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
Barbara Clerkin, R.N., M.P.H.
Retired, UCLA School of Medicine, Department of Surgery
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
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
Roxanne J. Coady, Founder and Board Emeritus
President and Owner, R. J. Julia Booksellers
