Date: Fri 29-Aug-1997

Publication: Bee

Author: STEVEB

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Town's Personnel Director Says She's Moving On [Nancy Markey]

BY STEVE BIGHAM

The town is currently seeking a new personnel director to take the place of

Nancy M. Markey, who recently announced her resignation.

Mrs Markey, an attorney, has accepted a job as a labor attorney for the city

of Waterbury's corporation counsel.

"I really enjoyed working for the town. I think I've started a human resources

program that someone could step right into," she said.

The town is currently seeking a replacement. The position pays an annual

salary of $40,000.

Mrs Markey came to Newtown two years ago after working as an attorney for the

state's Office of Labor Relations in Hartford. In Newtown, she filled the

newly created personnel position.

"Nancy has done an absolutely excellent job in assisting my office and

department heads with personnel issues. Overall, she's been an asset to the

town," First Selectman Bob Cascella said.

Mrs Markey lives on Founders Lane in Sandy Hook with her husband, Joseph, who

is a vice president of the Bank of New York in Stamford, and their sons,

Jackson, 4, and Jonathan, almost 2.

When Mrs Markey earned her law degree from Western New England College's

School of Law in 1993, she was hired by the state of Connecticut as a labor

relations associate, one of ten professionals responsible for negotiating and

administering 12 executive branch collective bargaining agreements covering

30,000 state employees.

Originally from Arkansas, Nancy Markey earned her undergraduate degree in

history at the University of Mississippi. She spent 10 years as a flight

attendant for Northwest Airlines, based in Minneapolis, Seattle, Detroit and

Boston, and flying to Europe and Asia. She met Joseph Markey on a stopover in

Hartford and married him six years later.