Denise Lynn Nappier

Denise Lynn Nappier, Treasurer for the State of Connecticut, is the first African-American woman elected to serve as a State Treasurer in the United States and the first African-American woman elected to a statewide office in Connecticut in 1998.  As Connecticut’s chief elected financial officer, Nappier oversees $50 billion in state funds, including one of the nation’s top performing state pension funds.  Widely respected by her peers, she is board member of the National Association of Corporate Directors Connecticut Chapter, and was recently named as one of the nation’s "100 Most Influential People in Finance" by Treasury & Risk Management magazine.