Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Richard Gray is the vice president and chief financial officer for the University of Connecticut.

Gray, who has had a long career in public finance, commercial lending, health care financial management, and banking, was executive director of the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority (CHEFA) for 12 years prior to joining the University.

Gray has accepted several gubernatorial assignments, including completion of the financial analysis and reorganization of the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority in the wake of the Enron bankruptcy and the development of the successful legislative proposal on Adriaen’s Landing and Rentschler Field.

He also served as a member of the Governor’s Task Force on the Future of Connecticut Hospitals.

A member of the Board of Directors of the Connecticut Forum and the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy, he has also been involved with the Connecticut Science Center under construction in Hartford, respectively serving as chair, treasurer, and secretary of these organizations.

Gray resides in Cheshire with his wife Dianne. They met in 1971 while attending UConn.