At a budget briefing Wednesday, Office of Policy and Management Secretary Melissa McCaw read a statement affirming a “close working relationship” with Gov. Ned Lamont and implicitly confirming a distant relationship with others.
The timing and contents of the statement were notable, coming the day after the CT Mirror reported that a sealed grievance filed by her fired former deputy says McCaw was treated disrespectfully by Lamont’s two top aides, Paul Mounds and Josh Geballe.
“I want to say that as a Black woman and the first woman of color to hold the position of OPM secretary, it is not easy to work professionally at this high level in a field that has been dominated by white males,” McCaw said.