GOP appointee Peter Boynton is staying on as commissioner of the Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security under Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.
The governor announced Tuesday that Boynton, a Rell appointee, will keep the reins of the agency responsible for disaster response, coordinating planning, equipment, communications, training and counter-terrorism efforts in the state.
An ex-Coast Guard officer, Boynton was security director for the Transportation Security Administration at Bradley International Airport before his Rell appointment.
Boynton serves on the board of the Military Officers Association of America and chairs the Connecticut Maritime Pilot Commission.
The Madison resident has a master’s in public administration from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and a bachelor’s degree in ocean engineering from Connecticut’s Coast Guard Academy.
