We are thrilled to announce that RPA’s Vice President for State Programs and Connecticut Director Melissa Kaplan-Macey, AICP was recently named as co-chair of Connecticut Governor-elect Ned Lamont’s Transportation Transition Policy Committee along with Kevin Dillon, Executive Director, Connecticut Airport Authority.
Melissa was an integral part of shaping recommendations for RPA’s Fourth Plan and has done extensive planning and community outreach work with communities across southern Connecticut.
The Policy Committees met for this first time on Tuesday November 27 and will help inform the Lamont administration’s agenda.
Other committee chairs include:
Agriculture
Bonnie Burr
Department Head, Cooperative Extension System, UCONN College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
Kevin Sullivan
Connecticut Based Nurseryman
Arts/Culture/Tourism Policy Committee
Wendy Bury
Executive Director, Southeastern CT Cultural Coalition
Stephen Tagliatela
President, Connecticut Tourism Coalition
Criminal Justice
Dr. James Forman
Yale University, Professor of Law
Cathy Malloy
CEO, Greater Hartford Arts Council, Criminal Justice Reform Advocate
Sarah Russell
Quinnipiac University Law School, Professor of Law, Member of the Connecticut Sentencing Commission
Digital Strategy
Dave Wilkinson
Commissioner, Early Childhood in the State of CT and former Director White House Office of Social Innovation
Joanne Collins Smee
Chief Commercial Officer, Xerox
Education
Yvette Melendez
former Chief Administrative Officer of State University System and architect of the state of Connecticut’s charter school program
Fran Rabinowitz
Executive Director of the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents and former Superintendent of Schools, Bridgeport
Energy
Bryan Garcia
President, CT Green Bank
Lonnie Reed
Co-Chair, Committee on Energy and Technology, CT General Assembly, Co-Chair, Energy and Environment Committee, Council of State Governments
Environment
Frogard Ryan
State Director, Nature Conservancy CT
Eric Hammerling
Executive Director, Connecticut Forest and Park Association
Healthcare
Jennifer Jackson
President and CEO, Connecticut Hospital Association
Gerald Weiner
Of counsel to Sussman, Duffy, and Segaloff, P.C.
Housing
Annette Sanderson
Executive Director, Housing Authority of the City of Hartford
David Rich
Executive Director, Supportive Housing Works
Human Services
Luis Perez
President & CEO, Mental Health CT
Andrea Barton-Reeves
President and CEO, HARC
Jobs/Economy
Joseph Gianni
Market President, Hartford Region, Bank of America
Fran Pastore
Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Women’s Business Development Council
Public Safety
Chief Alaric Fox
Enfield Chief of Police and State Police Colonel (Ret.)
Dr. Brendan Campbell
Director of Trauma, Pediatric Surgical Quality and Safety Officer
Donald Hight
Endowed Chair of General Pediatric Surgery, Connecticut Children’s Hospital
Shared Services
Rick Porth
President/CEO, United Way of CT
Brendan Sharkey, Esq.
former Speaker of the CT House of Representatives
Transportation
Kevin Dillon
Executive Director, CT Airport Authority
Melissa Kaplan-Macey
VP for State Programs and CT Director, Regional Plan Association
Women
Karen Jarmoc
President & CEO, Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Marilyn Moore
State Senator, Bridgeport