Effective July 1, 2023 the terms of the board of the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority terminate and the powers of the MIRA Dissolution Authority are vested in and exercised by a board of directors consisting of the following eleven directors:

 

Chairperson

1.  The Governor (or Governor’s designee)

Honorable Ned Lamont
Designee:

 

Bert Hunter
EVP & Chief Investment Officer
Connecticut Green Bank

 

Directors

2.  The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management (or the secretary’s designee)

Secretary Jeffery R. Beckham
Designee:

Matthew M. Dayton
Undersecretary
Connecticut Office of Policy and Management

 

3.  The Commissioner of Administrative Services

Commissioner Michelle H. Gilman
Designee:

Theodore Bromley
Director of Legislation, Regulations and Communications
Connecticut Department of Administrative Services

 

4.  The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection (or the commissioner’s designee)

Commissioner Katie S. Dykes
Designee:

Joseph DeNicola
Senior Policy Advisor
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

 

5.  Appointment by the president pro tempore of the Senate

William P. Beccaro
Managing Partner – The Beccaro Legal Group

 

6.  Appointment by the speaker of the House of Representatives

Rachel Taylor

 

7.  Appointment by the majority leader of the House of Representatives

The Honorable Michael Walsh
Mayor of East Hartford (former)

 

8.  Appointment by the majority leader of the Senate

The Honorable John Fonfara

 

9.  Appointment by the minority leader of the Senate

 

 

The Honorable Paul Harrington
First Selectman, Town of Windsor Locks

10. Appointment by the Minority leader of the House of Representatives

 

The Honorable Carl Fortuna
First Selectman, Town of Old Saybrook

 

11. Appointment by the mayor of Hartford

David Steuber
Chief of Staff (former)
Office of Mayor Luke A. Bronin
City of Hartford

 

Members

Additionally, the Hartford City Council may appoint not more than five members to the board, each of whom shall serve a term that is coterminous with that of the applicable appointing authority.

William DiBella
Thomas Swarr
Clarence Corbin
Frank Dellaripa