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The Office of Treasurer Shawn T. Wooden
News and Press
- 6/30/2020 Treasurer Wooden Reports Connecticut’s Cash Position: Current Cash Balances Position State to Navigate Economic Uncertainty
- 6/15/2020 Treasurer Wooden Completes Three Major Bond Sales In One Month; Latest Bond Sale Achieves Record Low 2.31%
- 6/11/2020 Statement of State Treasurer Shawn Wooden On The Connecticut Lottery’s Decision To Settle
- 6/10/2020 Treasurer Wooden Announces Over $200m In Commitments With Stellex Capital Partners Fund II And Leeds Capital Partners Fund VII
- 6/1/2020 State Treasurer Wooden and Connecticut Higher Education Trust Awards Over $540k To Students Across the State
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About Treasurer Shawn T. Wooden
Shawn T. Wooden was sworn in as Connecticut’s 83rd State Treasurer on January 9th, 2018. He previously spent 21-years as an investment attorney focused on public pension plans. Born and raised in Hartford, Treasurer Wooden graduated from Trinity College and holds a J.D. from NYU School of Law. He worked in key roles for the Mayor of Hartford, state Commissioner of Social Services, and the AFL-CIO's Office of Investment in Washington, D.C.
Former president of the Hartford City Council and Connecticut state director of Project Vote, he also served on the Connecticut Citizen’s Ethics Advisory Board overseeing the Connecticut Office of State Ethics. He is the father of two teenage sons.
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