Let Connecticut Work! Conference

Yankee Institute’s Let Connecticut Work! Conference features bipartisan panels of business and policy leaders for a series of important and wide-ranging discussions on how Connecticut can improve its business climate. This is an opportunity for small and medium-sized business leaders to network and engage in frank, civil discussions on tax, regulatory and energy issues.

Panelists include:

• The Hon. Mark Boughton (Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Revenue Services)
• Ken Coomes (Independent Sales Representative, Sue Merchant Services)
• Sen. Ryan Fazio (R-36th, Ranking – Energy & Technology and Planning & Development)
• Paul Formica (Owner, Flanders Fish Market & Restaurant and former state senator)
• Jim Gildea (Director of Manufacturing, Bigelow Tea)
• Rep. Maria Horn (D-64th, House Chair — Finance Committee)
• Andy Markowski (CT State Director for the National Federation of Independent Business)
• Michael O’Connor (Vice President, Millstone Power Station)
• Robert Scinto (Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, R. D. Scinto, Inc.)
• Jonathan Wharton, Ph.D. (Graduate School Associate Dean, Political Science SCSU)
• Rep. Kerry Wood (D-29th, Chair — Insurance & Real Estate)

Keynote Address: The Hon. Themis Klarides (Former House Minority Leader, Connecticut General Assembly)

Moderators:

• Betsy Gara (Executive Director, Connecticut Council of Small Towns)
• Dan Haar (Senior Editor, CT Insider)
• Francis Pickering (Executive Director, WESTCOG)

About Yankee Institute 

Yankee Institute is a research and citizen organization founded in 1984 under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Service Code. YI is committed to empowering Connecticut’s people to forge a brighter future for themselves and their families.