Adam Dunsby
{{Short description|American businessman, financier and politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Adam Dunsby
| district = 135th
| state_house = Connecticut
| party = Republican
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|12|11}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Catherine Barriger
|1996}}
| children = 4
| termstart = 2017
| termend = 2019
| birth_place = Lebanon, New Jersey, U.S.
| education = University of Pennsylvania (BS)
Wharton School (PhD)
| preceded = John Shaban
| succeeded = Anne Hughes
| birth_name = Adam Walter Dunsby
| image = Adam Dunsby First Selectman.jpg
| caption = Official portrait, 2013
| residence = Easton, Connecticut, U.S.
}}
Adam Walter Dunsby ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|ʌ|n|z|b|i}} {{respell|DUNZ|bee}}; born December 11, 1967)United States Public Records is an American businessman, financier and politician. He is a former member of the Connecticut House of Representatives who represented the 135th District, which encompasses Easton, Weston and parts of Redding, between 2017 and 2019. Dunsby, a member of the Republican Party, was also a former First Selectman of Easton between 2013 and 2019.{{Cite web |last=Richardson |first=Nicoletta |date=2013-11-06 |title=Dunsby wins Easton first selectman's race |url=https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/local/article/dunsby-wins-easton-first-selectman-s-race-4958932.php |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=StamfordAdvocate |language=en-US}}{{cite web |last1=Doniger |first1=Nancy |title=Dunsby Presents Relic to Bindelglass in Symbolic Torch Passing |url=https://eastoncourier.news/2019/11/18/dunsby-presents-relic-to-bindelglass-in-symbolic-torch-passing/ |website=Easton Courier |access-date=18 April 2025}}
Early life and education
Dunsby was born December 11, 1967, in Lebanon, New Jersey to Walter Everett Dunsby and Janet Ann Dunsby (née Eckstein; 1941–2023).{{Cite news |date=1964-12-06 |title=Dunsby—Eckstein |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/12/06/archives/dunsbyeckstein.html |access-date=2023-08-29 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news |date=1996-06-09 |title=WEDDINGS;Catherine Barriger, Adam W. Dunsby |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/09/style/weddings-catherine-barriger-adam-w-dunsby.html |access-date=2023-08-29 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |title=Janet Dunsby Obituary (07/20/1941 - 11/23/2023) - Clinton, NJ - The Hunterdon County Democrat |url=https://obits.nj.com/us/obituaries/hunterdoncountydemocrat/name/janet-dunsby-obituary?id=53695552 |access-date=2024-08-15 |website=Legacy.com}} He was raised in Clinton Township, New Jersey and attended North Hunterdon High School. His father was a principal at Ashmead Insurance Associates in Newtown, Pennsylvania. Dunsby earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Pennsylvania in 1990. From 1990 to 1995, he completed a Ph.D. in Finance at the Wharton School of Business.
Career
From 1995 to 2008, he worked for Cornerstone Quantitative Investment Group,{{Cite web |title=Cornerstone Quantitative Investment Group Inc - Company Profile and News |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/0772033D:US |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=Bloomberg.com |language=en}} a financial services, asset and fund management company, of which he became a principal. In 2008, he founded and partnered in SummerHaven Investment Management, based in Stamford, Connecticut, an alternative investment management firm.{{Cite web |title=Adam Dunsby Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications - Justia Patents Search |url=https://patents.justia.com/inventor/adam-dunsby |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=patents.justia.com}} Since 2020, he is co-founder and principal of Mansby Capital, a real estate bridge lending firm, based in New York.{{Cite web |title=About Mansby Capital, LLC |url=https://mansbycapital.com/about/ |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=Mansby Capital, LLC |language=en-US}} Since 2022, he is adjunct professor for finance, at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut.{{Cite web |last=Heart |first=Sacred |title=Phonebook |url=https://www.sacredheart.edu/phonebook/adam-dunsby.php |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=Sacred Heart University |language=en}}
Politics
Dunsby began his political career while serving in the municipal legislative, as member of the Easton Conservation Commission from 2003 to 2009, where he served the two final years as chairman. Between 2009 and 2013 he served as an elected member of the Board of Education in his hometown of Easton, Connecticut. In 2013, he narrowly defeated write-in challenger, Valerie J. Buckley, and became First Selectman of Easton.{{Cite web |date=2013-11-06 |title=Easton's Dunsby Pulls Out Win Over Write-In Challenger |url=https://patch.com/connecticut/weston-ct/eastons-dusnby-pulls-out-win-over-writein-challenger_50f22cc4 |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=Weston-Redding-Easton, CT Patch |language=en}} He served in this position until 2019.{{cite web |last1=Doniger |first1=Nancy |title=Dunsby Presents Relic to Bindelglass in Symbolic Torch Passing |url=https://eastoncourier.news/2019/11/18/dunsby-presents-relic-to-bindelglass-in-symbolic-torch-passing/ |website=Easton Courier |access-date=18 April 2025}}
In 2016, Dunsby announced to run for the Connecticut House of Representatives,{{Cite web |last=Foster-Frau |first=Silvia |date=2016-02-20 |title=Easton first selectman running for state House |url=https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Easton-First-Selectman-to-run-for-State-6842946.php |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=Connecticut Post |language=en-US}} and on November 8, 2016, he defeated Bonnie Troy in the general election and became a member with 7,186 votes (or 53.28%).{{Cite web |title=Adam Dunsby |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Adam_Dunsby |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}
Family
Adam Dunsby is married to Catherine Brundige Cathy Dunsby (née Barriger; b. 1968).{{Cite news |date=1996-06-09 |title=WEDDINGS;Catherine Barriger, Adam W. Dunsby |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/09/style/weddings-catherine-barriger-adam-w-dunsby.html |access-date=2023-08-29 |issn=0362-4331}} The couple has four children.
He has been a resident of Easton, Connecticut since 2002.Adam W. Dunsby in United States Public Records (1970-2009)
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Category:Members of the Connecticut House of Representatives
Category:Connecticut Republicans
Category:People from Fairfield County, Connecticut
Category:University of Pennsylvania alumni
Category:Wharton School alumni
Category:People from New Jersey
Category:21st-century members of the Connecticut General Assembly