Patricia Wrice, executive director of Operation Fuel, has announced her retirement after 18 years, effective June 30.
Under Wrice’s leadership, annual financial assistance has grown sevenfold from $500,000 to more than $3.6 million in energy assistance. When she started, Wrice was the organization’s sole employee and the fuel bank’s assistance was restricted to the winter. It has now expanded to be a full-year operation. Operation Fuel has evolved into a statewide, year-round energy assistance program with more than 100 fuel banks throughout Connecticut.
Operation Fuel is conducting a search for the next executive director and expects to make an announcement by late June.
