Avon Woman Chosen For CT Historical Society Board

AVON, CT — An Avon resident has been chosen to serve on the Connecticut Historical Society's board of trustees, officials announced this week.

JoAnn Price of Avon was elected to the society's board at its annual Members' Meeting in May. She will serve a three-year term.

Price, a co-founder of what has become Fairview Capital Partners, has served as a member of the CT Board of Regents for Higher Education, board chair of the Amistad Center for Art and Culture, and board chair of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.

In 2019, she was awarded the Hartford Business Journal's Lifetime Achievement Award, and the year before was presented with the Women's Venture Fund's Highest Leaf Award.

Price is among a group of people who were voted into board of trustees positions last month. Others include Secretary of State Denise Merrill and State Rep. Tammy Exum (D-West Hartford, Avon, Farmington).

"We are pleased to welcome these three distinguished leaders to our Board of Trustees," incoming board president Sylvia Bush Kelly said in a statement. "Their diverse experience and expertise will continue to strengthen our state's 197-year-old, independent, not-for-profit, history museum and library. We are fortunate to have their dedication and myriad talents and expertise, and we are thankful for their service."