Bart Kollen, deputy commissioner of the Department of Economic and Community Development, has been elected to the board of the Connecticut Economic Resource Center Inc. (CERC), the state’s nonprofit economic development firm. In his role at DECD, Kollen focuses on efforts to attract businesses to Connecticut and retain companies in the state, including regular collaboration with CERC to support these activities. He has had previous positions with ING (now Voya) and the National Association of Manufacturers.
The CERC board also re-elected the following executive board members: Shelly Saczynski, UIL Holdings Corp., as chair; Greg Therrien, UIL Holdings (representing Connecticut Natural Gas), as treasurer; and Bill Vallée, state of Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel, as secretary.
