Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said he will appoint a Connecticut Democratic Party leader as the next commissioner of the Department of Consumer Protection.
Jonathan A. Harris was most recently executive director of the state party, a position he took in 2012 after a year of serving as deputy treasurer in the Office of the State Treasurer.
Prior to that, he served three terms as a state senator and was also mayor of West Hartford.
Harris succeeds William Rubenstein, who is retiring this month after three years heading DCP.
Harris has a law degree from New York University and worked as an attorney for 21 years. He also ran a real estate and development company, Harris Collaborations, between 2007 and 2011.
He is on the board of directors at the Children’s Trust Fund, the Greater Hartford Jewish Federation, Connecticut Humanities, Jewish Family Services, and Dora’s Hope.
