Carol A. Blanks has resided in West Hartford since 1996 with her husband Charles, and three daughters, Channen, a Conard graduate, and Cynthia and Kaye, currently juniors at Conard. She is a past PTO member and parent volunteer at Charter Oak International Academy, at Florence E. Smith STEM School of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, and at Sedgwick Middle School; and is a present PTO member at Conard High School. She has served as a member of the West Hartford Democratic Town Committee, a Commissioner for the State of Connecticut Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Commission, a former coach for WHGBL minor division