Larry L. Bingaman, president and CEO of the South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority (RWA), has been named 2019 recipient of the Community Leadership Award by the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce.
The honor will be conferred at the chamber’s 2019 annual Business Leadership Awards luncheon, scheduled for Sept. 26 at the Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale.
“Larry Bingaman is a leader for our time,” said GNHCC President Garrett Sheehan. “He believes in community, he believes in giving back, and he believes in working together as a region.
“At the Regional Water Authority, he is an innovator,” said Sheehan. “Today, RWA, is more than just a public utility company, under Larry’s leadership their business model is continually evolving to not only survive, but to thrive here in New Haven.”
Bingaman, 69, is a past chairman of the business group and spearheaded its first strategic plan five years ago.
Bingaman “has been the constant voice promoting economic development,” said Sheehan. “He has been committed to building an economic development infrastructure for the region, and we are excited to be able to put that vision into action.”
Bingaman, of Madison, has helmed the RWA since 2009. He earned a BS in business administration from Cal State/Long Beach and an executive MBA from the University of New Haven.
Other business honorees to be recognized at the Sept. 26 Chamber awards event include:
• New Haven’s Union League Cafe will receive the Small-Business Leadership Award.
• Arvinas Inc. of New Haven will be recognized for Leadership in Health Care & Life Sciences.
• Amazon, Rabina Properties and the town of North Haven will receive Developer Investment recognition for Amazon’s new fulfillment center at the site of the former Pratt & Whitney plant in that town.
• SphereGen Technologies of North Haven will be cited by the Chamber for Technology Innovation.
Last October the GNHCC conferred its 2018 Community Leadership award on the Tagliatela family of North Haven.
