Martin J. Gavin, President & CEO (CCMC)

Marty Gavin is President & CEO of Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. He was appointed by the board of directors on May 11, 2006 after a national search. He had served as interim President and CEO since January 6, 2006.

Gavin was re-appointed to the CCMC board of directors in September 2005 to serve as co-chair of a board oversight committee. Gavin had previously served as a member of the board of directors of CCMC and its predecessor, Newington Children’s Hospital from 1989 to 2000. He was chairman of the board when CCMC opened on April 2, 1996, and also served as chair of the Building Committee during the construction of the hospital, and later as chairman of the CCMC Foundation.

Previously an executive with more than 27 years of experience in the insurance and investment industries, he worked for 16 years at the Phoenix Companies, in Hartford, retiring in 2000. While at the Phoenix, Marty held various positions, including Senior Vice President of Phoenix Home Life, Executive Vice President of its investment subsidiaries, and President of its national trust company.

Prior to joining the Phoenix, he worked at CNA Insurance Companies, Chicago, Illinois, as head of its pension and institutional asset management division. Marty began his career at CIGNA (formerly Connecticut General) where he held a series of management positions in the marketing and client service divisions of CIGNA’s Group Pension operations.