The Partnership for Connecticut, the public-private nonprofit that seeks to provide education and career opportunities to “disengaged and disconnected” youth and young adults, on Monday named Mary Anne Schmitt-Carey the 501(c)(3)’s first president and CEO.
She is expected to begin April 1, and her initial priority will be leading an immediate response to the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis and its impact on the youth the Partnership is intended to serve.
Schmitt-Carey, who lives in Greenwich, most recently served as senior fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Foundation. Before that she was CEO of Say Yes to Education, a non-profit that works to improve public education in inner cities. Before that she spent 11 years with the non-profit New American Schools as chief operating officer and later president and CEO.
In 2012, Schmitt-Carey was appointed to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Education Reform Commission, which was charged with making recommendations for boosting student achievement and making education spending more efficient in New York State.
She was graduated from the State University of New York/Albany and earned an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.
The 54-year-old Schmitt-Carey will be paid an annual base salary of $247,500.
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Joette Katz
Three partners with the law firm of Shipman & Goodwin LLP have been selected by the Connecticut Law Tribune for its 2020 Professional Excellence Awards. Joette Katz has been named a Distinguished Leader, while Kimberly S. Cohen and Julia R. Camarco were cited as New Leaders in the Law.
Katz, a partner in the firm’s Business Litigation Practice Group, is a former Connecticut Supreme Court Associate Justice and served as Commissioner of the state’s Department of Children & Families. Her practice focuses on appellate work, mediation and investigations.
The Distinguished Leaders award recognizes lawyers who achieved impressive results in 2019 and demonstrated clear leadership skills. New Leaders in the Law spotlights lawyers under the age of 40 who have excelled in the courtroom, in client service and cultivation, in service to bar associations and in performing pro bono work or community service in a volunteer capacity.
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Mauryeen O’Brien
Sister Mauryeen O’Brien, OP, of New Haven has announced her retirement from the Albertus Magnus College Board of Trustees. A member of the Dominican Sisters of Peace, Sr. Mauryeen joined the AMC board in 1996 and was awarded an honorary degree from the college in 2015. She is the former Director of Bereaved and Divorced Ministries for the Archdiocese of Hartford and is also a retreat director, certified grief counselor, and support group facilitator trainer. She earned a BS in education from St. Mary of the Springs College and an MA in English from Notre Dame University.
