Pat Tarasovic

Pat Tarasovic was President of the Club in 2005-2006 She is the Vice President, Community Engagement at Valley United Way. Pat created the Valley’s award-winning Corporate Volunteer Council and High School Volunteer Council in addition to running the Youth Leadership Program. A very active member of the community, Pat was the Co-founder of the Oxford Cultural Arts Commission, and oversaw the building of Oxford’s bandstand and the initiation of its concert series. She co-chaired Oxford’s successful bicentennial and 350th anniversary events. She has served on the towns Beautification Committee and several other town committees. Pat was also a Co-founder of the award-winning Oxford School Volunteer Program. 

She served as the Statewide President of School Volunteer Program and represented the State on National issues. Pat served as President of the Oxford Junior Women’s Club and later went on to Serve as Director of the Connecticut Junior Women. She was also Co-Chair of the Valley’s All America City Weekend Gala and Celebration and a delegate in both 1999 and 2000. Pat has been a driving force in the Valley’s LEAD Program which has now merged with the Greater Valley Chamber of Commerce to become the Leadership Greater Valley Program. 

She is also Co-Chair of Healthy Valley and is the Chair of the Valley council for Health & Human Services. She is a past recipient of the Greater Valley Chamber of Commerce’s Gold Seal award, the Valley Council of Health and Human Services Lewis Savitsky Award, the Birmingham Group Health Services Good Neighbor Award, the Ansonia’s Women in History 2000 Award, the Valley YMCA Volunteer of the Year Award and the Valley Women Making A Difference in the Valley Award which she received on October 1, 2009.