Jennifer D.
Barahona was appointed Deputy Secretary of the State of Connecticut in 2025.
She has spent 29 years in the nonprofit sector in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
In 2019, she joined Norwalk ACTS as Chief Executive Officer, driving the growth and transformation of a cross-sector collective impact partnership aimed at providing all Norwalk children with pathways to economic mobility.
She is a graduate of the University of Connecticut and Columbia University.
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