The Impact of Access: How Connecticut Is Helping Neighborhoods Thrive Through Investing In Innovation, Gender Parity, Family Services, and Small and Minority-Owned Businesses

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Connecticut is fast becoming the modern template for long-term growth and sustainability, particularly for its approach to gender, equality, diversity, and inclusion, and for how it plans to build the State by investing in innovation at all levels (not just big corporations and entities). Today, we are honored to welcome Connecticut's 109th Lieutenant Governor, Susan Bysiewicz. Susan developed a distinct work ethic while growing up on a farm, and she explains how this, her parents, and other life experiences shaped her passion for public service. She is passionate about helping young girls and women to see themselves becoming whoever they want to be, so after explaining how she motivates young women to pursue leadership positions in all fields, Susan walks us through the great work being done by Connecticut’s Governor’s Council on Women and Girls. We learn about the economic development opportunities in CT, what the State is doing for housing and affordability, how it approaches DEI, how it plans to improve healthcare, and what it has lined up for the fight against climate change. To end, Susan details an important and impressive notch in her legacy as a governor as we learn about the brilliance of Connecticut Paid Leave.

Key Points From This Episode:

• How LT Governor Susan Bysiewicz’s life experiences shaped her zeal for public service.
• Why she deems it vital to motivate young women to pursue leadership positions in all fields.
• Understanding the work of the Governor’s Council on Women and Girls.
• Economic development opportunities in CT, specifically for housing, affordability, and DEI.
• Programs, grants, and other resources that aim to improve the lives of Connecticuters.
• How Susan and her team plan to improve healthcare and student life in CT.
• What the State is doing for the environment and sustainability.
• Susan describes a standout achievement in her legacy as a governor: CT Paid Leave.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

LT Governor Susan Bysiewicz

LT Governor Susan Bysiewicz on LinkedIn

LT Governor Susan Bysiewicz X

LT Governor Susan Bysiewicz on Instagram

Ella: A Biography of Ella Grasso

Governor’s Council on Women and Girls

Connecticut Department of Economic & Community Development

Connecticut Small Business Boost Fund

Ignite: A WBDC Grant Program

The Women’s Business Development Council

Connecticut Paid Leave

Connecticut Student Loan Repayment Program

Vincencia Adusei on LinkedIn

Vincencia Adusei on X

VASE Construction

Censere Consulting

Peter Wood on LinkedIn

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