Mildred E. Devine

NETWORK honored Mildred E. Devine as Women of the Year at the June 21, 2000 luncheon. The July 2000 edition of NETWORK News reported on the event:

 " . . . This year's recipient was Millie Devine, founder of NETWORK and member ever since. Many of us know Millie for the generous and wise support she has given over the years to not-for-profit organizations throughout southeastern Connecticut in seeking grants. After retiring from a successful career in banking, Millie went into business for herself. Devine Planning helps clients with planned giving, estate planning and grant application advisement. She serves on numerous boards and is an active member of the American Association of University Women.

Just twenty years ago, women were not allowed into the prestigious Thames Club, a popular spot for business lunches and meetings. Millie gathered a group of professional businesswomen to fight this form of second-class citizenship and thus the Southeastern Connecticut Women's NETWORK was born. As time have changed, so has NETWORK and we are enormously grateful to Millie for her courageous effort and her continuing involvement with the organization she founded. . . ."

Click here to read more about the history of NETWORK in Millie's words.

Biographical Profile - Millie is a 1960 graduate of Waterford High School, Waterford, Connecticut, and received a BA with honors in business administration from Upper Iowa University, Fayette, Iowa. She is a 1973 graduate of the New England School of Banking at Williams College with a trust major and a 1978 graduate of the National Graduate Trust School at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. She is also a Certified Trust and Financial Advisor (CTFA) and an Accredited Estate Planner (AEP).

Millie worked for the Trust & Investment Group of Hartford National Bank, now known as Fleet National Bank in various capacities for 32 years retiring as Vice President in January 1997. In addition to personal trust administration Millie has worked closely in creating and administering community and private foundations for the past 20 years. She has administered the R. S. Gernon Trust 1976-1990, Frank Loomis Palmer Fund and Bodenwein Public Benevolent Foundation 1987-1996, and J. Martin and Caroline S. Leatherman Foundation 1994 - 1996. Millie is currently a consultant specializing in planned giving, estate planning and grants application advisement. She is also an instructor in grants writing at Connecticut College.

Millie is very much involved in civic and professional organizations having served as president of numerous ones. Millie is also a member of the Planned Giving Groups of Connecticut and New England as well as the National Committee on Planned Giving; the Association of Fundraising Professionals f/k/a National Society of Fund Raising Executives/Connecticut; Estate & Tax Planning Council of Eastern Connecticut; and National Center for Nonprofit Boards. Millie currently serves as Corporator and Director, Lawrence & Memorial Hospital; and Associate Treasurer and Director, New London Development Corporation.

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