Top Priorities
- Attend all meetings to be well-informed on zoning appeal issues.
- When needed, fairly consider zoning variance requests in a manner that respects individual rights while maintaining the character of Bethel
Why are you running?
I was motivated to run by the example of my son Nico Jordan, who has ably and attentively served Bethel as a member of the Inland Wetlands Commission. His commitment to our community has been inspirational to me. I plan to use my extensive business and governance experience to help our town. That experience has taught me how to work constructively with board colleagues to achieve positive results.
Biography
I moved to Bethel 41 years ago with my husband, Jean-Pierre Jordan, and our then six-month-old son Alec. Nico and Rachel were both born here soon after. And now, to our surprise and delight, all three of our adult offspring have come back to live nearby, two in Bethel and one in Redding. I also serve on the Bethel Insurance and Pensions Commission.
I am a frequent speaker and advisor on board governance issues. I serve on the State of Connecticut Investment Advisory Council (advising the State Treasurer on Connecticut’s $60+ billion pension fund), the investment committees of the Kresge Foundation and the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, as an advisory member of the Boeing Company Employee Benefits Investment Committee (overseeing the largest US corporate retirement plan). and on the Town of Bethel Insurance and Pensions Commission. I previously served as lead director on the board of Girls Who Invest (a non-profit dedicated to transforming the investment management industry by attracting and advancing women investors), an independent director of Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo LLC (GMO), a privately held global investment management firm, and as a trustee of the Financial Accounting Foundation, the organization that oversees the Financial and Governmental Accounting Standards Boards (FASB and GASB). I was formerly managing director of General Motors Asset Management and chief investment officer of General Motors Trust Bank. Before that I was chief investment officer of Xerox Corporation and led pension investments for International Paper.
Background and Experience
Town of Bethel Insurance and Pension Commission.
Bethel Town Democratic Committee member.
Past chair of the New York Stock Exchange Pension Managers Advisory Committee.
Past chair of the board of Commonfund (a non-profit asset manager serving other non-profits).
Past vice-chair and honorary trustee of the board of Sarah Lawrence College.
Past chair of the Committee on Investment of Employee Benefit Assets (industry group of corporate pension investment executives overseeing $1 trillion in plan assets).
Numerous boards and investment committees over the years.
Sarah Lawrence College B.A. in literature and psychology.
Temple University, graduate studies in economics, statistics, portfolio theory.
Harvard Business School, Wharton, Princeton University: investment management executive workshops.
Harvard Business School, Duke University: corporate board workshops.