Michelle Gilman, who has been Josh Geballe’s deputy, will become commissioner of the Department of Administrative Services, but the decision on who will be the state’s chief operating officer has not been made.

Michelle Gilman, appointed Feb. 1, 2022 as administrative services commissioner. Photo credit: Christine Stuart, CTNewsJunkie

By Christine Stuart and Hugh McQuaid, CTNewsJunkie.com 

Josh Geballe, one of Gov. Ned Lamont’s closest advisors, will leave state service to join an entrepreneurship program at Yale University, Lamont announced during a Tuesday press conference.

Geballe, a former IBM executive, joined the administration as commissioner of administrative services soon after Lamont took office in 2019. The governor expanded Geballe’s responsibilities a year later to include the role of chief operating officer.

During the afternoon press conference, Lamont praised Geballe as an “extraordinary leader for this state.”

Geballe has been a key figure in the administration’s management of the COVID-19 pandemic. During virtual press briefings, which occurred daily at the height of the emergency, Geballe fielded questions related to testing, PPE contracts, the rollout of the vaccine, and state employees among other things.

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