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Christopher Swift chairman and CEO of The Hartford, one of the largest property-and-casualty insurers in the country is a major Hartford booster.
When former GOP gubernatorial candidate Bob Stefanowksi wrote a scathing op-ed about the city of Hartford in the Wall Street Journal last year, Swift responded with a strong defense of the city his company has called home for more than two centuries.
Stanley Black & Decker CEO and President James Loree is one of the state’s top corporate executives who in recent years has become a leading voice in trying to improve Connecticut’s business environment.
Since taking over the New Britain hand- and power-tools maker’s top job in 2016, Loree has inserted himself directly into state government’s affairs.
In 2017, he joined the CEO-led Commission on Fiscal Stability and Economic Growth, which proposed major reforms aimed at jump-starting Connecticut’s economy, including an overhaul of the state tax code.