Our Board

Monette Ferguson, Ph.D., Chair

Executive Director, Alliance for Community Empowerment

Carla M. Horwitz, Ed.D., Vice Chair

Lecturer, Yale Child Study Center & Department of Psychology;
Director Emerita, Calvin Hill Day Care Center & Kitty Lustman-Findling Kindergarten

Jane Lee, M.B.A., Treasurer

Economic Development Coach/Consultant, All Our Kin, New Haven

Jennifer Groves Fusco, J.D., Secretary

Principal, Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, P.C., New Haven

Roxanne J. Coady, Founder and Board Emeritus

President and Owner, R. J. Julia Booksellers

Barbara Clerkin, R.N., M.P.H. 

Retired, UCLA School of Medicine, Department of Surgery 

Valerie Ferdon, J.D.

Shareholder, Updike, Kelly, Spellacy

Katherine Kohari, M.D.

Yale Maternal Fetal Medicine, New Haven

Shabnam Lainwala, M.D., Ph.D.

Director of the Regional Neonatal Neurodevelopmental Follow-up Program, Connecticut Children’s, Hartford

Nick Lebron

Catholic Charities, Regional Coordinator & Community School Manager, Hartford

Lisa Maass

President, Citizens Bank CT, New Haven

Thais Ortolaza, M.S.W.

Clinical Director of Community Operations, Community Mental Health Affiliates, New Britain, CT

Irene Peluso

Human Resources, Viking Global Investors, Greenwich

Kymberlee Powe

Children and Young Adult Consultant, Connecticut State Library, Middletown

Anna Reiter

Campaign Manager, Geologist

John Toscano, C.P.A.

Principal, Clifton, Larson, Allen, LLP, West Hartford

Kenneth Waller, M.B.A, FACHE.

CEO & COO, Norwalk Community Health Center