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Ms. Lucy
Goicoechea-Hernández has been the Special Projects Coordinator-Grants
Writer for the Latino and Puerto Rican Affairs Commission since the fall
of 2000. She is responsible
for the coordination of all events, workshops and conferences that the
agency participates in including such projects as:
a) the agency’s annual Gala awards banquet
b)
the two-day dual language institute in collaboration with The
Hartford Public Schools
c)
the bi-annual leadership summit in collaboration with the Latino
Leadership Development Network, Leadership Greater Hartford-the lead
agency-, CALAHE and the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration.
d)
The Latino Expo in collaboration with the NTE, LLC
e)
The Business Showcase in collaboration with the Office of the
Secretary of State.
In
addition, she is currently working on a committee with staff of the
State Treasurer’s Office and Bank of America in order to organize a
first of its kind financial literacy/wealth management conference geared
toward the Hispanic community. Lucy
also prepares the agency’s quarterly newsletter and attends a variety
of community collaborative meetings with agencies such as Padres
Abriendo Puertas for their Hartford Public Schools initiative, the
National Conference for Community and Justice Advisory Council regarding
improved race relations, Hispanic Heritage Celebration held annually by
the Connecticut Army and Air National Guard in conjunction with the
United States Postal Service and the state Departments of Social
Services and Office of Protection and Advocacy in preparing a follow up
to the Latinos Breaking Barriers conference held in 2002.
Lucy
writes all of the fundraising proposals for the majority of the projects
she works on and prepares the corresponding budgets for each one she is
assigned to manage. She
represents the office as well at the Reflecting Connecticut/Reflejando a
Connecticut coordinating meetings and forums in collaboration with the
Permanent Commission on the Status of Women, the African American
Affairs Commission, DemocracyWorks and the NCCJ.
She staffs the Special Projects Committee and maintains the
database for the agency’s talent bank.
She has continued to increase attendance and advertising received
at every annual Gala she has planned and this year is no exception.
This year, with the leadership and guidance of the Special
Projects Committee, she has worked in a nationally known master of
ceremonies, scholarship awards for each of the Promesa Youth Award
recipients, an internationally known performer and an additional event
to be held the day after the Gala in conjunction with the Pequot Museum
at Foxwoods. She supervises
agency staff as assigned in the absence of the Executive Director.
She has
also found the time to mentor a student or two throughout the years from
a variety of colleges and universities including:
Central Connecticut State University, the University of
Connecticut School of Social Work, Trinity College and Elon University
in North Carolina. Lucy is
the President of the Paralegal Section of the Connecticut Hispanic Bar
Association and past Secretary of the Hispanic Professional Network.
She is also a member of the Hispanic American Cultural Council
and the National, Connecticut and Greater Hartford Associations of
Realtors. She also recently
joined the International Association of Affirmative Action Professionals
as well as the Council of State Governments.
Before
coming to the Latino and Puerto Rican Affairs Commission, Lucy was the
Executive Director of the Human Rights and Opportunities Commission for
the City of New Britain, Victim Services Administrator for Survivors of
Homicide, Administrative Assistant with the City of Hartford’s Office
of Management and Budget and an Executive Assistant at The Hartford
Public Schools.
Lucy
has a Master’s Degree in Organization and Management from the Antioch
New England Graduate School of Keene, New Hampshire and a Bachelor of
Science in Human Services Administration from the Southern New Hampshire
University of Manchester, New Hampshire.
She is a graduate of Leadership Greater Hartford’s Class of
1992.
In
2002, Lucy applied for and was selected as one of only 40 people on a
national level to become a 2003 Toll Fellow under the Toll Fellows
Leadership Program of the Council of State Governments.
As a result of her participation in this Leadership Program, she,
along with the other 39 members of her class, were made honorary
Colonels by the Governor in Lexington, Kentucky.
Lucy lives in the Town of Windsor with her beloved son, Lucas
Miguel Hernández and husband, Lucas Hernández Nieves.
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Lucy Goicoechea-Hernandez, 2003 Toll Fellow, Col., MHSA, BSHSA|
State of Connecticut
Latino and Puerto Rican Affairs Commission 03/27/2008 |
