STATE DEPARTMENTS AND RELATED AGENCIES,

BOARDS, AND COMMISSIONS

 

*Please refer to the individual agency, board, or commission for specific hours and the most up-to-date information.

 

Office Hours: Most state buildings in the Hartford area are open from 8:30 A.M.-4:30 P.M., Mon.-Fri., except state holidays. Website: www.portal.ct.gov/das.

 

Publications: Each department issues its own serial publications. Requests should be directed to the issuing agency.

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

(CGS Sec. 4a-1)

 

450 Columbus Blvd., Hartford CT 06103

www.portal.ct.gov/das

 

Commissioner, Michelle H. Gilman. Address: 450 Columbus Blvd., Ste. 1501, Hartford 06103 Tel., (860) 713-5100.

 

Deputy Commissioners, Nicholas Hermes, Darren Hobbs, Eleanor Michael. Deputy Commissioner/Chief Information Officer, Mark Raymond. Legislative and Policy Advisor, vacancy. Equal Employment Opportunity Unit Dir., Alicia Nunez. Communications Office Dir., Leigh Appleby.

 

Internal Audit. Address: 450 Columbus Blvd., Ste. 1101, 06103. Tel., (860) 713-5509. Dir., Brian Green.

 

DIVISIONS AND BUREAUS

 

Procurement Services. Address: 450 Columbus Blvd., Ste. 1202, Hartford 06103. Tel., (860) 713-5095. Purchasing Dir., Gene Burk; Procurement Asst. Dir., Devin Marquez; Surplus Programs Mgr./Contractor Prequalification Program Mgr., Meg Yetishefsky; Supplier Diversity Mgr., Meg Yetishefsky.

 

Statewide Human Resource Management. Address: 450 Columbus Blvd., Ste. 1502, Hartford 06103. Tel., (860) 713-5205. Deputy Comr., Chief Human Resources Officer, Nicholas Hermes.

 

RELATED ENTITY

 

Employees' Review Board. CGS Sec. 5-201. Address: c/o Chm., DAS, 450 Columbus Blvd., Ste. 1404, Hartford 06103. Tel., (860) 713-5179 or (860) 785-9750; FAX, (860) 622-2968.
 
Chm., Dennis Murphy; Matthew Borrelli, Susan E. Halperin, Esq., Victor Schoen. 
 
Business Office. 450 Columbus Blvd., St. 1101, Hartford 06103. Tel., (860) 713-5115. Chief of Fiscal Services, Jolita Lazauskas; Dir. Collection Services, Michael Barile; Dir. Grants Administration, Ella Sun.
 
Bureau of Information Technology Solutions ("BITS"). 55 Farmington Ave., Hartford 06105 Tel., (860) 622-2419. Website: http://portal.ct.gov/DAS/BEST. Deputy Commissioner/Chief Information Officer, Mark Raymond; Chief Technology Officer, vacancy; Chief Digital Officer, vacancy; Dir of Architecture & Strategy, Thomas Armstrong; Chief Information Security Officer, vacancy; IV&V Oversight, Pamela Giacco; CORE-CT Security Division, Tel., (860) 622-2358.
 
Real Estate and Construction Services. 450 Columbus Blvd., Ste. 1301, Hartford 06103. Tel., (860) 713-5850. Website: http://portal.ct.gov/DAS/Construction-ServicesDeputy Comr., Darren Hobbs. Chief Architect, David H. Barkin, AIA; Chief Engineer, vacancy; Legal Services Dir., Jenna Padula; Regulatory Compliance Interim Dir., Darren Hobbs; Fleet Operations, Dir., Stephen McGirr; Leasing and Property Transfer, Dir., Shane P. Mallory, RFA; Properties and Facilities Management Services, Dir., Douglas Moore; Office of the State Building Inspector, vacancy., Tel. (860)-713-5900, State Building Inspector, Omarys Vazquez. Office of The State Fire Marshal, Tel., 860-713-5750, State Fire Marshal, William Abbott. Office of Education and Data Management (OEDM). Dir., Michael Fullerton.

 

RELATED ENTITIES

 

School Building Projects Advisory Council. CGS Sec. 10-292q. Tel., (860) 713-6491.

 

Building Code Training Council. CGS Sec. 29-251b. Tel., (860) 713-5522.

 

Codes and Standards Committee. CGS Sec. 29-251. Tel., (860) 713-5900.

 

Code Training and Education Fund Bd. of Control, CGS Sec. 29-251c. Tel., (860) 713-5522.

 

Crane Operators Examining Bd., CGS Sec. 29-222. Tel., (860) 713-5580.

 

Fire Prevention Code Advisory Committee. CGS Sec. 29-291c. Tel., (860) 713-5750.

