(HARTFORD, CT) – Today, Mayor-Elect Luke Bronin announced that he has established a Personnel Committee, a Financial Review & Audit Committee, and five policy working groups.
Mayor-Elect Bronin will chair the Personnel Committee, which will review applications for employment in the administration and manage searches for individuals to fill appointed positions. The personnel committee members are:
Luis Cabán, Chair Emeritus, Latino Endowment Fund & Former Executive Director, SINA Inc.
Bonnie Malley, Chief Financial Officer, The Phoenix Companies, Inc.
Robert Painter, Retired Surgeon and former member, Hartford City Council
Lou Watkins, Former Deputy Mayor
Shawn Wooden, City Council President & Partner, Day Pitney
The Financial Review & Audit Committee will be chaired by Bonnie Malley, Chief Financial Officer of the Phoenix Companies, Inc. The committee members are:
Christopher Lewis, Chief Risk Officer, IFG Companies
Mary Tzambazakis, Chief Administrative Officer, Hartford Public Library and past Chief Financial Officer, Springfield, MA
Jason Newman, Partner, CohnReznick
Raúl De Jesús, Hartford City Councilman
Glendowlyn Thames, Hartford City Council Member-Elect
The five policy working groups, chaired by prominent members of the Hartford community, will share their expertise with Mayor-Elect Bronin, providing him with recommendations for action upon taking office. The policy working groups and their Chairs are as follows:
Blighted Property Working Group
Melvyn Colón, Chair, Executive Director, Southside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance
Rex Fowler, Executive Director, Hartford Community Loan Fund
Hyacinth Yennie, Chair, MARG
Gordon Scott, CEO, Scotts Jamaican Bakery
Steve Harris, Captain (Ret.), Hartford Fire Department
Karraine Moody, Executive Director, Hartford Habitat for Humanity
Julianne Avallone, Attorney, Ford & Paulekas
Lynn Ferrari, Chair, CSS/CON NRZ
Bimal Patel, Senior Vice President of Operational Integration, Hartford Healthcare
TJ Clarke II, Hartford City Council Member-Elect
Returning Citizens Working Group
Maureen Price-Boreland, Chair, Executive Director, Community Partners in Action
Diane Jones, Community Organizer
Steve Camp, Pastor, Faith Congregational Church
Kennard Ray, National Policy Director, Restaurant Opportunities Centers United
Kattya Lopez, Senior U.S. Probation Officer
Thea Montanez, Promise Zone Director
Lee Hunt, Blue Hills Civic Association
Bill Carbone, Senior Lecturer, University of New Haven
Andrew Woods, Executive Director, Hartford Communities that Care
Jimmy Sanchez, Hartford City Council Member-Elect
Youth Service Corps Working Group
Steve Bonafonte, Chair, Partner, Davis, Clark & Bonafonte LLC
Herb Virgo, Event Coordinator, Family Day Foundation
Jacquelyn Santiago, COO, Compass Youth Collaborative
Ron Pitz, Executive Director, Knox Parks Foundation
Ken Blue, President, AFSCME Local 1716
Chris Montross, Senior Director for Corporate Public Involvement, AETNA
Dion Watkins, Pastor, Mt. Olive Ministries
Maurice Eastwood, Community Organizer
Representative to be determined, The Travelers Companies
rJo Winch, Hartford City Council Member-Elect
Recreation Working Group
Nicole Porter, Chair, President, Blue Hills Civic Association
Doug Glanville, ESPN Commentator
Brian Gallagher, Educator
Beth Taylor, Professor, Member of the Hartford Board of Education
Maurice Eastwood, Community Organizer
José Colón, Principal, Law & Government Academy
Clinton Hamilton, Executive Director, Wilson Gray YMCA
Sam Gray, President and CEO, Boys & Girls Clubs
Dave Jorgensen, Chair, Police Athletic League
Fernando Marroquin, Staff Writer, Identidad Latina
Julio Concepción, Hartford City Council Member-Elect
“Hartford Works” Working Group
Andrea Comer, Chair, Executive Director, Connecticut Business & Industry Association Education Foundation
Julie Watson, Director, Capital Workforce Partners
Roy Mainelli, Economic Security Manager, Journey Home
Meghan Freed, Attorney, Freed Marcroft
Gloria Ortiz-Rivera, Business & Community Liaison, Hartford Job Corps
Max Kothari, CEO, Express Kitchens
Christina Mainelli, General Manager, CareCentrix
Jerry Lupacchino, Vice President of Leadership & Organizational Development, Hartford Healthcare
John McNamara, Director, Institutional Advancement, Capital Community College
John Gale, Hartford City Council Member-Elect
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