Jodi Rell

Jodi Rell
Rell in 2007
87th Governor of Connecticut
In office July 1, 2004 – January 5, 2011
Lieutenant	Kevin Sullivan Michael Fedele
Preceded by	John Rowland
Succeeded by	Dan Malloy
105th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
In office January 4, 1995 – July 13, 2004
Governor	John Rowland
Preceded by	Eunice Groark
Succeeded by	Kevin Sullivan
Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 107th district
In office January 1985 – January 1995
Preceded by	David Smith
Succeeded by	Scott Santa-Maria
Personal details
Born	Mary Carolyn Reavis (1946-06-16)June 16, 1946 Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.
Died	November 20, 2024(2024-11-20) (aged 78) Florida, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Lou Rell ​ ​ (m. 1967; died 2014)​
Children	2
Education	Old Dominion University WCSU

Mary Carolyn "Jodi" Rell (born Mary Carolyn Reavis; June 16, 1946 – November 20, 2024) was an American Republican politician. She was the eighty-seventh Governor of Connecticut. Rell was Governor from 2004 to 2011. Before that, she was Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut under John G. Rowland. Rowland resigned during a corruption investigation. Rell was the second female Governor of Connecticut, after Ella Grasso. She was replaced in 2010 by Dannel Malloy.

Rell died on November 20, 2024 at a hospital in Florida after a short-illness, aged 78.