Fellows
Community Liaison, Connecticut Port Authority
Anthony Afriyie
Pastor, Community Baptist Church, New Haven
Dr. Rev. Philippe E.C. Andal
Professor & Director, Patricelli Center for Entrepreneurship, Wesleyan University
Ahmed Badr
Director, Department of Families, Children & Youth, City of Hartford
Kristina Baldwin
Co-Founder & Coalition Director, Child Care for Connecticut
Eva Bermúdez Zimmerman
Ryan Bingham
Co-President, Sullivan & LeShane
Sarah Bodley
Executive Director, reSET
Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Revenue Services
Mark Boughton
Senior Counsel, Simon & Schuster
Alan H. Bowie, Jr.
President, Norwich Community Development Corporation
Kevin Brown
Professor & Executive Director, Allbritton Center, Wesleyan University
Dr. Khalihah Brown-Dean
Executive Director, Connecticut Voices
Emily Byrne
Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection
Bryan Cafferelli
Director, Youth Services Bureau, City of Middletown
Justin Carbonella
Devin Carney
State Representative, Connecticut General Assembly
Ayesha R. Clarke
Executive Director, Health Equity Solutions
Founding CEO & President, ConnCAT & ConnCORP
Erik Clemons
Chief of Staff for Connecticut State Treasurer Erick Russell
Andrea Comer
Principal, Achievement First Hartford Academy
Sueleidy Cruz
Chief of Staff to the House Majority Leader, Connecticut General Assembly
Jeff Currey
Lamond Daniels
Chief of Community Services, City of Norwalk
Vice President of Public Policy, CBIA
Chris Davis
Chief Administrative Officer, The Village for Families & Children
Victor De La Paz
President & CEO, The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
Dr. Karen Dubois-Walton
Andrew Ferguson
Founder, Redwood Endeavors
Dr. Monette Ferguson
Executive Director, Alliance for Community Empowerment
Ben Florsheim
Former Mayor of Middletown
Vice President, Community & Belonging, United Way of Greater New Haven
Aly Fox
Chief of Staff for Mayor Caroline Simmons, City of Stamford
Bridget Fox
Sarah Fox
CEO, Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness
Special Assistant for Community Engagement & Partnerships, City of Stamford
Janeene Freeman
Dr. Paul Freeman
Superintendent, Guilford Public Schools
Rev. Andre Gilford
Interim Pastor, Dixwell Avenue Congregational United Church
Ross Gionfriddo
Government Liaison Staff Specialist, General Dynamics Electric Boat
National Vice Provost, Relay Graduate School of Education
Dr. Rebecca Good
Eliza Halsey
Community Services Administrator, City of New Haven
Lisa Hammersley
Executive Director, School & State Finance Project
John Healey
Former Chief of Staff, Connecticut Senate Republicans
Executive Director, ConnCAN
Steven Hernández, Esq.
Executive Director, Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity & Opportunity
Melvette Hill
Manager, Outreach & Engagement, New London Homeless Hospitality Center
David Horst
Thomas Hyde
Chief of Staff, AdvanceCT
Founder & CEO, Purpose Built
Miles Lasater
Chief of Staff & Communications Director, Connecticut Health Foundation
Arielle Levin Becker
Senior Advisor, Director of Intergovernmental Affairs & Accountability, Connecticut Senate Democrats
Chris Lyddy
Nelba Marquez-Greene
Community Scholar, Yale School of Public Health
Jiff Martin
Senior Extension Educator - Food Systems, University of Connecticut
Melvin Medina
Vice President of Advocacy, The Connecticut Project
Senior Director, Design Operations, Travelers
Ojala Naeem
Iran Nazario
Author & Peace Advocate, Principal Owner, Nazario Motivation
David Negron
Director of Academic & Student Affairs, Broad Center, Yale School of Management
Steve Nocera
Senior Manager, Accenture
Anthony Nolan
Deputy Speaker & State Representative, Connecticut General Assembly
Erika Nowakowski
Executive Director, Tow Youth Justice Institute
Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith
Associate Dean for Health Equity Research and Professor, Yale School of Medicine
Jessica Olander
President & CEO, The Connecticut River Valley Chamber of Commerce
Yaw Owusu-Boahen
Vice President, Impact Investing, ConnCORP
Lee Oxman
Co-President & Director, Silverbird Fund
Jason Price
Founder, Chairman of the Board, NXTHVN
Mercy A. Quaye
Founder & CEO, The Narrative Project
Jennifer Quaye-Hudson
Advocacy Director, Open Communities Alliance
Matthew Quinoñes
Director of Operations, City of Stamford
Lora Rae Anderson
Chief of Staff, Connecticut Department of Transportation
Max Reiss
Vice President of Strategic Communications, Eversource Energy
Mike Rell
Former Mayor of Wethersfield
Kate Repen
Executive Director, Ritter Family Foundation
Michelle Riordan-Nold
Executive Director, Connecticut Data Collaborative
Chelsea Ross
Executive Director, Partnership for Strong Communities
Ella Saunders-Crivello
Executive Director, Community Mindfulness Project
Allyx Schiavone
Executive Director, Friends Center for Children
Sinthia Sone-Moyano
Deputy Commissioner, Connecticut State Department of Education
Caroline Tanbee Smith
Alder of Ward 9, New Haven Board of Alders
Kathy Taylor
President & CEO, Connecticut Community Foundation
Dr. Laine Taylor
Chief Medical Officer, The Village for Families and Children
Dr. Leslie Torres-Rodriguez
Founder & CEO, Lidera LTR Consulting
Chris Tymniak
Chief Administrative Officer, Town of Stratford
Fahd Vahidy
Philanthropic Advisor to William C. Graustein
Mirellise Vazquez
Vice President of Investment, The Connecticut Project
Janna Wagner
Co-Founder-in-Residence & Senior Advisor, All Our Kin
Executive Director, Be Foundation
Richard Wenning
Executive Director, The Connecticut Forum
Mana Zarinejad