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
- 11/7/2019 Treasurer Wooden's Statement on the Passing of Former Hartford Mayor Carrie Saxon Perry
- 11/7/2019 Treasurer Wooden Convenes Workforce Roundtable with Healthcare & Advanced Manufacturing Leaders To Discuss Skilled Workforce Shortages & Solutions
- 11/1/2019 Waterbury Area Students, Region’s Manufacturers Talk Education, Employment & Economic Outlook with Treasurer Wooden; As 1/3rd Of Ct’s Manufacturing Workforce Approaches Retirement, Waterbury’s Chamber Looks To Attract The Next Generation Of Workers Through Student Engagement And Regional Collaboration
- 10/25/2019 Treasurer Wooden Meets with Jamaican Prime Minister, Discusses Economic Partnership & Opportunities
- 10/23/2019 State Treasurers, NYC Comptroller, & Private Institutional Investors Launch Northeast Investors' Diversity Initiative
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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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