AREA PEOPLE OF NOTE

▶* Jennifer Gerarda Brown of Branford, dean of the School of Law at Quinnipiac University, has been elected to the American Law Institute. The institute is the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize and otherwise improve the law. Brown joined the Quinnipiac School of Law faculty in 1994 and became a full professor in 1996. In 1997, she was named the founding director of Quinnipiac’s Center on Dispute Resolution. She served in that capacity until 2013, when she became dean of the law school. In June 2019, she was appointed interim executive vice president and provost of Quinnipiac University for the 2019-20 school year. She returned to her role as dean of the law school in

August 2020.

▶ Otoniel Reyes, chief of the New Haven

Police Department, has been appointed chief of the Department of Public Safety at Quinnipiac University. He will oversee

Quinnipiac’s Department of Public Safety and will be responsible for developing and implementing policies and procedures advancing safety and well-being on the university’s three campuses; ensuring compliance with all reporting requirements; collaborating with faculty, staff and students to offer educational programs and public safety services; and serving as a liaison with federal, state and local law enforcement agencies. He also will manage patrol services, communications and information services for the department, facilities and residential security, investigations, crime prevention programs, and emergency and disaster preparedness.

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