The newly-minted interim successor to the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, has resigned his board seat at Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.
Paul G. Kirk, Jr., who has been on The Hartford’s board since 1995, announced his resignation effective Sept. 27, as the Massachusetts native heads to work on Capitol Hill.
Kirk, 71, who is the former Democratic National Committee chairman, was tapped late last month by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick as the interim successor to Kennedy, who died in August after a battle with brain cancer.
Kirk is currently chairman and chief executive of Kirk & Associates Inc., a business advisory and consulting firm in the Bay State. He also recently resigned as a board member of New York-based Cedar Shopping Centers, real estate investment trust.
Earlier this year, former head of The Hartford’s property-casualty business Neal Wolin left the company to join the Obama administration as Treasury deputy secretary.
