Commissioner of the Department of Economic and Community Development
David Lehman serves as the Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD), the state agency that oversees a wide range of programs promoting business growth, brownfield redevelopment, the arts, historic preservation and tourism.
David also serves as the Governor’s Senior Economic Advisor.
David’s business development priorities include helping build our urban centers into engines of growth; furthering the state’s innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystems; and strengthening the state’s workforce pipelines.