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Board of Directors

Members of the Board of Directors are appointed by the Chief Elected Officials of the area's twenty communities. A majority of the Board members must be business leaders in addition to representatives from labor, human service and community-based organizations, education, and government. Members also represent the interests of welfare recipients, dislocated workers, persons with disabilities, veterans, minorities, young workers, older workers, women, and displaced homemakers.

Board Members 

Akinlade, Seni
Owner/President, OYM Motors, Bridgeport

Bailey, Leon (Chair)
Vice President for Human Resources, Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, New Haven

Baird, Stephen
Managing Director and Senior Advisor, UBS Investment Bank, Stamford

Bashar, Peter 
Production Manager, Clairol, Stamford

Bentley, Larry
Business Development Officer, Patriot National Bank, Norwalk

Berg, John
Partner, High Ridge Management Resources, Trumbull

Blanco, Jeffrey 
Financial Services Executive, Barnum Financial Group, Shelton

Butler, Barbara
Director of Human Resources, Westport Town Hall, Westport

Calace, Nicholas A.
Executive Director, Bridgeport Housing Authority, Bridgeport

Candland, Catherine
Chief Executive Officer, Advantage Human Resources, Bridgeport

Casey, Diana
Case Manager, North Western CT Aids Project, Torrington

Chrzanowski, Dave
Director of Extended Studies, Norwalk Community College, Norwalk

Condlin, John P.
President & CEO, Stamford Chamber of Commerce, Stamford

Davidoff, Denise (Vice Chair)
Marketing and Management Consultant, Norwalk

Downs, Patricia
Executive Director, State of Connecticut Department of Economic Community Development, Hartford

Ercolano, Joseph M.
Vice President of Government Affairs, Pitney Bowes, Stamford

Feldman, Gary
President & Co-Founder, U.S. Computer Connection, LLC, Stamford

Forman, Chester F.
President, JPMorgan Chase Bank, Shelton

Freer, Frances
Regional Administrator, State of Connecticut, Department of Social Services, Bridgeport

Freimuth, Michael
Director of Economic Development, City of Stamford, Stamford

Fuda, Victor
Director, State of Connecticut, Department of Labor – Bridgeport & Stamford, Bridgeport

Gliniecki, Anita 
President, Dean of Academics, Housatonic Community College, Bridgeport

Gopalakrishnan, Ajit 
Education Consultant, Connecticut Department of Education, Middletown

Grabinski, Joseph
Chief Union Environment & Health Steward, Sikorsky Aircraft, Stratford

Grant, Herbert A. 
President & CEO, DMG and Associates, LLC, Norwalk

Hoekenga, Craig
Chief Executive Officer, Microboard Processing, Seymour

Jones, Raymond
Career Counselor, JOB CORPS – Boston Region, Bridgeport

Kirby, Carol
SCSEP Project Director, American Red Cross, Derby

Lattimer, Rob
Vice President, Sintec-Keramik USA, Bridgeport

Lavorgna, Joseph
Principal, Bullard Havens Regional Vocational Technical School, Bridgeport

Loeser, John
Program Director, IBM, Weston

Lugo, Henry
Vice President & Manager, Mortgage Development, People’s Bank, Bridgeport

Marchione, Kathleen
District Director of Western Region, Bureau of Rehabilitation Services, Bridgeport

McGee, Joseph
Vice President for Public Policy and Programs, The Business Council of Fairfield County (SACIA), Stamford

McLaughlin, Elizabeth
Human Resources Representative, Emhart Teknologies, Shelton

Monteleone, Susan B.
Counselor Coordinator, BESB, Windsor

Oppel, Win
President, Ad-Merica, Shelton

Powanda, William
Vice President of Support Services, Griffin Health Services, Derby

Sheahan, Margaret 
Attorney-at-Law, Pullman & Comley, LLC, Bridgeport

Sheehan, Garrett 
Economic Development Specialist, United Illuminating, New Haven

Smythe, Brad
Plant Manager, Continental AFA, Bridgeport

Valiante, Chet
Publisher, The Hour, Norwalk

Wilkinson, Thomas A.
Executive Vice President, Local 371 United Food & Commercial, Workers International Union, Westport

Williams, Brian
Deputy Chief Administrative Officer, City of Bridgeport, Bridgeport