Gov. Ned Lamont is expected Friday to announce the departure of Melissa McCaw as the secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.
Lamont, back in the country after a week-long trade mission to Israel, said in a telephone interview Thursday night he will make a statement Friday afternoon about āturning the page.ā
Hearst ŗ£½Ē»»ĘŽ reported news of her pending departure Thursday evening, which was confirmed to the CT Mirror by sources.
Lamont declined to say if her departure was voluntary. McCaw could not be reached for comment.
Her status has been in question for weeks. It was disclosed on Feb. 2 that of projects overseen by her former deputy, Konstantinos Diamantis, and Diamantis had McCaw had been disrespected by Lamontās top aides.
McCaw opened a budget briefing Wednesday on Feb. 9 with saying her relationship with Lamont was constructive and respectful ā while pointedly saying nothing about his staff.
In an interview last weekend, from the school construction program Diamantis ran before Lamont removed him on Oct. 28, but she declined to disavow his description of her standing with the governorās chief of staff or his former chief operating officer.
āAs the deputy secretary, he was privy to interactions and the work of the agency. He saw a lot. He certainly was a witness to what it has been like for me as the first Black female OPM secretary,ā McCaw said. āAnd Iāll leave it at that.ā