Our Team
Staff
Donna Palomba
Founder & President
Carol Wilton
Program & Accounts Manager
Rachelle Behuniak
Administrative Coordinator
Board of Directors | Officers
Ann Feinberg
Chairman
Educator, Attorney, Non-profit Advisor
(retired)
Lori Kecskes
Secretary
Owner
Employers Reference Source
Jessica Riordan
Social Media Manager
Diana Altobelli
Treasurer
Commercial Systems & Services Aftermarket Finance Manager,
Sikorsky, A Lockheed Martin Company
Board of Directors
Anna Bower Richardson
Administrative & Information Coordinator
DirectWomen
NYU CAS Class of 2020
Presidential Honors Scholar
Armando Paolino
Principal
Levin, Paolino & Christ
Chloe Langer
Partner
Henry & Giardina, LLP
LaVerne Campbell
Department of Social Services
James Higgins, MBA, CUDE
President and Chief Executive Officer
Skyline Financial Federal Credit Union
Barbara Alenckis
Director of Title lX & Disability Services
Post University
Whitney Cadett
Vice President of Marketing and Strategic Growth
Sikorsky Credit Union
Directors Emeritus
Kathy Brochhausen
Senior Vice President
Community Relations Officer, Ion Bank
Executive Director, Ion Bank Foundation
Grace Linhard
Chief Development Officer
Nuvance Health
Survivors Speak Workshop Facilitators
Tracey Blackman
Letamarie Highsmith
Sue Blasavage
Barb Jenkins
Meghan Charette
Michelle Giorno
Tara Flynn
Patti Ieraci
Survivors Speak Advisory Board
Sue Blasavage
Tracey Blackman
Business Owner and Marketing Advisor
Tara Flynn
Philanthropy Coordinator, Hartford Healthcare
Letamarie Highsmith
CLH Holdings Company, Hamden, CT
Patti Ieraci, LPC
Psychotherapist
Barb Jenkins
Office Manager & Customer Advocate/Producer
Carmelita Rifkin
Physical Therapist, Reiki Master/Teacher
Troy Schinkel
Educator
Survivors Speak Outreach Team
Amy Chambers
Angie Catalano
Carmelita Rifkin
Crystal Combs
Betzy Martinez
Darlene Levin
Brad Hotchkiss
Erica LaBranche
Jenn Sandholm
Jennifer Tansley
Jennifer Baker
Jessica Moen
Joe Dileo †
Kristen Mullarkey
Laly Noya Rakotoniaina
Leta Highsmith
Lindsay Gibson
Lori Fitzhugh
Megan Charette
Michelle Desrochers
Michelle Giorno
Michele Testa
Roxanne LeRoy
Sara Feola
Sue Blasavage
Tory Davis
Tracy DiGiovancarlo
Chris Culver
Stephanie Sheehan
Mary Taylor
James McKirdy
Nikkie Munstis
Brittni Oxendine
Rayna Crews
Dylan Farrow
Kelly Neagle
David Irvin
Kristi Bice
Lindsey Steel
Katie Doyle
Tara Flynn
Tracey Blackman
Rachel O'Grady
Deb Mitchell
Janet Orsatti-Duffany
Vinnie Goad
Troy Schinkel
Tina Dambowsky
Allie Archer
Deb DelRegno
Julia Lillethun
Anastasia Persico
Kate Cooler
Barbie Jenkins
Bren Roze
Donna Palomba
Corrine O'Toole
Patti Ieraci
Lorraine Beemer
Vanessa Barneschi
Marsha Brownell
Melissa Lombardo
Sofia Veronesi
Rosa
Alexis Davis
Amy Urban
Renee Harvey
Advisory Board
Rebecca Abbott
Professor of Communications, Quinnipiac University
Robert A. Alvine
President, Premier Automotive Group
Tim Banker
Solution Principal, Slalom Consulting
Karen Brand
Director of Communications for the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority
Kathy Brochhausen
Senior Vice President,
Community Relations Officer, Ion Bank
Executive Director, Ion Bank Foundation
John Buturla
Chief of Police and Government Administrator, Retired
Maria Cappella
Sales & Customer Service Administrator, Design-2-Part
Rick Caswell
Faculty Director, Forensic Accounting Certificate Program, Wake Forest University
Daisy Cocco De Filippis
Interim President, Hostos Community College; President, Naugatuck Valley Community College, Retired
Peg Cohen
The Star Supply, Retired
Laura Daley
Founding Partner, Insight Learning Partners; co-author, Talk Your Way to the Top
Tracy DiGiovancarlo
Financial Analyst, The Hartford
Bill Dreska
Senior Vice President, Black Diamond Media
Micheal Eck
Author, Coach, Entrepreneur
Thomas Flaherty
Executive Director, Police Officers Standards and Training, Retired
Jeanette Horan
Chief Information Officer, IBM, Retired
Carson Jacobi, MPH
Vice President, Corporate Giving, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Peter J. Jacoby, MD, FACEP Chairman, Department of Emergency Services, St. Mary's Hospital, Waterbury, CT
David Read Johnson, PhD
Director, Post Traumatic Stress Center, LLC; Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine
Dr. Henry C. Lee
Internationally renowned forensic scientist; Chief Emeritus, CT State Police; Founder, Henry C. Lee Forensic Institute, University of New Haven, Retired
Grace Linhard Chief Development Officer, Nuvance Health
Gary MacNamara
Exec. Dir. Public Safety & Gov't. Affairs, Sacred Heart University; Police Chief for town of Fairfield CT, Retired
Graham Main VP of Financial Planning & Analysis, Communications Systems, L3Harris
Jocelyn Maminta Director of Communications,
Fairfield Region
Sarah Man
Second Vice President, Wealth Management, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
Wendy Marx
President, Marx Communications, Inc.
Edward F. Moore
Chief of Police, Saratoga Springs, NY, Retired
John Murray
Publisher and Editor, The Waterbury Observer, Waterbury, CT
Joe Natarelli
Partner, Marcum, LLP
Neil O'Leary
Mayor, City of Waterbury, CT
Elaine Pagliaro
Forensic Science Consultant
Peggy Panagrossi Executive Director, Safe Haven of Greater Waterbury, Retired
Hilary Pearl
Founder & Partner, Pearl Associates
Johanna Petit Chapman Petit Family Foundation
Dr. William A. Petit, Jr. President, Petit Family Foundation, CT State Representative, 22nd District
David R. Polgar
Associate Professor, Lincoln College of New England
Inga Lee Puentes Corporate Responsibility - Supply Chain, Raytheon Technologies
Santo Sampino, DC, RD
President, Armonk Nutrition
Scott Semple
Semple Consulting Commissioner, Connecticut Department
of Correction, (Retired)
Daniele Serrano
Vice President, East Coast Training Systems
Drew Serrano
President, East Coast Training Systems
Dan Sherr †
Database marketing consultant; mentor to non-profits; community activist; Vice President, Integrated Media, Valassis, Retired
Joe Sudol
Consultant, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children; Henry C. Lee Forensic Institute, Retired
Nick Torello
President and Owner, Torello Tire Company LLC, East Haven, CT
Jim Van Hoof
CFO/CSO, Electriq Power Inc.
Doug Veillette
Financial Advisor-Managing Director, Veillette, Donato & Associates, Ameriprise Financial
Lynn G. Ward
President and CEO, Waterbury Regional Chamber of Commerce
Lisa Wexler
Author, Host, The Lisa Wexler Show; Probate Judge, Westport/Weston
Maureen Norris Wilkas † Attorneys at Law, Norris Law Firm 1960-2018
Rob Kane †
Connecticut State Auditor
1967-2021
