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The Office of Treasurer Shawn T. Wooden
News and Press
- 6/10/2021 Statement From State Treasurer Shawn T. Wooden On Passage Of Historic State Budget; Ct Biennial Budget Includes Ct Baby Bonds Program Championed By Treasurer Wooden
- 6/9/2021 Treasurer Wooden Announces Over $650 Million In Commitments And Presents Real Assets And Private Equity Investment Opportunities; Hamilton Lane Provided an Overview of the Strategic Plans for Private Equity and Private Credit Allocations
- 6/9/2021 Treasurer Wooden’s Baby Bonds Proposal Makes History; Ct Becomes First State To Pass Baby Bonds, Leading The Nation In Addressing Generational Poverty With An Innovative Approach; CT Baby Bonds Is The Most Direct Way To Address Long-Standing Economic Disparities And Generational Racial Wealth Gaps
- 6/1/2021 Treasurer Wooden Shares Economic Outlook Following Latest Credit Rating Upgrade Of The Special Tax Obligation, Transportation Infrastructure Bonds And Successful $1 Billion General Obligation Bond Sale; Wooden Reacts To Historic High Rainy Day Fund, Global And U.S. Market Climate
- 5/20/2021 Connecticut Completes Successful $1 Billion General Obligation Bond Sale; Funding Projects Statewide & Saving Taxpayers Over $60 Million Through Bond Refinancing; Inaugural Sale of “Social Bonds” Following Four Historic Credit Rating Upgrades
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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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