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Economic Update with Comptroller Sean Scanlon
Event Details
As Connecticut’s State Comptroller, Sean Scanlon is dedicated to strengthening the state’s finances and making government more transparent. With a focus on building a brighter economic future, he’ll be at The Westport Library to share insights on Connecticut’s progress and the opportunities ahead. He’ll also highlight MyCTSavings, a program that’s empowering thousands of small businesses to help their employees save for retirement.
This event is part of the Your State, Your Business series by the Westport-Weston Chamber of Commerce. Each event in this series will have an initial presentation by the speaker, a sit-down for questions with the Chamber, and then a moderated Q&A from the audience.
Why You Should Come
Westport businesspeople and residents alike are invited to come to this new series to learn more about our state, commerce, and valuable information on how your business can improve. Don’t miss this chance to engage directly with leaders shaping Connecticut’s future and gain insight into the forces that affect our community, our economy, and your business.
About the Speaker
Sean Scanlon began his term as Comptroller in 2023, succeeding Natalie Braswell. In accordance with its mission, the Office of the State Comptroller aims to provide accounting and financial services, to administer employee and retiree benefits, to develop accounting policy and exercise accounting oversight, and to prepare financial reports for state, federal, and municipal governments and the public.
In 2014, Scanlon was elected State Representative for Connecticut’s 98th District. In the House, Scanlon became a champion for health care reform.
As chairman of the legislature’s Insurance Committee, Scanlon wrote and passed legislation protecting people with pre-existing conditions from insurance discrimination, established the lowest monthly co-pay cap for insulin in the nation at $25, prevented insurance companies from covering mental health differently than physical health, required health insurance plans to cover ten “Essential Health Benefits,” and created Connecticut’s first prescription drug price transparency law.
During his fourth and final term, Sean served as Chair of the Finance, Revenue and Bonding committee where he led the fight to create tax relief for working families like the one he grew up in and worked with Governor Lamont to pass the largest tax cut in state history.
About the Westport-Weston Chamber of Commerce
The Westport-Weston Chamber of Commerce (WWCC) is a vibrant and dynamic organization that exists to serve the needs of everyone who lives, works, visits and plays in Westport and Weston. They focus both on economic development and bringing the community together though their many events, which not only raise the profile of the businesses who participate and sponsor them, but act as fundraisers to support charities and other not-for-profits in the area.
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