In 2016 Gian-Carl Casa was selected as the first President and CEO of the CT Community Nonprofit Alliance (“The Alliance”), the statewide association of nonprofit organizations across Connecticut. He has led efforts that have made The Alliance recognized as the voice of community nonprofits and as leading advocates on their behalf, while providing a host of other association services.

From 2011-2016 he was Undersecretary for Legislative Affairs at the state Office of Policy and Management. During tough economic times he was responsible for budget-related and other legislation, managed requests for state bond funding and oversaw OPM’s communications.

Before that he worked for over two decades at the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities, most recently as Directory of Public Policy and Advocacy, where he helped build the organization’s grassroots and state capitol lobbying capacity.

He has a BA and MA in Political Science from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. He lives in New Haven.