Kevin Sullivan, a longtime Capitol insider who has been outside of state government since 2007, has been tapped by Gov.-elect Dannel Malloy to lead the Department of Revenue Services.
"It's nice to be back,'' Sullivan said at a press conference this morning announcing his appointment. "I'm very proud to be part of a team that is going to be reshaping the future of our state.''
Sullivan, a lawyer by training who has served as West Hartford's mayor, state senator and lieutenant governor, said he has no intention of being "the tax man."
"The job of revenue services department, as our governor sees it, is much more than that,'' Sullivan said. "It has to be efficient, effective and fair. There are great folks at that departtment now we have been leading it...I will look to their counsel, their support and their hard work in taking on this new role.''