Gateway Community College, which is inducting five more local people into its Hall of Fame this coming Thursday, issued the following release:
The Gateway Community College Foundation will host its 19th Annual Hall of Fame Induction & Reception on Thursday, Sept. 29 at 5:30 p.m. at Gateway Community College, in the Curran Family Community Center at 20 Church Street, New Haven. Each year, the GCC Foundation honors outstanding members of the corporate community, community leaders, and Gateway alumni in recognition of their unique commitment, dedication, and support of the College’s educational mission.
This year’s honorees are Corporate Honoree: Larry L. Bingaman, President & CEO, South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority, Community Honorees, Scott D. Jackson, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Labor; Stephen B. Glick, President and Founder, Chamber Insurance Trust and Sally Glick, Vice President, Chamber Insurance Trust and Alumna Honoree, Elizabeth Reyes, Pre‑K Teacher, Christopher Columbus Family Academy.
Since 1997, funds raised from the Foundation’s annual Hall of Fame Induction & Reception have served as Gateway’s largest source of scholarships that help deserving students train for and secure promising careers. Proceeds also fund training and professional development for faculty and staff, and help toward the purchase of updated technology and classroom materials. The GCC Foundation relies on the generous patronage of corporate and community leaders and a cadre of enthusiastic and caring volunteers, to make the Hall of Fame Induction and Reception a successful event. Mimi Lines, Secretary, Gateway Foundation and law partner at Robinson + Cole LLP, is the Chair of this year’s event.
Gateway Community College President Dorsey L. Kendrick, Ph.D., and the Gateway Foundation Board of Directors are proud to honor the Glicks, Bingaman and Reyes as champions of education in Connecticut.
Bingaman.
Larry L. Bingaman is an accomplished leader who is propelled by the success of those around him. He is committed to conscious business practices and passionate about the relationship between excellence and education. Since 2009, Larry has served as president and CEO of the South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority (RWA). During his tenure, he led the Authority through many financial and operational successes, including the development of the company’s first integrated five-year strategic plan, the achievement of the highest bond rating in the Authority’s history and the establishment of new operating and productivity initiatives, saving customers millions of dollars a year. Bingaman gained his utility experience during a 20-year tenure with Aquarion Water Company, in roles of increasing leadership responsibility.
In addition to his service on the RWA Board, Bingaman chairs the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce Board and serves on the President’s Executive Council for Gateway Community College, as well as the Business Advisory Council at Southern Connecticut State University. He is also a founding Board Member for the Connecticut Chapter of Conscious Capitalism. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from California State University at Long Beach and an executive MBA from the University of New Haven. A committed lifelong learner, he is currently is pursuing his Ph.D. in Management through Walden University.
Jackson.
A lifelong resident of Hamden, Scott D. Jackson attended the city’s public schools, was a member of the National Honor Society, played for four years on the high school football and outdoor track teams, and was elected vice president of his class. He attended Cornell University, where he majored in Government, served as secretary of the Cornell Civil Liberties Union and was awarded a Mellon Foundation Fellowship to study demographic trends in municipal government at Yale University. He was awarded a Minority Student Achievement Award from the Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences.
Jackson became a member of U.S. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman’s Hartford office staff in 1993. In addition to citizen outreach and casework duties, he served as the office’s Systems administrator, coordinating preparations for potential Year 2000 data challenges. He remained with Sen. Lieberman’s staff until 2004, with a two-year gap in service, during which time he was project manager and technical director for the Connecticut Policy and Economic Council, an entrepreneurial nonprofit dedicated to improving the delivery of government services. In 2004, he was appointed to manage the Town of Hamden’s Office of Housing and Neighborhood Development, the agency overseeing the Community Development Block Grant. The following year, Jackson was selected as Hamden’s chief administrative officer. In 2009, he was elected Hamden’s mayor – the youngest mayor in the town’s history. He was reelected twice. During his tenure, he presided over the first charter revision process in a generation, an overhaul of the town’s zoning regulations and a revival of its pension fund. In 2015, Jackson was appointed undersecretary of Intergovernmental Policy for Connecticut’s Office of Policy and Management. The following year, Gov. Dannel Malloy appointed him Commissioner of the Department of Labor. He also serves on the Connecticut Technical High School System Board, Board of Regents for Higher Education and the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation Board of Directors.
Glicks.
Stephen B. Glick has more than 30 years’ experience in the insurance business. He began his career on Wall Street and then entered the insurance business with John Hancock of New York, acting as a general agent for the company. He then worked with Union Central Life Insurance Company in New York, where he started three offices throughout New York and Connecticut. In 1984, he started his own fringe benefit firm, Coordinated Financial Resources, which continues to provide 1,000+ Connecticut businesses with insurance. Founded in 1992, Chamber Insurance Trust (CIT) is a family-run business that combines the power of thousands of chamber members across Connecticut and Western Massachusetts. Stephen, who serves as CIT’s president and administrator, co-founded the company with his wife and business partner, Sally Glick, who serves as its vice-president.
Sally Glick has served as Vice-President of Operations and CFO of G.F.S., Inc. dba Coordinated Financial Resources, and since 1992, serves as an Administrator and Co-Founder of the Chamber Insurance Trust.
She is also on the Board of Trustees of the Shubert Theatre, Long Wharf Theatre, the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce and the International Festival of Arts and Ideas. A well-known, passionate volunteer for numerous Community Outreach Programs, Glick has been recognized with the Business New Haven Small Persons of the Year award and Distinguished Advocate of the Arts by the State of Connecticut.
She was Chairperson of the Insurance Committee for the Greater New Haven Health Care Council and served as the Council’s President from 2000 – 2002. She is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Woman’s Corporate Leadership of the Bridgeport Regional Business Council and the South Central Visiting Nurses Association. Most recently, Sally and Steve Glick were the recipients of the Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame Award and the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce Leadership Alumni Award.
Reyes.
Elizabeth Reyes is a preschool teacher at Christopher Columbus Family Academy, a dual-language public school in New Haven’s Fair Haven neighborhood. Although her parents were born in Puerto Rico, she spent her early years in Bronx, N.Y. She came to New Haven 25 years ago.
Reyes spent long stretches caring for the elderly as a nurse assistant and studying theology. She was a frequent classroom visitor at her daughters’ schools, where teachers encouraged her to apply for a part-time teacher assistant’s position at the Hamilton Street School Head Start program, where she ultimately helped children needing extra assistance. After earning a certificate in Child Development from GCC, she returned to complete an associate’s degree in Early Childhood Education, where she also learned Spanish “all over again.” Reyes encourages her students’ bilingualism, understanding the advantages of speaking two languages in a competitive work environment.
Because of her “hard work and dedication to her students and warm teaching style,” Reyes was chosen to appear on the cover of the December/January 2011 Teaching Young Students magazine.
For more information about the Gateway Community College Foundation’s Hall of Fame event, including making your reservation to attend, placing an ad in the program book and sponsorship opportunities, visit the website at www.gatewayfdn.org, or contact Barbara Segaloff at [email protected] or (203) 285‑2558. All other inquiries may be directed to Susan Swirsky at [email protected] or (203) 285‑2617. To learn more about the Foundation and the honorees, visit www.gatewayfdn.org.
