BIOGRAPHY

Erick Russell was sworn in as Connecticut’s 84th State Treasurer on January 4, 2023. Born and raised in New Haven, he worked in his family’s convenience store growing up and was the first in his family to graduate from college, earning degrees from the University of New Haven and the UConn School of Law.

Before becoming Treasurer he was a partner in the public finance group at Pullman & Comley. He now oversees the state’s pension funds, debt and cash management, unclaimed property, and the CHET college savings plan, and launched CT Baby Bonds, a first-in-the-nation program aimed at generational poverty. In 2022 he became the first Black openly LGBTQ person elected to statewide office in the United States. He lives in New Haven with his husband, Christopher.