 

Fire Marshal Training Council. CGS Sec. 29-298a. Tel., (860) 713-5522.

 

 

Standardization Committee

(CGS Sec. 4a-58)

 

450 Columbus Blvd., Ste. 1501, Hartford CT 06103

(860) 713-5100

 

Comr., Dept. of Administrative Svs., Michelle Gilman; Comr., Dept. of Transportation, Garrett Eucalitto, (Alternate, Gary Pescosolido, Bureau Chief of Finance and Administration); Comr., Dept. of Social Svs., Andrea Barton-Reeves; Secy., Office of Policy and Mgmt., Jeffrey Beckham, (Alternate, Kimberly Kennison, Exec. Financial Officer); State Comptroller, Sean Scanlon, (Alternate, Carolyn Mercier, Asst. Dir.); State Treasurer, Erick Russell, (Alternate, Marva Balfour).

 

 

Independent Offices, Boards, and Commissions

 

These offices retain their own independent decision-making authority but are staffed and supported by the Department of Administrative Services.

 

 

Office of the Claims Commissioner

(CGS Sec. 4-142a)

 

450 Columbus Blvd., Ste. 203, Hartford CT 06103

(860) 713-5501; (860) 706-1482

http://portal.ct.gov/DAS/Office-of-Claims-Commissioner

 

Claims Comr., Robert Shea.

 

 

State Insurance and Risk Management Board

(CGS Sec. 4a-19)

 

450 Columbus Blvd, Ste. 1202, Hartford CT 06103

(860) 713-5223, 5224

http://portal.ct.gov/DAS/Insurance-and-Risk-Management

 

Ex Officio, Sean Scanlon, State Comptroller.

 

Chm., Susan M. Donatelli; Vice Chm., Stephen Fontana; George A. Dagon, Jr., Esq.; Stephen Fontana, Susan C. Alker, Esq. Brian Farrell, Seth Mahler, Patrick Mahon, B. Scott Kuhnly, Sean Scanlon, State Comptroller.


Dir.,
Melissa Frank.

 

 

State Marshal Commission 

(CGS Sec. 6-38b)

 

450 Columbus Blvd., Ste. 1403, Hartford CT 06103

(860) 713-5372; FAX, (860) 622-2938

http://portal.ct.gov/DAS/Communications/Connecticut-State-Marshal-Commission

 

Chm., Thomas Esposito, Esq.; Vice Chm., Shirley Skyers-Thomas, Esq.; Brian Cafferelli, Esq.; Hon. Leo V. Diana; Michael Desmond, Esq.; Alfredo Oliver, John Vamos; Salvatore Vitrano, Esq.


Dir. of Mgmt. Svs., Anthony Valenti
.

 

 

State Properties Review Board
(CGS Sec. 4b-3)

 

450 Columbus Blvd., Ste. 202, Hartford CT 06103

 (860) 713-6400; FAX, (860) 713-7391

https://portal.ct.gov/DAS/State-Properties-Review-Board

Chm., Bruce Josephy; Vice Chm., Jeffrey Berger; Secy., John Valengavich; Jeffrey Berger, William Cianci, Edwin S. Greenberg, Jack Halpert.

Dir., Thomas Jerram.

 

 

PAID FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE INSURANCE AUTHORITY

(Public Act 19-25, Secs. 232-235 of Public Act 19-117)

 

450 Columbus Blvd., Ste., 1503, Hartford CT 06103

(860) 558-6691

https://www.ctpaidleave.org


Chief Executive Officer,
Erin Choquette.

 

Board members: Chm., Fran Pastore, Eva Bermudez-Zimmerman, Easha Canada, Adrienne Cochrane, Andrea Comer, Sheila Hummel, Ellen McKitterick, Alice Pritchard, David Salazar-Austin, John Scott, Michael Soltis, Molly Weston Williamson, Holly Williams, Janée Woods Weber, Justin Zartman.

 

 

MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COUNCIL

Exec. Order 6, Governor William A. O’Neill

www.ct.gov/mac

 

The purpose of the Council is to advise the Commissioner of Administrative Services and Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management regarding the needs of State managers, including career development, benefits, and training; to enhance the performance of state government; and to facilitate the exchange of ideas among managers.

 

Chm., Nicholas Jerard, Department of Developmental Services; Vice Chm., Karolina Wytrykowska, Department of Mental Health and Addiction; Secy., Ashley McAuliffe, Office of Early Childhood; Treas., Nicholas Jakubowski, Department of Public Health; Credentials Chm., Karolina Wytrykowska, (DMHAS).

