康涅狄格州州长选定 West Hartford 市长 Shari Cantor 任康涅狄格大学董事会主席，即日生效
康涅狄格州州长 Ned Lamont 11月13日在州府 Hartford 宣布，选定 West Hartford 市长 Shari Cantor 出任康涅狄格大学（UConn）董事会主席。董事会是这所康涅狄格州最大公立大学的管理机构，Cantor 的任命即日生效。
Cantor 是康涅狄格大学商学院毕业生，2014年起任董事会成员，被普遍视为该校及其学生最有力的支持者之一，2017年入选康涅狄格大学商学院名人堂。
「选董事会主席，我要找的是既对康涅狄格大学有深厚经验、了解它的学术与行政需要，又与康涅狄格州商界联系紧密的人。」Lamont 说，Cantor 会积极加强大学与本州雇主之间的联系，让毕业生备好资源、走上成功而长久的职业道路，「她是领导董事会的合适人选，身上流着哈士奇的蓝。」
「作为一名自豪的康涅狄格大学毕业生，能承担这份责任我深感荣幸。」Cantor 说，公共服务对她一直是一份意义深远的承诺，她把这次机会看作回馈大学与本州的又一种方式。她感谢州长的信任，也感谢 Dan Toscano 多年的领导；她将与校长 Radenka Maric、各位董事、教职员、学生与校友合作，扩大该校学生的机会。
Cantor 出生于 West Hartford，在当地的 Hall 高中就读，1981年以优等成绩从康涅狄格大学会计专业毕业。毕业后她先在普华永道、后在信诺保险从事注册会计师工作；2004年当选 West Hartford 镇议会议员，2012年任副镇长，2016年起任镇长，至今仍以无薪志愿者身份担任这一职务。
Cantor 将接替 Dan Toscano 出任主席。Toscano 2019年起任主席，本周卸任，他在董事会与康涅狄格大学基金会董事会共服务了18年。Lamont 说，Toscano 任内该校声誉上升、申请人数创下纪录。
康涅狄格大学董事会共有21名成员：12名由州长任命，2名由校友选举，2名由学生选举，另有5名当然成员，包括州长、康涅狄格大学健康中心董事会主席，以及州农业、经济发展与教育部门的负责人；全体成员均为无薪志愿者。
（来源：康涅狄格州州长办公室）
Connecticut Governor Selects West Hartford Mayor Shari Cantor as Chair of the UConn Board of Trustees, Effective Immediately
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont announced in Hartford on November 13 that he is selecting Mayor Shari Cantor of West Hartford to serve as chair of the University of Connecticut Board of Trustees, the governing body overseeing Connecticut's largest public university. The selection takes effect immediately.
A graduate of the UConn School of Business, Cantor has served as a board member since 2014 and is widely regarded as one of the strongest advocates in Connecticut for UConn and its students. She was inducted into the UConn Business Hall of Fame in 2017.
"In selecting a board chair, I want someone who not only has extensive experience with UConn and knows its academic and administrative needs, but who also has strong connections to Connecticut's business community and will actively work to strengthen the bonds between the university and our state's employers so that our graduates are prepared with the resources they need to lead successful, long-lasting careers," Lamont said. "Shari Cantor is the right person to lead the board. Shari bleeds Husky blue, and I look forward to having her serve in this leadership role."
"As a proud UConn graduate, I am deeply honored to take on this responsibility," Cantor said. Public service has always been a deeply meaningful commitment for her, she said, and she sees the opportunity as another way to give back to a university and state that have given her so much. She thanked Lamont for his confidence and Dan Toscano for his years of leadership, and said she looks forward to working with President Radenka Maric, her fellow trustees, faculty, staff, students and alumni to expand opportunities for students.
A native of West Hartford, Cantor attended Hall High School and graduated magna cum laude from UConn with a degree in accounting in 1981. She began working as a certified public accountant, first at PwC and then at Cigna, was elected to the West Hartford Town Council in 2004, became deputy mayor in 2012 and has served as mayor of West Hartford since 2016, in an unpaid, volunteer leadership position.
Cantor succeeds Dan Toscano, who served as board chair since 2019 and stepped down this week after 18 years of service on the UConn Board of Trustees and the UConn Foundation Board of Directors. Lamont said Toscano's leadership helped elevate UConn's reputation, contributing to a record-breaking surge in applications.
The UConn Board of Trustees is comprised of 21 members: twelve appointed by the governor, two elected by alumni, two elected by students, and five ex officio, including the governor, the UConn Health Board of Directors chair, and the commissioners of the state's agriculture, economic development and education departments. All members serve as unpaid volunteers.
(Source: Office of the Governor of Connecticut)
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