Our Team

Driven by our shared belief in the mission, our staff, board, and survivor team work together to make sexual crime prevention approachable, support survivors, and create lasting change.

Staff

Donna Palomba

Donna Palomba
Founder & President

Carol Wilton

Carol Wilton
Program & Accounts Manager


Rachelle Behuniak
Administrative Coordinator


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Jessica Riordan
Social Media Manager

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Tracey Blackman
Education Coordinator


Board of Directors | Officers

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James Higgins, MBA, CUDE
Chairman

President and Chief Executive Officer
Skyline Financial Federal Credit Union

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Chloe Langer
Vice Chairman

Partner
Henry, Giardina & Langer, LLP

Diana Altobelli
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Diana Altobelli
Treasurer

Commercial Systems & Services Aftermarket Finance Manager,
Sikorsky, A Lockheed Martin Company

Armando Paolino
Secretary

Principal
Levin, Paolino & Christ


Board of Directors

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Anna Bower Richardson
Administrative & Information Coordinator
DirectWomen
NYU CAS Class of 2020
Presidential Honors Scholar

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LaVerne Campbell
Department of Social Services

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Barbara Alenckis
Director of Title lX & Disability Services
Post University

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Whitney Cadett
Vice President of Marketing and Strategic Growth
Sikorsky Credit Union


Chairmen Emeritus

Kathy Brochhausen
Senior Vice President
Community Relations Officer, Ion Bank
Executive Director, Ion Bank Foundation

Grace Linhard
Chief Development Officer
Nuvance Health

Ann Feinberg
Educator, Attorney, Non-profit Advisor
(retired)

Survivors Speak Advisory Board

Sue Blasavage

Tracey Blackman
Business Owner and Marketing Advisor

Tara Flynn
Nurse Technician, Hartford Healthcare

Patti Ieraci, LPC
Psychotherapist

Barb Jenkins
Office Manager & Customer Advocate/Producer

Leta Highsmith

Leta Highsmith
CLH Holdings Company, Hamden, CT

Survivors Speak Outreach Team

Our Partners

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As a survivor of sexual violence, I’d like to personally thank you for your passion for our mission. The support of fellow survivors has been instrumental in my healing journey and it’s so important to continue the programs and services Jane Doe No More provides.
— Tracey B, Survivors Speak Outreach Team

Corporate & Business Partners

Alliance All Trades

Bearingstar Insurance Charitable Fund

Coastal Carriers of Connecticut

Employers Reference Source

JRC Transportation

Ion Bank

Masheen

McCormack Insurance

Noble Wealth Advisors Group

Novid Surgical

Post University

Union Savings Bank

Grantors & Foundations

Alan & Vicki Levine Family Foundation

Anna-Maria & Stephen Kellen Foundation

Bucks Creek Foundation

Connecticut Community Foundation

Elisha Leavenworth Foundation

Main Street Community Foundation

Ion Bank Foundation

Jewish Federation of Western CT

Petit Family Foundation

Tinty Foundation

Union Savings Bank Foundation

Valley Community Foundation

Wallace Research Foundation

Individual Supporters

Kathleen & Pete Brochhausen

Peg & Larry Cohen

Mike & Joyce Critelli

Nina & Steve DiNicola

Ray Fantuzzi

Ann & Mike Feinberg

Ron Garfunkel

Claire Kirouac

Mark & Grace Linhard

Chuck Pagano

Nina & Steve DiNicola

Dan Saban

Jim & Tracey Van Hoof

In-Kind Partners

Barker Specialty

Blasius Chevrolet Cadillac

Connoisseur Media

Corporate Display Specialties

Tina Dambowsky

Tara Flynn

Employers Reference Source

Fitzpatrick Mariano Santos Sousa P.C.

Jocelyn Maminta

i95 Signs

Inner Oasis Psychotherapy, LLC

Morrissey, Morrissey, & Rydzik, LLC

Pro-Bono Partnership

Ready to Exhale

Soirees and Revelry

Dan Whitman – Pay It Forward

Program Partners

Dale Carnegie of Western CT

East Coast Training Systems

Goggin Safety Services

Advisory Board

Rebecca Abbott
Professor of Communications, Quinnipiac University

Robert A. Alvine
President, Premier Automotive Group

Tim Banker
Solution Principal, Slalom Consulting

Karen Brand
Senior Program Manager, CLT Alliance Foundation/Charlotte Regional Business Alliance

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, Retired

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

Ann Feinberg
Educator, Attorney, Non-profit Advisor
Retired

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

Lori Kecskes
Owner, Employers Reference Source 

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