Mark Connolly (public official)
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Mark Connolly is the former Deputy Secretary of State and Director of New Hampshire
Bureau of Securities Regulation. He held this position 2002 to 2009. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
and received his MBA in Business from Northwestern University
Kellogg School of Management.
Connolly began his professional career in 1984 as an officer at First Chicago. From 1987 until 1991 he served as Vice President and Securities Principal at Chubb Securities Company before serving as a Corporate Vice President of Chubb Life Insurance Company from 1991-1997. Here, Connolly helped develop and manage the Corporate Accounts business unit which handled investment products for the institutional markets. Connolly then served as Vice President at Fleet Boston from 1997-2000 where he was a private banker in New England. Before his appointment as Director of Securities Regulation, Connolly served as Vice President - Institutional Account Relationship Manager/Team leader at Wellington Management in Boston.
Connolly's career in public service began in when he served as a state representative from Beford (1977-78) while still in college at Dartmouth College
. He also served as assistant secretary of state from 1980-1984 and was a member of Governor Judd Gregg's transition committee in 1988, Governor Judd Gregg's Task Force on State Government Reorganization in 1992, and Governor John Lynch's Transition Committee in 2004.
Bureau of Securities Regulation in 2002. Connolly reported to Secretary of State William Gardner. The agency has oversight responsibility of securities regulation in New Hampshire and enforcement and oversight of thirty-five million dollar revenue budget, regulatory authority over 50,000 lecensed agents and investment advisors and 1200 broker-dealers. Connolly was Deputy Secretary of State in 2000, filling the position of retired New Hampshire Deputy Secretary of state.
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
Bureau of Securities Regulation. He held this position 2002 to 2009. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Early life, education, and early career
Connolly earned his B.A. in Government and Environmental Studies from Dartmouth CollegeDartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
and received his MBA in Business from Northwestern University
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
Kellogg School of Management.
Connolly began his professional career in 1984 as an officer at First Chicago. From 1987 until 1991 he served as Vice President and Securities Principal at Chubb Securities Company before serving as a Corporate Vice President of Chubb Life Insurance Company from 1991-1997. Here, Connolly helped develop and manage the Corporate Accounts business unit which handled investment products for the institutional markets. Connolly then served as Vice President at Fleet Boston from 1997-2000 where he was a private banker in New England. Before his appointment as Director of Securities Regulation, Connolly served as Vice President - Institutional Account Relationship Manager/Team leader at Wellington Management in Boston.
Connolly's career in public service began in when he served as a state representative from Beford (1977-78) while still in college at Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
. He also served as assistant secretary of state from 1980-1984 and was a member of Governor Judd Gregg's transition committee in 1988, Governor Judd Gregg's Task Force on State Government Reorganization in 1992, and Governor John Lynch's Transition Committee in 2004.
Deputy Secretary of State and Director of Securities Regulation
Mark Connolly was appointed Deputy Secretary of State and Director of Securities Regulation by the New HampshireNew Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
Bureau of Securities Regulation in 2002. Connolly reported to Secretary of State William Gardner. The agency has oversight responsibility of securities regulation in New Hampshire and enforcement and oversight of thirty-five million dollar revenue budget, regulatory authority over 50,000 lecensed agents and investment advisors and 1200 broker-dealers. Connolly was Deputy Secretary of State in 2000, filling the position of retired New Hampshire Deputy Secretary of state.