Governor Appoints Members to the Connecticut Airport Authority

Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy appointed four member to the Connecticut Airport Authority Tuesday. The appointees were selected based on their experience in the areas of financial planning, marketing, master planning and budgeting and assessment as well as expertise in aviation or transportation management.

“The Connecticut Airport Authority will oversee the operations of all of the state-owned airports, but particularly with regard to Bradley International Airport, it will help make it a part of the state’s overall economic development and growth strategy,” said Gov. Malloy. “Bradley Airport is centrally located, easily accessible and it could be a major economic driver in our state – if we approach its operations and management strategically. The CAA will free Bradley from the bureaucracy that has hamstrung the airport in the past and help to make it more attractive to new routes, new airlines and new ways to increase our state’s economic viability.”

The top four legislative leaders each get to appoint one member to the Authority. The commissioners of the Department of Transportation, Department of Economic and Community Development, and the State Treasurer or their designee also serve as ex officio members.

The appointees are Mary Ellen S. Jones of Glastonbury, the President of the Engine Alliance a partnership between Pratt & Whitney and General Electric, who will serve as the chair of the committee.,Brett C. Browchuk of Avon, the Senior Vice President, Service Operations at CIGNA, Charles R. Gray of Stamford, Senior Regional Manager for Hosted Solutions at NCR Corporation, and Michael T. Long of Simsbury, recently Vice Chairman of the Bradley Board of Directors.