 

Abbreviation key: (R)=Agency Representative; (A)=Agency Alternate Representative

 

Agency

Last

First

Role

Admin. Services   vacancy Rep.
Admin. Services   vacancy Alt.
Aging & Disability Service Norton Andrew Rep.
Aging & Disability Service Williams Kim Alt.
Agric. Exp. Station Last Michael Rep.
Agric. Exp. Station Li Dewei Alt.
Agriculture   vacancy Rep.
Agriculture   vacancy Alt.
Banking Lein

Debora

Rep.

Banking

 

vacancy

Alt.

Children & Families

Mckelvey-Walsh

Nicole

Rep.

Children & Families

 

vacancy

Alt.

Comptroller

Soares

Grace

Rep.

Comptroller

Valencia

Vivian

Alt.

Consumer Prot.

Anderson

Caitlin

Rep.

Consumer Prot.

Brown

Pamela

Alt.

Corrections

 

vacancy

Rep.

Corrections

 

vacancy

Alt.

Developmental Serv.

Burke

Amber

Rep.

Developmental Serv.

Jerard

Nicholas

Alt.

Econ. & Com. Dev.

 

vacancy

Rep.

Econ. & Com. Dev.

 

vacancy

Alt.

Education

 

vacancy

Rep.

Education

 

vacancy

Alt.

Emergency and Public Serv.

 

vacancy

Rep.

Emergency and Public Serv.

 

vacancy

Alt.

Energy & Env. Prot.

Deshais

Janice

Rep.

Energy & Env. Prot.

 

vacancy

Alt.

Ethics, FOI and Elections

 

vacancy

Rep.

Ethics, FOI and Elections

 

vacancy

Alt.

Human Rights. & OPP.

Rubin

Jamie

Rep.

Human Rights. & OPP.

Burns

Shawn

Alt.

Insurance

Chou

Wanchin

Rep.

Insurance

 

vacancy

Alt.

Labor

Sledge

Kathy

Rep.

Labor

 

vacancy

Alt.

Mental Health & Addiction Service

Wytrykowska

Karolina

Rep.

Mental Health & Addiction Service

Borecki

Seweryn

Alt.

Military

Lewis

Anthony

Rep.

Military

 

vacancy

Alt.

Motor Vehicles

 

vacancy

Rep.

Motor Vehicles

 

vacancy

Alt.

Office of Government Account

Lilley

Valerie

Rep.

Office of Government Account

 

vacancy

Alt.

Pardon and Parole

 

vacancy

Rep.

Pardon and Parole

 

vacancy

Alt.

Policy & Mgmt.

Green

Meghan

Rep.

Policy & Mgmt.

Williams

Holly

Alt.

Public Health

 

Vacancy

Rep.

Public Health

 

vacancy

Alt.

Revenue Services

Andrews

Janet

Rep.

Revenue Services

Clato – Day

William

Alt.

Secretary of State

 

vacancy

Rep.

Secretary of State

 

vacancy

Alt.

Social Services

Jakubowski

John

Rep.

Social Services

Coggins

Talitha

Alt.

Transportation

Beckford

Jeri

Rep.

Transportation

Ouellette

Jackie

Alt.

Treasurer

Coudert

Paul

Rep.

Veteran's Affairs

LaPierre

Paul

Rep.

Veteran's Affairs

Scatena

Stephen

Alt.

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

(CGS Sec. 22-1, et seq.)

 

450 Columbus Blvd. Ste., 701, Hartford CT 06103

(860) 713-2501

www.ct.gov/doag

 

Commissioner, Bryan P. Hurlburt. Tel., (860) 713-2501.

 

Dir. of Operations, Nathan Wilson; Dir. of Government Affairs, Kayleigh Royston; Dir. of Communications, Rebecca Eddy; Exec. Secy., Nicholas Rogers; Dir., Bureau of Regulatory Svs., Alexander Duffy; Asst. Dir., Bureau of Regulatory Services, James Allyn; State Veterinarian, Dr. Jane Lewis; Dir., Bureau of Agricultural Development and Resource Conservation, Jaime L. Smith; Dir., Bureau of Aquaculture, David H. Carey.

 

AFFILLIATED BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COUNCILS

 

Governor's Council for Agricultural Development. (CGS Sec. 22-26e). Address: c/o Dept. of Agriculture, 450 Columbus Blvd., Hartford 06103. Tel., (860) 713-2503. 
 
Chm., Bryan P. Hurlburt, Comr. of Agriculture; Indrajeet Chaubey, Dean of the College of Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources at The University of Connecticut; vacancy, Designee of the chairperson of the Connecticut Milk Promotion Bd. 
 
Members: vacancy.

 

State Milk Regulation Board. (CGS Sec. 22-131). Address: Dairy Div., 450 Columbus Blvd., Hartford 06103. Tel., (860) 713-2508.
 
Ex Officio, Bryan P. Hurlburt, Comr. of Agriculture; Manisha Juthani, MD, Comr. Of Public Health.
 
