Board and Councils

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Served during the 2021-2022 Fiscal Year

Cheryl Bakewell, Bakewell & Mulhare LLC | Chair
Michael Shepherd, Genworth | Vice Chair
Ken Weinstein, Newtown Savings Bank | Secretary
Eric Duenwald, Synchrony Financial | Treasurer

Tracey Alston, Eversource
Doreen Bentson, Genworth
Keith Betts, Western CT State University
Paul Bruce, Union Savings Bank
Luis Diez, Northern Trust
George Garrett, Deloitte
Carmen Hughes, City of Stamford
Steven Liker, Southern Litchfield County Community Volunteer
Aaron Meyer, Man Group - GLG Silvermine
Mark Ouellette, Pitney Bowes
Dawn Reshen-Doty, Benay Enterprises
Antonio Santiago, Naugatuck Valley Community College
Dr. Michael Stern, Northern Fairfield County Community Volunteer
Chloé Tashjian-Soares, Tash & Co
Kevin Walston, Danbury Public Schools
Natasha Williams, N-Touch Strategies
Candy Yeager, Stamford Community Volunteer
Lisa Zana, Shipman and Goodwin

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Served during the 2022-2023 Fiscal Year

Noel Anderson, Enterprise Product Quality Manager, Pitney Bowes, Inc.

Mark Barnhart, Director of Community & Economic Development, Town of Fairfield

Christina Bodine-Aysseh, VP, Relationship Management, Atlantic Community Bankers Bank

Pablo Colon, Director, Corporate Citizenship, Avangrid; Executive Director of Avangrid Foundation

Robert V. Hendrick, Jr., VP, Corporate Responsibility, Bigelow Tea

Thomas McCarthy, Director of Human Resources, Town of Trumbull

Tameika Miller, EVP, Member Engagement & Communications, Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce

S. Giles Payne, Of Counsel, Brody Wilkinson PC

Sam Tingley, Group Manager, M & T Bank Corporation

Paul Timpanelli, Retired, Bridgeport Regional Business Council

Robert Trefry, Founder, PathQuest Coaching & Consulting, LLC

Margo Amgott (Ex-Officio) Interim President & CEO, UWCFC

COMMUNITY COUNCILS

NORTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY COMMUNITY COUNCIL

Dr. Keith Betts
Helen Brickfield
Matthew Cassavechia
Gigi Christel
Ronald Herren
Mary-Ann Houser
Kim Karl
Greg Manning
Ralph McIntosh, Jr.
Nelson Merchan
Mary Ann Murtha
Taylor O’Brien
Katie Pearson
Sandra Rankin
Dawn Reshen-Doty
Jeff Ryer
Dr. Michael Stern, PhD
Kasey Yakavonis

SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY COMMUNITY COUNCIL

Lynda Lee Arnold, Esq.
Cheryl Bakewell
Jennifer Birdseye
Ivana Butera
Barbara Dratch
Evan Hack, MD
Holly Hollander
Steven Liker
Lisa Morrisey
Alex Rafoss
Tammy Reardon
Becca Schmiedel
Katherine Webster-O'Keefe

STAMFORD COMMUNITY COUNCIL

Thomas Berta
Patrice Blue Williams
Pat Boyle
Luis F. Diez
Kim Ganic
Leslie Glenn
Kimberly Greene
George Herring
Carmen Hughes
Jerred Jones
Sally Kelman
Valerie Lazzari
Kurosh Marjani
David Pergola
George Schott
Jessica Signor
John Varamo
Sandy Weinberg
Natasha Williams