Ned Lamont
ABOUT NED LAMONT
American businessman and politician who served as the 89th governor of Connecticut beginning in 2019. His political career began in 1987 when he was elected as a selectman in Greenwich. In addition to his various political roles, he has been a teacher and professor of business and political science at a variety of institutions.
He attended Harvard University before earning an MBA from Yale University School of Management.
He has been a member of the Democratic Party.
His father was an economist, and his mother worked as a staffer for senator Estes Kefauver . He has two sisters. He married Ann Huntress in 1983 and the couple had three children.
He was the state co-chair for Connecticut during Barack Obama 's 2008 political campaign.
