COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AWARD

Erik Clemons CEO ConnCORP

Erik Clemons is co-founder of Connecticut Community Outreach and Revitalization Program (ConnCORP), a subsidiary of the Connecticut Center for Arts and Technology (ConnCAT), designed to explore and implement opportunities for economic development and investment in New Haven. He was founding CEO and President of ConnCAT, a non-profit organization dedicated to creating empowering art-based educational environments for at-risk public-school students and workforce training programs for under and unemployed adults.

With an extensive background in nonprofit management and organizational leadership spanning more than two decades, Clemons is dedicated to serving the best interests of diverse and traditionally underserved communities. Previously, he was Executive Director of the Leadership Education Athletics and Partnerships (LEAP) program.

Clemons is an Education Fellow at the Aspen Institute, a Yale-New Haven Hospital Trustee, and a Commissioner of the Housing Authority of New Haven. Additionally, he is a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Community Development Advisory Council, Connecticut State Board of Education, and the Board of Trustees at New Haven Bank and Quinnipiac University.