Saving for College
To help families save for college, the State of Connecticut offers the Connecticut Higher Education Trust (CHET).
The Office of Treasurer Shawn T. Wooden
News and Press
- 11/18/2020 Treasurer Wooden Reviews Private Capital Consultant Finalists And Considers Five New Fund Commitments; Wooden Announces Master Custodian Request for Proposal and Reviews Corporate Governance Initiatives
- 11/1/2020 Connecticut’s State Cash Position Near All-Time High; Treasurer Wooden Appoints 44 Bond Underwriting Firms; Reacts To Global, U.S. Market Climate Heading Into The Election
- 10/28/2020 Treasurers Of Illinois, Connecticut Call On Russell 3000 Companies To Disclose Board Diversity Data
- 10/26/2020 State Treasurer Shawn Wooden And Connecticut Conference Of Municipalities Host Conversation On Public Finance During Covid-19 With Municipal Officials
- 10/20/2020 Statement of Connecticut State Treasurer Shawn T. Wooden on The Fair Access To Financial Services Act Proposed By Members of The Senate Banking Committee
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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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