About

Dora’s Hope is a grass roots advocacy movement whose objective is to achieve choice-centered Medicaid for all eligible Connecticut residents. (Medicaid is a healthcare safety net for people with very low incomes and financial assets and is jointly funded by the federal and state governments).

Our Board

Jonathan A. Harris

Senator Jonathan A. Harris

Senator Jonathan A. Harris

Jonathan was elected state senator for the 5th District (serving Bloomfield, Burlington, Farmington and West Hartford) in November 2004, and was overwhelmingly re-elected to a second term in November 2006. Senator Harris was originally elected to complete the term of Senate President Pro Tempore Kevin Sullivan, who took over as lieutenant governor, and started serving a full term in January 2005.

Senator Harris is chairman of the Human Services Committee, vice chairman of the Planning and Development Committee, Ranking Member of the Regulations Review Committee and a member of the Appropriations Committee.

Prior to his election, Senator Harris served with distinction as the mayor of West Hartford. He was elected to the West Hartford Town Council in 2001 and was serving his second term as mayor when he was elected to the Senate. During his tenure as mayor, Senator Harris successfully led the effort to reinvent town government, reducing its size while still preserving the quality of education and town services and was a leader in the planning and development of the $150 million Blue Back Square project.

Senator Harris also served as a member of the Blue Ribbon Commission on Property Tax Reform & Smart Growth. He has experienced first hand how the over reliance on the regressive property tax has impacted our communities.

Senator Harris previously served as counsel to the Democratic Caucus of the House of Representatives. In 2000, he ran against a 20-year incumbent for the House of Representatives and lost by only 9 votes.

Senator Harris has a long record of community service in West Hartford, including serving as a board member with the Senior Jobs Bank, the American School for the Deaf, the Noah Webster House, the Bridge and the Jewish Federation.

An attorney, Senator Harris grew up in West Hartford, graduating from Hall High School in 1982. He earned a B.A. from Brandeis University in 1986. After working for former Congresswoman Barbara Kennelly, Senator Harris earned a J.D. from New York University School of Law in 1990.

In his limited spare time, Senator Harris likes to swim, workout, read, listen to music and spend time with his family and friends.


Francis X. Doyle

Frank has 25 years experience in the insurance industry. As senior vice president at AAA Southern New England, Frank is responsible for a $200 million, 36 location insurance agency, operating in three states.

Previously he was general manager for New York Operations at the Harleysville Insurance Company, where he was responsible for $107 million commercial and personal lines, using New York Casualty & Worcester Insurance. In a previous role there, Frank served as Harleysville’s vice president of marketing for the Northeast Region, where he led marketing for Worcester Insurance, Berkshire Mutual and New York Casualty, a $270 million all lines region.

Before joining Harleysville - Worcester, Frank was in various management roles in Waltham, MA and Atlanta, GA for Tufts/ManagedComp. Duties included Southeast Regional Manager, running a captive, mutual insurer in Georgia.