Pauline r kezer biography

Pauline Ryder Kezer (born February 4, 1942) is an American politician who served as Secretary of the State of Connecticut from 1991 to 1995.
Pauline Ryder Kezer is an American politician who served as Secretary of the State of Connecticut from 1991 to 1995.
Pauline was the CEO of Hartford Ballet 1995-97.

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Pauline R. Kezer- President

Pauline Kezer is the current president of the Kindred, a position she has held since August 2014. A lifelong community volunteers, Pauline was the founder of the CT Race for the Cure (Breast Cancer and President of Susan G. Komen CT Breast Cancer Foundation, VP of founding board of the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, President of the New Britain YWCA, and served for nine years as a National Board Member of Girl Scouts of the USA.

Pauline is has been active participant in both state and local government for over twenty years. She was a State Legislator for 8 years, elected CT Secretary of State from 1990-94, and appointed CT Asst. Treasurer in 1997. Pauline was the CEO of Hartford Ballet 1995-97. She ran KEZERCONSULTING for several years before her retirement.

Mrs. Kezer taught Women, Advocacy and Political Change at Central CT State University as an adjunct professor. She currently serves on the Gov. William O’Neill Archives and Center for Social Research and Practical Politics at Central CT State University. Pauline Kezer holds a diploma wit

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One of the most physical, rigorous sports is lacrosse.

The game is often played by football players; it requires toughness, skill and determination.

That’s why it was a natural in college for Pauline Kezer.At 5 feet 4 inches and about 100 pounds, Kezer had less brawn than her Colby College teammates. But she had speed — and determination.

Three decades later, Secretary of the State Kezer is still known for her toughness. Witness her performance in July at the state Republican convention: She stood in the aisles in a crowded Bushnell Memorial in Hartford, personally persuading her delegates not to switch their votes to her opponent for the gubernatorial nomination, former Congressman John G. Rowland of Waterbury.

At one point, she even slapped a security guard in the face when he screamed at her to clear the aisle. Kezer says the slap — replayed many times by Connecticut TV stations — was unintentional.

But those who have watched Kezer through the years — friends and foes — say her convention performance was in character.

Gold, a former sta

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Pirouetting from politics to the ballet world, Pauline R. Kezer, former Connecticut secretary of the state and candidate for the Republican nomination for governor, was named chief executive officer of the Hartford Ballet and its school Monday.

Kezer, 53, who signed a three- year contract with the financially troubled ballet, begins her position Sept. 11.

Among Kezer’s primary tasks is to lead a campaign to raise an additional $2 million in the next two years to reduce the ballet’s anticipated deficits as well as expand its programming. The deadline for the first $1 million of the challenge- grant campaign is in four months and the future of the ballet is riding on the success of that first drive, ballet officials say.

Kezer is also charged with increasing the company’s subscription base and its annual fund drive, with expanding school staffing, and with promoting the ballet’s annual `Nutcracker” in December at the Bushnell.

Kezer’s high political and fund- raising profile, both locally and statewide, coupled with her management ability and