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Carlton L. Highsmith is the Founder, President and CEO of Specialized Packaging Group Inc. (SPG) in Hamden, CT. With annual revenues of over $130 million, the company produces packaging for many facets of the consumer products industry. SPG is Connecticut's largest minority-owned company and it is also the largest minority-owned manufacturer of paperboard packaging in North America. In addition to its Connecticut headquarters, the company has manufacturing and design centers in seven states and Ontario, Canada. Mr. Highsmith is a Trustee of Quinnipiac University, Chairman of I Have A Dream, New Haven, a Director of Amistad Academy Charter School in New Haven and Chairman of the Finance Board of Dixwell Avenue Congregational Church - the oldest formally recognized African American church in America.
Mr. Highsmith was appointed to the Board of Directors in October 2006. His term on the NewAlliance Board expires at the 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
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