Disclosure

Gibbons reported income from Earthworks of Greenwich, her horticultural business. Her husband, John A. Gibbons, had income from two investment management concerns, Odin Partners of New York City and J.A. Gibbons & Company of Greenwich. They own a home in Greenwich and other property in Greenwich, Brunswick, Me., Harpswell, Me., and Avalon, N.J.,They have extensive holdings in various companies, including Abbot Labs, Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, Verizon, Citigroup and Wells Fargo, which purchased her father's bank. They owe no debts exceeding $10,000. A note on financial disclosure: Every spring, officials are required to disclose the ownership of real estate, the source of any income exceeding $1,000 in the previous calendar year and securities worth more than $5,000. They also are required to file an addendum in which they report any debt of more than $10,000; this may by law be kept confidential.