Denise Nappier

Denise Nappier
82nd Treasurer of Connecticut
In office
January 3, 1999 – January 9, 2019
GovernorJohn Rowland
Jodi Rell
Dan Malloy
Preceded byPaul J. Silvester
Succeeded byShawn Wooden
Personal details
Born
Denise Lynn Nappier

(1951-06-16) June 16, 1951 (age 73)
Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationVirginia State University (BA)
University of Cincinnati (MA)

Denise Lynn Nappier (born June 16, 1951) is an American who served as Connecticut State Treasurer, from 1999 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she was first elected in 1998 and was re-elected in 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014. She is the first African-American woman elected to statewide office in the history of Connecticut, the first woman elected State Treasurer in Connecticut history, and the first African-American woman elected to serve as state treasurer in the United States.[1] In 2011, she was named to the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame.

In January 2018, Nappier announced she would not seek re-election to a sixth term in November 2018.[1]

  1. ^ a b Comtois, James (3 January 2018). "Connecticut Treasurer Denise Nappier will not seek re-election". Pensions & Investments. Crain Communications, Inc. Retrieved 4 January 2018.