Initiative Volunteers
Thank you to our 2022-2023 initiative volunteers.
AGEWELL AMBASSADOR PROGRAM
Grace Almeida
Dorothy Buckwalter
Nancy Carlsen
Heather Conner
Corrine K. Divestea
Mary Ellen Dunbar
Ralph Eggleston
Lucy Fleury
Debra Ann Franceschini
Mary-Ann Houser
Ashley Jones
Julio A. Lopez
Barbarann Miller
Vincent Paul Nero
Robert Pivetz
Nancy Poliquin
Jane Sawyer
Amber Shaw
Paul Trudel
Robert John Wells
city of danbury volunteer reviewers
Adrienne Barr
Jean Campbell
John Gilligan
Ron Herren
John Rankin
Sandy Rankin
Day of Action Committees
NFC/SLC Committee
Dina Francisco-Pereira
Sean Hargraves
Kelly Kelleher
Heidi Namin
Becca Schmiedel
Norman Urquhart
William H. Valenti
Stamford Committee
Tim Ackerly
Esra Elshafey
Ryan Malloy
Jeanne Pierre-Gilles
Bonnie Pirro
EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER PROGRAM (EFSP)
DANBURY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Lynn Fairfield-Sonn
Mary-Ann Houser
STAMFORD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Patty Burke
Lynn Fairfield-Sonn
EQUITY WORKING GROUP
Luis Diez
Robin Guarnieri
Carmen Hughes
Jerred Jones
Nelson Merchan
Kasey Yakavonis
FINANCIAL STABILITY REVIEWERS
Bill DeMichiel
Marcia Ghitnick
John Rankin
GRANT REVIEW TEAM VOLUNTEERS
Northern Fairfield County
Gigi Christel
Ronald Herren
Mary-Ann Houser
Greg Manning
Sandra Rankin
Kasey Yakavonis
Southern Litchfield County
Cheryl Bakewell
Barbara Dratch
Evan Hack
Katherine Webster-O’Keefe
Amanda Wilson
City of Stamford
Thomas Berta
Patrice Blue-Williams
Luis Diez
Roberta Eichler
Leslie Glenn
Cindy Mixcus
David Pergola
Benedict Peter
Denise Yap
HEART OF GOLD SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE
Luis Diez
Roberta Eichler
Kumrija-Kim Ganic
Valerie Lazzari
David Pergoa
Candy Yeager
PROSPERITY-DIGITAL MARKETPLACE
Board of Directors
Cheryl Bakewell, Principal, Bakewell & Mulhare LLC
Eric Duenwald, Treasurer, Synchrony Financial
Dr. Carol Felder, DDS, Small Business Owner
Nancy Geenen, CEO, Flexability
Carmen Hughes, Director of DEI, City of Stamford
Art Langer, Founder & CEO, Workforce Opportunity Services
Theresa Leamy, Chief Equity & Innovation Officer, United Way of Northern NJ
Cynthia Merkle, CEO, Union Savings Bank
Aaron Meyer, Former Managing Director, GLG Silvermine
Mark Ouellette, SVP Global Operations, Pitney Bowes
Michael Pollard, Former Senior Advisor, Mayor’s Office, City of Stamford
Chloe Tashjian Soares, Founder & Executive Recruiter, Tash + Co.
Ken Weinstein, President, Newtown Savings Bank
Innovation and Technology Advisory Board
Doreen Bentson, Managing Director IT, Genworth
Joe D’Allacco, eDiscovery & Cyber Assurance, AXA XL
Annmarie Jonsson, SVP Technology, Synchrony
Leo Pellerin, CIO, United Way of CT 2-1-1
Cory Plock, President, Prolifogy
Barry Sobolewski, Director, Data Management & IT Systems, United Way of Western CT
Jeff Weinstein, SVP, Technology Strategy, Federal Reserve Bank of NY
National ALICE Advisory Board
Ama Ane (NY)
Jana Gorre (OH)
James Kendall (CT)
LeGolida Mack (OH)
Paola Valle (CT)
SAVE OFFICE VOLUNTEER
Eleanor Gianfortune
Southern Litchfield County Back to School Volunteers
Christine Blonski
Corleone Joan Conn
Lizz Czaika
Susan Denino
Jeanne Faure
Walter Coffey Francis
Patti Guastello
Nancy Macklin
Mike Scofie