Ulysses B. Hammond

Executive Director at Connecticut Port Authority

Speaker

Ulysses Hammond is the Executive Director of the Connecticut Port Authority, a quasi-public agency, responsible for the maritime economic development of Connecticut’s deepwater ports and 35 small harbors. He is also responsible for the transformation of the Port of New London into a world class heavy lift intermodal transport marine terminal that is a marshalling hub for the staging and pre-assembly of wind turbines for America’s new offshore wind industry. Ulysses has decades of executive experience leading public and private institutions in Michigan, Washington, DC, and Connecticut. As Vice President for Administration and Legal Affairs at Connecticut College for 15 years, he managed campus administration and general business operations and led the college’s $100 million capital improvement project. This included the construction of the Science Center (with geothermal heating and cooling systems). He has served on numerous boards, most recently the North Atlantic Ports Association, Chelsea Groton Bank, the Community Foundation of Southeastern Connecticut, Connecticut Mirror (board chair), and the Innovation Center of the Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut (Co-chair). Ulysses earned a B.A. from Kenyon College, an M.P.A. from Wayne State University, and a J.D. from Wayne State University Law School.