The chief financial officer in Wilton, Connecticut, resigned last week after town leaders learned she was also working as a town administrator in Wyoming — about 2,000 miles away.
Dawn Norton says she followed all the rules when she accepted the role of Town Administrator and Finance Director in Greybull, Wyoming. She claims Wilton’s leadership knew about her decision.
Norton started working as Wilton’s CFO in March 2022. According to Wilton Town Administrator Matt Knickerbocker, she accepted the Wyoming job in May, CT Insider reported.
Norton told Good Morning Wilton she had already been working remotely from Wyoming since February while on Family Medical Leave to care for her injured husband. In April, she applied for the Greybull position. At first, she was hired on a part-time trial basis, then offered the job full-time.
“I gave him my retirement notice — I gave it to him when I went full-time,” Norton told the outlet. “My notice said I’d give them full support, whatever it is, up to Nov. 3… when all department head contracts are renewed. I said, ‘I’ll do 100 percent of everything. I will get the audit done. I will attend meetings. I will do whatever it is that you need me to do in my full capacity.”
But Knickerbocker told CT Insider, “On Sunday night, our HR director … alerted me that Dawn was listed as the town administrator … for Greybull, Wyoming.”
“On Monday morning, I called her to verify that and found that yes, she had taken on the new role.”
Once HR confirmed Norton held both jobs, she resigned from Wilton.
Knickerbocker and First Selectwoman Toni Boucher say Norton never told them about her confirmed job in Greybull. Norton disagrees and points to a written notice she says she sent on April 7, 2025, to Boucher and the HR director saying she was “actively seeking employment elsewhere.”
Wilton officials said the town only allows limited part-time outside work in special cases — not another full-time public job. They added they would not have approved her situation if they had known.
The Independent has reached out to the Town of Wilton, the Town of Greybull, and Norton for comment.
The discovery came during a review of Wilton’s Finance Department. The review followed problems such as audit findings of “material weakness,” staff shortages, unauthorized tax credits, and tough budget challenges. Leaders believed the department was simply overwhelmed, not realizing Norton was also working in Wyoming.
Norton says those problems were the reason she wanted to leave.
“[It] is one of the reasons why I was actively seeking to get the heck out of dodge because I can’t handle the work that was being dumped on me, and I was not getting any support whatsoever in hiring positions in my office,” she said. “For a year, I did accounts payable — I paid the bills, I filed the invoices, and that is not my responsibility, that is a clerk’s responsibility.”
She also said the “negativity” surrounding the audit and tax credit issues made her job stressful.
“I want out. I’m tired of the negative that I keep getting pushed on me. People aren’t listening to the situation,” she told Good Morning Wilton. “I can’t do it all, and there’s no help in my office, and there’s no help and support from Toni or from Matt.”
Wilton’s Board of Selectmen quickly posted the CFO opening after Norton’s resignation. They lowered the salary range to $160,000–$200,000 from Norton’s $210,108, removed Board of Education duties, and formed a committee to pick an interim CFO.
In Greybull, town records show Norton was officially appointed Town Administrator on May 12. She has since joined council meetings, presented financial reports, and signed official resolutions.
