Board of Directors 2012 – 2013

Shelly Saczynski, Chair
Director, Economic and Community Development
The United Illuminating Company

Thomas E. Marano, CEcD, Secretary
Business Development Consultant
Northeast Utilities

John Baker, Treasurer
Senior Vice President, Business & Professional Banking
Webster Bank

Kim A. Healey, Governance Chair
Executive Director
NewAlliance Foundation

Ted J. DeSantos, PE, PTOE
Senior Vice President
Fuss & O’Neill

Ryan Friedman
Account Executive
May, Bonnee & Walsh

Toni Gold
President
Urban Edge Associates

Sheila Hummel
Community Development Manager
State of CT Dept. of Economic & Community Development

Bernard Kavaler
Managing Principal
Express Strategies

Tyler Knotts
Senior Security Engineer
Aetna, Inc.

Marty Legault
President /CEO
Corporation for Independent Living

Robert W. Santy
President & CEO
Connecticut Economic Resource Center, Inc.

Andrea Scott
VP, Marketing & Int’l Development
Scott Associates

Anika Singh Lemar
Associate
Wiggin and Dana

David V. Sousa, R.L.A., A.I.C.P.
Landscape Architect and Urban Planner
Wilbur Smith Associates

Staff

John Simone
President & CEO
Phone: 860-280-2023

Kimberley Parsons-Whitaker
Associate Director
Phone: 860-280-2556

Susan Westa 
Community Engagement Director
Phone: 860-280-2032

Christine Schilke
Communications & Office Manager
Phone: 860-280-2356