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Gaming boss backs hire
Says patronage list not an issue
Says patronage list not an issue
The head of the state’s Gaming Commission yesterday defended the hiring of a human resources executive who...
The head of the state’s Gaming Commission yesterday defended the hiring of a human resources executive who previously maintained a patronage sponsor list for jobs at the state treasurer’s office.
“There was never even any intimation that she did anything wrong. She was a record keeper,” said Gaming Commission Chairman Stephen Crosby about Eileen Glovsky, a former deputy treasurer who now oversees the commission’s human resources and information technology. “We have probably the most rigorous and enhanced ethics standards in the world. We don’t ever hire anybody at the recommendation of anybody.”
However, Crosby acknowledged that Gaming Commissioner Enrique Zuniga, also a former treasury employee, provided a positive “reference” for Glovsky.
Glovsky, a former deputy treasurer, came under scrutiny after she testified this week in the state’s trial against ex-Probation Commissioner John J. O’Brien that she managed the treasury’s spreadsheet linking the names of job candidates with their politically connected sponsors and the treasury division where they would be hired.
Crosby told the Herald Glovsky was one of five finalists for the $125,000 human resources position. Gaming Commission officials insisted they did not receive any recommendations for Glovsky, saying Zuniga’s plug was only a “reference.”
Zuniga was a top-ranking treasury employee under former Treasurer Tim Cahill, was appointed to the Gaming Commission last year by current Treasurer Steve Grossman, and was familiar with Glovsky’s “professional skill set” because they worked together when he was executive director of the Massachusetts Water Pollution Abatement Trust, a fund controlled by the treasurer’s office, said Gaming Commission spokeswoman Elaine Driscoll.
Driscoll said Zuniga declined to comment on his reference. Glovsky declined to comment on her Gaming Commission job.
Glovsky is a 1991 graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management and worked in the treasurer’s office from 2003 through 2012. She and her husband, Charles, have doled out $21,200 in campaign donations to state politicians and groups since 2002. Campaign finance records show, between them, the couple gave $2,250 to Cahill, $2,000 to Gov. Deval Patrick, and $800 to Grossman. Glovsky oversaw human resources under Cahill. Grossman named her deputy treasurer for administrative operations with a $118,683 annual salary.
Charles Glovsky was hired by Boston-based Eaton Vance in 2011 — about three years after Cahill’s office established a fund at the firm to manage state pension money, a fund now worth about $265 million, a spokesman for the Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management told the Herald.
Charles Glovsky is a vice president who works with equity products at the firm. Eaton Vance officials said Charles Glovsky never managed state pension money at the firm.
“His hiring had nothing to do with any account we may have or may have not managed for the commonwealth,” said Fred Marius, chief legal officer at Eaton Vance.
Eileen Glovsky told the Herald yesterday she “never had anything to do with the pensions” at the treasurer’s office.
http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_politics/2013/04/gaming_boss_backs_hire
“There was never even any intimation that she did anything wrong. She was a record keeper,” said Gaming Commission Chairman Stephen Crosby about Eileen Glovsky, a former deputy treasurer who now oversees the commission’s human resources and information technology. “We have probably the most rigorous and enhanced ethics standards in the world. We don’t ever hire anybody at the recommendation of anybody.”
However, Crosby acknowledged that Gaming Commissioner Enrique Zuniga, also a former treasury employee, provided a positive “reference” for Glovsky.
Glovsky, a former deputy treasurer, came under scrutiny after she testified this week in the state’s trial against ex-Probation Commissioner John J. O’Brien that she managed the treasury’s spreadsheet linking the names of job candidates with their politically connected sponsors and the treasury division where they would be hired.
Crosby told the Herald Glovsky was one of five finalists for the $125,000 human resources position. Gaming Commission officials insisted they did not receive any recommendations for Glovsky, saying Zuniga’s plug was only a “reference.”
Zuniga was a top-ranking treasury employee under former Treasurer Tim Cahill, was appointed to the Gaming Commission last year by current Treasurer Steve Grossman, and was familiar with Glovsky’s “professional skill set” because they worked together when he was executive director of the Massachusetts Water Pollution Abatement Trust, a fund controlled by the treasurer’s office, said Gaming Commission spokeswoman Elaine Driscoll.
Driscoll said Zuniga declined to comment on his reference. Glovsky declined to comment on her Gaming Commission job.
Glovsky is a 1991 graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management and worked in the treasurer’s office from 2003 through 2012. She and her husband, Charles, have doled out $21,200 in campaign donations to state politicians and groups since 2002. Campaign finance records show, between them, the couple gave $2,250 to Cahill, $2,000 to Gov. Deval Patrick, and $800 to Grossman. Glovsky oversaw human resources under Cahill. Grossman named her deputy treasurer for administrative operations with a $118,683 annual salary.
Charles Glovsky was hired by Boston-based Eaton Vance in 2011 — about three years after Cahill’s office established a fund at the firm to manage state pension money, a fund now worth about $265 million, a spokesman for the Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management told the Herald.
Charles Glovsky is a vice president who works with equity products at the firm. Eaton Vance officials said Charles Glovsky never managed state pension money at the firm.
“His hiring had nothing to do with any account we may have or may have not managed for the commonwealth,” said Fred Marius, chief legal officer at Eaton Vance.
Eileen Glovsky told the Herald yesterday she “never had anything to do with the pensions” at the treasurer’s office.
http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_politics/2013/04/gaming_boss_backs_hire
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