Members: Chris Casiello, Jeffrey Cone, Megan Hastings, Joseph Ragozzino, Carolyn Russel, Craig Stearns, Douglas Wade, vacancy.

 

Connecticut Farm Wine Development Council. (CGS Sec. 22-26c). Address: Agricultural Development Unit, 450 Columbus Blvd., Ste. 702, Hartford 06103. Tel., (860) 713-2503.
 
Chm., Bryan P. Hurlburt, Comr. of Agriculture.
 
Ex Officio, Ellen Woolf Rubrich, Designee of Comr. Of Economic and Community Development; Indrajeet Chaubey, Dean of the College of Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources of the University of Connecticut; vacancy, Storrs Agriculture Experiment Station; Washington da Silva, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station.
 
Members: Linda Auger, Hilary Criollo, Jonathan Edwards, Jamie Jones, George Motel, Rich Ruggiero, Cara Sawyer.


Connecticut Milk Promotion Board. (CGS Sec. 22-137a). Address: 450 Columbus Blvd., Ste. 701, Hartford 06103. Tel., (860) 713-2501.
 
Chm., Seth Bahler.

 

Ex Officio, Environment Committee, Chm.: Joseph Gresko, Rick Lopes.

 

Members: Sandy Boardman, Jon Hermonot, Kies Orr-LaVack, Dr. Michael Puglisi, Arthur Spielman IV; Bryan P. Hurlburt, Comr. Of Agriculture.

 

Connecticut Food Policy Council. (CGS Sec. 22-456). Address: Office of the Comr., 450 Columbus Blvd., Hartford 06103. Tel., (860) 713-2526.
 
Ex Officio, the head of each state department, Environment Committee, Joseph Gresko, Rick Lopes.
 
Members: Molly Devanney, Patrick Doyle, Daniel Giacomi, Bryan Hurlburt, Tida Infahsend, Shawn Joseph, Karen Kitsis, Marilyn Lonczak, Monica Pacheco, Martha Page, Lynn Peccerillo-Hills.

 

Connecticut Seafood Development Council. (CGS Sec. 22-455). Address: Bureau of Aquaculture, P.O. Box 97, 190 Rogers Ave., Milford 06460. Tel., (203) 874-0696.
 
Ex Officio, Justin Davis, Department of Environmental Protection; Department of Economic and Community Development, Anthony Anthony; David Carey, Department of Agriculture; vacancy, Sea Grant Program at the University of Connecticut. 
 
Members: Todd Bobowick, Suzie Flores, Eric Pederson, Chad Simoneaux, five vacancies.

 

Farmland Preservation Advisory Board. (CGS Sec. 22-26ll). Address: Bureau of Agriculture Development and Resource Preservation, 450 Columbus Blvd., Hartford 06103. Tel., (860) 713-2511.
 
Members: Robert Chang, Robin Chesmer, Ben Freund, John Hall III, Terry Jones, Jiff Martin, Elisabeth Moore, Joan Nichols, Will O’Meara, Dr. Jason White, two vacancies.

 

 

THE CONNECTICUT AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION

(CGS Sec. 22-79)

 

123 Huntington St., New Haven CT 06511

(203) 974-8500, FAX, (203) 974-8502, Toll-Free, 1-877-855-2237

Email: caes@ct.gov

https://portal.ct.gov/CAES

 

Dir., Dr. Jason C. White; Vice Dir. Lindsay R. Triplett.

 

Departments: Analytical Chemistry, Chief Scientist, Dept. Head, Christian "Chris" O. Dimkpa; Entomology, Chief Scientist, Dept. Head, Acting, Victoria “Vicki” Smith; Environmental Science and Forestry, Chief Scientist, Dept. Head, Scott C. Williams; Plant Pathology and Ecology, Chief Scientist, Dept. Head, Lindsay R. Triplett.

 

Lockwood Farm, 890 Evergreen Ave. Hamden 06518-2361. Tel., (203) 974-8618; Research Farm Mgr., Richard Cecarelli.

 

Griswold Research Center, 190 Sheldon Rd., Griswold 06351-3627. Tel., (860) 376-0365; Research Farm Mgr., Robert J. Durgy.


Valley Laboratory, 153 Cook Hill Rd., P.O. Box 248, Windsor 06095-0248. Tel., (860) 683-4977; Chief Scientist, Dept. Head, DeWei Li.

Board of Control. Ex Officio, Pres., Ned Lamont, Governor; Vice Pres., Terry Jones; Secy., Kumar Venkitanarayanan; Dir./Treas., Jason C. White; Frederick M. Cohan, Erol Fikrig, Bryan Hurlburt, Patti J. Maroney, Joan Nichols.