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Wallace to Serve, CDA Board Member

Carol Wallace of Wallingford has been selected by Governor Rell to the board of the Connecticut Development Authority (CDA).

CDA provides debt financing and investment capital to help businesses grow in Connecticut by business investment and financing companies and projects that contribute to the state economy, technology base, intellectual capital, urban infrastructure and tax revenues.

The board of directors provides direction and oversight to ensure that CDA's mission is executed in the most effective and productive manner. Wallace will serve for a term that will end at the conclusion of Rell's term or until a successor has been appointed and has qualified, whichever is longer.

Wallace is president and chief executive officer of Middlefield-based Cooper-Atkins Corporation, a manufacturer of temperature, time and humidity instruments. She is the president of the Connecticut Technical High School System Foundation Board, serves as a director and audit committee chairwoman on the board of directors of Connecticut Water Company, and serves as a director on the board of directors of Zygo Corporation.