Board of Control

The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station is governed by an eight-member board. Statutory authority of the Board is found in Connecticut General Statutes 22-79 through 22-83.

 

Current Members:

• Governor Ned Lamont, ex officio (represented by Ms. Patti J. Maroney)
• Commissioner of Agriculture Bryan Hurlburt 
• Terry Jones of Shelton (Governor appointee)
• Joan Nichols of Lebanon (Governor appointee)
• Dr. Frederick M. Cohan, appointed by Board of Trustees of Wesleyan University
• Dr. Erol Fikrig, appointed by the Governing Board of the Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University
• Dr. Kumar Venkitanarayanan, appointed by the Board of Trustees of the University of Connecticut
• CAES Director, Dr. Jason C. White, ex officio

Officers:

• President:  Governor Ned Lamont 
• Vice President:  Terry Jones
• Secretary: Dr. Kumar Venkitanarayanan
• Director, Treasurer, and Attorney for Investments:  Dr. Jason C. White 

Executive and Finance Committee:

• Terry Jones
• Dr. Jason C. White
• Joan Nichols

Meetings of Board:

The Board meets quarterly during the calendar year.

 

Scheduled Meetings in 2024-2025:

• Wednesday, April 10, 2024, 10:00 a.m., New Haven
• Wednesday, August 7, 2024, 1:00 p.m., Hamden
• Wednesday, October 9, 2024, 10:00 a.m., Windsor
• Wednesday, January 22, 2025, 10:00 a.m., Wethersfield
  • Snow date: Friday, January 24, 2025, 10:00 a.m., Wethersfield

 

• 2024
  • 1-17-24

• 2023
  • 1-18-23
  • 4-19-23
  • 8-02-23
  • 10-18-23

• 2022
  • 1-18-22
  • 4-20-22
  • 8-03-22
  • 10-12-22

• 2021
  • 1-19-21
  • 4-14-21
  • 8-04-21
  • 10-13-21

• 2020 
  • 1-15-20
  • 2-04-20
  • 3-03-20
  • 4-15-20
  • 8-05-20
  • 10-14-20

• 2019
  • 1-16-19
  • 4-10-19
  • 8-07-19
  • 10-16-19

• 2018
  • 1-19-18
  • 4-11-18
  • 8-08-18
  • 10-17-18

• 2017
  • 1-18-17
  • 4-12-17
  • 8-02-17
  • 10-18-17

• 2016
  • 1-20-16
  • 4-13-16
  • 8-03-16
  • 10-19-16

• 2015
  • 1-21-15
  • 4-08-15
  • 8-05-15
  • 10-21-15

• 2014
  • 1-15-14
  • 4-09-14
  • 8-06-14
  • 10-22-14

• 2013
  • 1-16-13
  • 7-19-13
  • 8-07-13
  • 9-25-13
  • 10-23-13