Kathleen Connell
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Kathleen Connell | |
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| California State Controller | |
| In office January 2, 1995 – January 6, 2003 | |
| Governor | Pete Wilson Gray Davis |
| Preceded by | Gray Davis |
| Succeeded by | Steve Westly |
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| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence(s) | Washington, D. C., U.S. |
Kathleen Connell is an American businesswoman, journalist, entrepreneur, and academic. She was the California State Controller from 1995 until 2003.[1] She was the first woman to serve in the position.
As controller she served as a trustee of CalPERS and CalSTRS, which together comprise the largest pool of retirement assets in the world, for eight years. Among the program innovations as State Controller: the postcard tax return (the first in the nation); the Unclaimed Property Program, a national online searchable database, returning $2 billion to US residents; the California Y2K Financial Network, a multi-finance industry task force, created to successfully execute the rollover of all State financial systems, and the Citizen's Report Card, honored with a prestigious national achievement award for seven years for transparency in government financial reporting.
Elections
[edit]In 1994, she defeated ex-State Assemblyman Tom McClintock for California State Controller.
In 1998, she won re-election, in a landslide vote, against Ruben Barrales. In that election, she won 55 of 58 California's counties.
Academics
[edit]She served as Chair of the Corporate Directors Center at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business and on faculty in the Executive MBA Program (2004-2011). She was on faculty at UCLA Anderson School of Management and Founder/Chair of the Center for Finance and Real Estate.[2] She has also taught at Georgetown University McDonough School of Business.
Work and personal life
[edit]Connell is currently Founder and CEO of an early-stage tech company[3] and has been an investment banker in New York City and Los Angeles. She holds five security licenses.
Connell has a Ph.D. from UCLA[4] and resides in Washington, D.C.
Writing
[edit]Connell has written for The Christian Science Monitor[5] and HuffPost[6] Her book, Moving up to millions: the life calculator guide to wealth.[7] was published in 2007.
References
[edit]- ^ California State Controller’s Office. Former CA State Controllers. Retrieved December 20, 2008.
- ^ "Connell, Kathleen". www.gspia.pitt.edu. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02.
- ^ "Stemaccel". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
- ^ Mathews, Joe. Connell takes to TV in costly race for mayor. Los Angeles Times, March 13, 2001.
- ^ "How to 'reboot' your American dream". Christian Science Monitor. March 23, 2009.
- ^ Moynihan, Michael C.; magazine, ContributorSenior editor of Reason (May 19, 2010). "Act Now to Prevent the Pension Crisis From Bankrupting Our Cities and States". HuffPost.
{{cite web}}:|first2=has generic name (help) - ^ Connell, Kathleen M. Moving up to millions: the life calculator guide to wealth. Hoboken, NJ: J. Wiley & Sons, 2007. ISBN 978-0-470-13181-7.
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