UConn Board of Trustees Chairman Dan Toscano ’87 (BUS).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe team facilities feature full training and support for women\u2019s and men\u2019s student-athletes, including team lounges, locker rooms with video displays, training space with a hydrotherapy area,\u00a0and a strength and conditioning room. It will also include areas such as coaches\u2019 offices, a media working room, dining area, academic counseling\/study room and support services areas.<\/p>\n
The arena, which will host games by UConn\u2019s men\u2019s and women\u2019s Division I hockey teams and also be used by its club hockey programs, will feature a premier club area with 145 cushioned, comfortable seats at mid-ice and an ice-level lounge behind the home goaltender with caf\u00e9 table seating and food and beverage service. A student-only standing room deck will also be situated behind the opposing goaltender.\u00a0 The final design includes aspects to make the facility as efficient as possible in energy and water use, in keeping with the University’s commitment to make its capital projects as environmentally sustainable as possible.<\/p>\n
\u201cI met Dan Toscano my first year at UConn and was immediately impressed with his school spirit \u2013 not only for UConn\u00a0athletics\u00a0but for everything about the University,\u201d says Mike Cavanaugh, UConn men\u2019s hockey head coach. \u201cHis enthusiasm and passion has not wavered one bit since then, and actually, it has grown. His daily commitment to\u00a0help make UConn the best in class at every turn is exceptional. For me, personally, I am truly fortunate to call Dan a mentor and friend. It’s only fitting that our hockey program will play in a new state of the art facility bearing the Toscano name.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to thank the Toscano family for their generosity and support of our program,\u201d UConn women\u2019s head coach Chris MacKenzie says. \u201cThis amazing facility will be a game-changer for our hockey program and bringing this project to reality is a testament to Dan and his family\u2019s love and commitment for our university.\u00a0 We are proud to call the Toscano Family Ice Forum home.\u201d<\/p>\n
Born and raised in Bristol, Toscano now lives in Darien. He graduated from UConn in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science degree in finance and earned his MBA from the University of Pennsylvania in 1999.<\/p>\n
He is currently managing director of global leveraged finance at Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc., a leading global financial services firm providing investment banking, securities, wealth management, and investment management services.<\/p>\n
Toscano has many connections to UConn, including as an alumnus, a parent, a generous donor, an ardent athletics fan, and as an active member of several university organizations. Prior to joining the Board of Trustees in 2019, he spent 11 years on the UConn Foundation Board of Directors, including service as chair of the board for three years and as chair of the Investment Committee for several years prior.<\/p>\n
Toscano is a member of the UConn School of Business Dean\u2019s Advisory Cabinet, and previously was on the Athletics Fundraising Steering Committee and the UCF Campaign Steering Committee. He was inducted in the UConn School of Business Hall of Fame in 2006, and was a commencement speaker for the school in 2013.<\/p>\n
After graduating from UConn in 1987, Toscano headed to Wall Street, where he spent the bulk of his career at Bankers Trust and its successor Deutsche Bank. Toscano joined Morgan Stanley in 2010 and works with many of the firm\u2019s most important corporate and private equity clients. He is a member of the Global Capital Markets Operating Committee, the Investment Banking Division Management Committee, and is a voting member of the firm\u2019s Capital Commitments Committee. He returned to live in Connecticut in 1995 and has been an active advocate for UConn since 2005.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Toscanos\u00a0have three children: twin sons Jeremy and Max, and a daughter, Olivia. Jeremy is a 2021 UConn graduate, and worked with the men\u2019s hockey program and coaching staff as a student. Max is currently an intern with the UConn football program. Olivia is a slightly different form of \u201cHusky,\u201d playing ice hockey for the Northeastern University women\u2019s club hockey team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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