信誉最好的网投十大平台的校友丹尼尔·迈耶，1980年, P’20 will be the 2024 Commencement speaker on Sunday, 5月19日, 上午11点.m.在主广场. He will receive an honorary degree along with a pair of local leaders who have shaped 哈特福德, 卢克和莎拉·布朗宁.
政治学专业, 迈耶 gained his first restaurant experience in New York City following graduation. He then went to Europe to study cooking in Italy and France before launching his first eatery, 联合广场咖啡馆, 27岁时.
After opening additional restaurants, 迈耶 founded the Union Square Hospitality Group (USHG). Four of the group’s restaurants earned three stars from 的 纽约时报, and his locations consistently appear on the list of “Most Popular” in the Zagat guide. In addition to creating the fine-casual chain Shake Shack, USHG runs a consulting business that advises clients in other industries and a multifaceted events company that caters private events and corporate accounts in addition to operating casual bars, 咖啡馆, 以及主要场馆的餐饮优惠.
“Your commitment to providing your customers with an exceptional dining experience, fueled by a business philosophy centered on caring, exemplifies the high standards of excellence to which we hold our community members,” said Trinity President Joanne Berger-Sweeney.
迈耶, 他的餐馆, and his chefs have earned an unprecedented 28 James Beard Awards, 还有他的商业书, Setting the Table: 的 Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business，是一个 纽约时报 畅销书. 联合广场咖啡馆烹饪书, 是他和迈克尔·罗马诺合著的吗, earned the International Association of Culinary Professionals Julia Child First Book Award for the best new cookbook by a first-time author and was followed up with the highly acclaimed 第二个客 联合广场咖啡馆.
除了他的生意, 迈耶 supports several nonprofit and social justice organizations, 包括不让孩子挨饿, 欧文·哈里斯基金会, 以及楼梯基金. He also is a former member of Trinity’s Board of Trustees and a parent of a Trinity alumna.
“的 service you contribute to these organizations, 你的创新领导力, and your bold pursuits serve to enlighten and encourage our graduating students,伯格-斯威尼指出.
迈耶 will receive an honorary degree during the ceremony, 建筑师也一样, 律师, 以及学者萨拉·布朗宁, 以及前哈特福德市长卢克·布朗宁.
Sara Bronin is a Mexican-American professor and policymaker whose interdisciplinary work focuses on how law and policy can foster more equitable, 可持续发展的, 精心设计的, 连接的地方. She serves as the 12th chair of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, after confirmation by unanimous consent of the U.S. 参议院. She also was appointed by President Joe Biden to serve as a trustee of the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress. Bronin is currently on leave from Cornell University.
Among other current projects, Bronin founded and directs the 国家分区图册, 它的目标是 数字化, 阐明, and democratize information about how zoning regulates 住房 in around 30,全国5000个司法管辖区. 她的书, 城市之钥，将于10月由W.W. Norton Press, will explore how zoning shapes our lives.
积极参与公共服务, Professor Bronin has served on the board of Latinos in Heritage Conservation and as an advisor for the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Sustainable Development Code. In 2020, 她创立了反种族隔离运动, a pro-homes grassroots coalition that successfully advanced the first major statewide zoning reforms in several decades. 以前, 她是康涅狄格保护组织主席, served on the city of 哈特福德 保护历史古迹 commission, and led 哈特福德’s nationally-recognized efforts to overhaul its zoning code.
“You have distinguished yourself as an expert and leading voice on equitable zoning laws and land use, 保护历史古迹, 住房, 和可持续性,伯格-斯威尼校长指出, 在授予荣誉的时候. “Your leadership on the nationally recognized overhaul and modernization of the City of 哈特福德’s zoning code and your critical role in developing 哈特福德’s city and climate action plans demonstrate the transformational value of service.”
Luke Bronin是一名政治家, 律师, and veteran who was the 67th mayor of Connecticut’s capital city, 任期为2016年至2024年. He previously served as general counsel for Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy. Before that, he served in two senior posts at the U.S. Department of the Treasury during President Barack Obama’s first term, as senior adviser to the deputy secretary of the Treasury and then as deputy assistant secretary of the Treasury for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes.
Bronin曾在美国陆军担任军官.S. Navy Reserve, and was deployed to Afghanistan and assigned to the Anti-Corruption Task Force. 他还在私营部门工作, 在哈特福德金融服务集团任职, as chief of staff to the President of the 哈特福德’s Property and Casualty Division. 2014年12月，欣克利艾伦律师事务所 & Snyder LLP announced Bronin would become a partner.
Berger-Sweeney cited Bronin’s lifelong commitment to public service in various roles, 当她向我表示敬意时. “Your steady leadership during the city’s most significant financial crisis resulted in the development of a partnership with the State of Connecticut and set 哈特福德 on a path of fiscal stability, inspiring residents of the city and our local and global community,她说.
Bronin’s advocacy and dedication to reestablishing 哈特福德 as a vibrant, thriving capital city “serve to enlighten and encourage our graduating students.”
