Fellows
Professor & Executive Director, Allbritton Center, Wesleyan University
Cohort I
Dr. Khalilah Brown-Dean
Vice President of Public Policy, CBIA
Cohort II
Chris Davis
Chief of Staff for CT State Treasurer Erick Russell
Cohort I
Andrea Comer
Director, Youth Services Bureau, City of Middletown
Cohort I
Justin Carbonella
Executive Director, School & State Finance Project
Cohort I
Lisa Hammersley
Chief of Staff, AdvanceCT
Cohort II
Thomas Hyde
Founder & CEO, The Narrative Project
Cohort I
Mercy A. Quaye
Executive Director, Tow Youth Justice Institute
Cohort I
Erika Nowakowski
Stephen Nocera
Senior Manager, Accenture
Cohort II
Director of Operations, City of Stamford
Cohort I
Matthew Quinoñes
Superintendent of Schools, Hartford Public Schools
Cohort I
Dr. Leslie Torres-Rodriguez
Former Mayor of Torrington
Cohort II
Ryan Bingham
Chief Administrative Officer, The Village for Families & Children
Cohort I
Victor De La Paz
CEO, CT Coalition to End Homelessness
Cohort II
Sarah Fox
Former Mayor of Wethersfield
Cohort II
Mike Rell
Philanthropic Advisor to William C. Graustein
Cohort I
Fahd Vahidy
Executive Director, Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity & Opportunity
Cohort II
Melvette Hill
Community Services Administrator, City of New Haven
Cohort II
Eliza Halsey
Founding President, Peace Center of Connecticut
Cohort I
Iran Nazario
Founder, Chairman of the Board, NXTHVN
Cohort II
Jason Price
Founder, Redwood Endeavors
Cohort I
Andrew Ferguson
Interim Pastor, Dixwell Avenue Congregational United Church
Cohort I
Rev. Andre Gilford
Chief of Staff, CT Senate Republicans
Cohort II
John Healey
Vice President of Advocacy, The Connecticut Project
Cohort I
Melvin Medina
Associate Dean for Health Equity Research and Professor, Yale School of Medicine
Cohort II
Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith
Alder of Ward 9, New Haven Board of Alders
Cohort I
Caroline Tanbee Smith
Co-Founder-in-Residence & Senior Advisor, All Our Kin
Cohort I
Janna Wagner
Advocacy Director, Open Communities Alliance
Cohort II
Jennifer Quaye-Hudson
Executive Director, Community Mindfulness Project
Cohort II
Ella Saunders-Crivello
Vice President of Investment, The Connecticut Project
Cohort II
Mirellise Vazquez
National Vice Provost, Relay Graduate School of Education
Cohort I
Dr. Rebecca Good
Executive Director, ConnCAN
Cohort II
Steven Hernández, Esq.
Pastor, Community Baptist Church, New Haven
Cohort II
Dr. Rev. Philippe E.C. Andal
Executive Director, Health Equity Solutions
Cohort I
Ayesha R. Clarke
Principal, Achievement First Hartford Academy
Cohort II
Sueleidy Cruz
Senior Portfolio Director, CT Opportunity Project
Cohort I
Adhlere Coffy
President & CEO, The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
Cohort II
Karen Dubois-Walton
Co-Founder & Coalition Director, Child Care for Connecticut
Cohort II
Eva Bermúdez Zimmerman
Founding CEO & President, ConnCAT & ConnCORP
Cohort I
Erik Clemons
Chief of Staff to the House Majority Leader, CT General Assembly
Cohort II
Jeff Currey
Chief of Community Services, City of Norwalk
Cohort I
Lamond Daniels
Chief of Staff for Mayor Caroline Simmons, City of Stamford
Cohort II