Kristin Urbach Named To Port Authority Board

The Day, September 03, 2024

Gov. Ned Lamont has appointed Kristin Urbach, executive director of the Connecticut Wind Collaborative, to the Board of Directors of the Connecticut Port Authority.

In her role as the first leader of the Wind Collaborative, Urbach leads the charge in advancing the state’s offshore wind industry. Urbach will be part of the Human Resources Committee, which is currently involved in the search process for an executive director to replace outgoing the interim appointee Ulysses B. Hammond.

“Since being hired as executive director of the Connecticut Wind Collaborative in April, Kristin has kept up a whirlwind pace, representing Connecticut at conferences as a thought leader in the industry,” said Paul Lavoie, chairman of the Wind Collaborative and the state’s Chief Manufacturing Officer.

Gov. Lamont cited Urbach’s “unwavering dedication” to the wind industry, and Hammond praised her “deep experience.”

Before her role in Connecticut, Urbach served as an executive for both nonprofit and for-profit organizations in Washington, D.C. She then led the North Kingstown, R.I., Chamber of Commerce and launched WindWinRI, an offshore wind career pathway training system. In 2023, Urbach was one of 34 leaders selected nationwide and the first from Rhode Island to be named a U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Business Leads Fellow.

Kristin and Gov. Ned Lamont aboard Wind Scylla.

A view from the helipad of Wind Scylla of State Pier and a barge loaded with wind turbine blades for installation at Revolution Wind.

 

Joining Executive Director Kristin Urbach on the helipad of Wind Scylla were, from left, Felix Reyes, New London Director of Development and Planning; New London Mayor Michael Passero, CT Port Authority interim Executive Director Ulysses Hammond, and Collaborative Board member Paul Whitescarver, Executive Director of the Southeastern CT Enterprise Region.