Top Dem Operative Snags Special Advisor Post at Paid Leave Authority.

Jacqueline Kozin is leaving her post as executive director of the state Democratic party organization. Governor Ned Lamont’s 2018 deputy campaign manager will serve as Special Adviser and Chief of Government Relations at the state’s new Paid Family Medical Leave Authority.

Kozin announced in a message that she is “thrilled” with her new job. She managed Kevin Lembo’s first two comptroller campaigns and also worked in his office on legislative, intergovernmental, and community affairs.

Lamont has shown a taste for rewarding Democratic operatives with state largesse. He can expect to hear more about that in the year ahead as Connecticut’s unemployment rate continues to exceed the national average. Friends first may be a governing policy that Lamont comes to regret.

Posted November 3, 2021.