Domus Vikings Staff Directory

Working for a brighter future in Stamford and beyond

Erica Newton

Erica Newton

Director of Domus Knights

Erica is the director of the Domus Knights school engagement program. She has worked for Domus since 2007 in a variety of roles: Erica was the director of a residential program, worked in Domus’ transitional apartment program, works in Domus’ street outreach program, and leads an elementary school after-school program. She has also served on Domus’ Sanctuary Committee to create and sustain a trauma-responsive organizational culture. Erica graduated from Norfolk State University, where she was Miss 2003 Norfolk State University Student Ambassador and an intern at the AFL-CIO in Chicago. Erica has a certificate in motivational interviewing and was a 2016 Leadership Roundtable participant. Erica enjoys traveling, watching football, cooking, spending time with her family, and collecting shoes. She also volunteers for local political campaigns and one day hopes to represent her community as an elected official.

TOM LANGAN

TOM LANGAN

Chief Justice Officer

Tom serves as Domus’ chief justice officer and oversees the organization’s workforce development program and the Juvenile Review Board for Stamford; he also supervises the re-entry and street/gang outreach programs, of which he oversaw the creation. Tom chairs the Stamford Re-Entry Roundtable of the Connecticut Re-Entry Collaborative. He joined Domus in 1997 as a residential youth worker; Tom soon became the transitional living program intake coordinator, then the coordinator for the transitional living program and group home. He was appointed director of residential services in 2002, overseeing both residential programs; Tom worked in that capacity while also overseeing Domus’ family advocates in the Stamford Public Schools’ alternative high school between 2004 and 2007. Tom received his bachelor’s degree from Central Connecticut State University and is an avid New York Giants fan.