Gov. Ned Lamont is appointing East Hartford Mayor Michael P. Walsh to serve as the next chairman of the State Contracting Standards Board.
The board consists of 14 volunteer members who are appointed by the governor and the leaders of the General Assembly. They are responsible for providing oversight related to all matters associated with state procurement.
Walsh will take on the chairmanship as the successor to Lawrence Fox, who served in the position since 2018 and recently announced that he planned to step down next month. Walsh, who announced that he will not seek re-election as mayor this fall, will begin serving on the board effective in November following the conclusion of his term and the inauguration of a new mayor. An acting chairman will be appointed to serve in the two-month gap between Fox”™s departure and Walsh”™s arrival.
Walsh has served as mayor since November 2021. Earlier in his career, he served from 2019 to 2021 as undersecretary of strategic initiatives and accountability for the Connecticut Office of Policy and Management, and from 1998 to 2019 as finance director for the Town of East Hartford. Before working for the town, he served for 11 years as the assistant director of financial reporting at Cigna.
“In every position I”™ve served, my priority is to bring good government, which I define as the delivery of efficient and effective policies, procedures, and practices that demonstrate to the public that their government operates in a transparent manner, instilling confidence along the way,” Walsh said. “Delivering good government in this manner had served me and the agencies I”™ve worked for well over the 40 years I”™ve been involved, so everyone should expect the same from me in this role on the board.”
