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Kathleen Connell is an American businesswoman, journalist, entrepreneur, and academic. She was the
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from 1995 until 2003. She was the first woman to serve in the position. As controller she served as a trustee of
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and
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, which together comprise the largest pool of retirement assets in the world, for eight years. Among the program innovations as State Controller: the postcard tax return (the first in the nation); the Unclaimed Property Program, a national online searchable database, returning $2 billion to US residents; the California Y2K Financial Network, a multi-finance industry task force, created to successfully execute the rollover of all State financial systems, and the Citizen's Report Card, honored with a prestigious national achievement award for seven years for transparency in government financial reporting.


Elections

In 1994, she defeated ex- State Assemblyman
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for California State Controller. In 1998, she won
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, in a landslide vote, against Ruben Barrales. In that election, she won 55 of 58 California's counties.


Academics

She served as Chair of the Corporate Directors Center at
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and on faculty in the Executive MBA Program (2004-2011). She was on faculty at
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and Founder/Chair of the Center for Finance and Real Estate. She has also taught at
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McDonough School of Business.


Work and personal life

Connell is the founder and currently CEO of an early-stage tech company and has been an investment banker in
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and
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. She holds five security licenses. Connell has a Ph.D. from
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Mathews, Joe
Connell takes to TV in costly race for mayor.
''Los Angeles Times'', March 13, 2001.
and resides in
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Writing

Connell has written for
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and
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Her book, ''Moving up to millions: the life calculator guide to wealth''.Connell, Kathleen M. ''Moving up to millions: the life calculator guide to wealth''. Hoboken, NJ: J. Wiley & Sons, 2007. . was published in 2007.


References

Year of birth missing (living people) Living people California state controllers Women in California politics 21st-century American women {{California-politician-stub