Brian Cofrancesco

Museum professional with an obsession with history, civics, old buildings, Meriden CT, and Kiwanis.

[Connecticut's Kid Governor® @CTKidGovernor]

LIVE NOW! Kid Governor Ellie is starting her virtual #ExpressYourFeelings educational program with @CTDCF, @ctchildrens, and @UofHartford. Watch here: https://t.co/NU2ISdHF9K
#CTKGEllie #MentalHealth

[Marcy Jones @marcy_jonestv]

BREAKING POLITICAL NEWS: Connecticut now has a new Governor… a kid Governor that is!
5th grader Ellie Mendez from Monroe will be sworn into office at the Old State House today! Her platform is “Express and Address Your Feelings”. A mission to help mental health! @WFSBnews

[WTNH News 8 @WTNH]

Connecticut’s Kid Governor-Elect Elisavet “Ellie” Mendez and her Cabinet were officially sworn into office on Friday. Mendez hopes to fulfill her platform, Express and Address Your Feelings, which focuses on anxiety and depression in children. https://t.co/6MihmOBUpK

[Rosie O'Brien Vojtek @rvojtek]

Celebrating the Inauguration of @CTKidGovernor Ellie Mendez and her cabinet. CT Secretary of State Thomas speaks to students and swears in CT Kid Governor Ellie and her cabinet members. CONGRATULATIONS!!!

[Connecticut's Kid Governor® @CTKidGovernor]

The moment we’ve all been waiting for! @CTSotS Stephanie Thomas swears in #CTKG2023 Ellie Mendez

[Jahana Hayes @RepJahanaHayes]

Happy inauguration day to our 2023 Elisavet "Ellie" Mendez @CTKidGovernor & cabinet. These young leaders prove that we can all make a difference at any age.

[ted koppy @TedKoppyNBC]

Can’t express enough how thankful I am to be part of 2023 @CTKidGovernor Ellie Mendez’s inauguration!
She and her fellow 5th grader cabinet are truly making a difference

[Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz @LGSusanB]

A wonderful morning at the @CTOldStateHouse for the swearing in of the 2023 @CTKidGovernor Elisavet “Ellie” Mendez and her cabinet. Ellie’s platform of bringing awareness to anxiety and depression really resonated with all her peers. Congratulations, Ellie!

[Comptroller Sean Scanlon @CTComptroller]

Hey @CTKidGovernor, congrats on your inauguration!

So proud of you for focusing on anxiety and mental health and would love to work with you on it!

[Treasurer Erick Russell @TreasRussell]

It’s Inauguration Day! This morning I’ll be joining Ellie Mendez of Monroe as she’s sworn in as CT’s newest Kid Governor alongside her cabinet. Congrats, @CTKidGovernor Ellie!

[Treasurer Erick Russell @TreasRussell]

Energizing morning with Connecticut’s future leaders (and some current ones). Congratulations to Ellie, our new Kid Governor, her cabinet and her predecessor Makhi!

[CT Dept of Education @EducateCT]

🎉Congratulations to CT’s new Kid Governor Ellie Mendez who was sworn in today with much fanfare! We look forward to seeing the implementation of her platform addressing anxiety and depression.

[AG William Tong @AGWilliamTong]

I was so excited to meet with our new @CTKidGovernor Ellie Mendez, her cabinet, and students from across Connecticut at the Old State House today. If young people like these are our future, then our future is in great hands!

[Brian Cofrancesco @bcofran]

@jrbrundage Congrats - welcome back to CT!

[CT Humanities @CTHumanities]

LOOK @SecCardona-a #StoryWalk back home in #MeridenCT from @MeridenKiwanis + @CityofMeriden + @CTHumanities!

English + Spanish versions of Ada's Violin by @sHood125 + @artatlargeinc on the bridge over Mirror Lake waterfall at Hubbard Park
#HispanicHeritageMonth #KidsNeedKiwanis

[Connecticut's Kid Governor® @CTKidGovernor]

The Kid Governor program is expanding! Welcome Oklahoma!

The program started in CT, but we now have an @ORKidGovernor, a @NHKidGovernor and soon to be, Oklahoma's Kid Governor! 🎉

[Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz @LGSusanB]

The @CTKidGovernor and his cabinet have amazing ideas about how we can improve our children’s mental and physical health, help our environment, and diminish food disparities in CT.

These leaders are changing our state for both their peers today and their own kids in the future!

[CT Senate Democrats @CTSenateDems]

Welcome Kid Governor Makhi and your cabinet to the Capitol!

[Governor Ned Lamont @GovNedLamont]

When our new @CTKidGovernor Makhi was first elected, I told him to come by the Capitol sometime and promised to let him run the show.

Today, he visited my office with his Cabinet. We had a blast, and he made history!