STAFF
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Tricia Cunningham
Executive Director
phone: 860.245.0222 ext. 6
Marlynn Benker
Social Worker
phone: 860.245.0222 ext. 1 | cell: 860.501.4816
Tara Dowling
Family Support Manager
phone: 860.245.0222 ext. 3 | cell: 860.237.7840
Kathryn Keller
Marketing, Communications & Grants Manager
phone: 860.245.0222 ext. 5
Ashley Lane
Donor Relations Manager
phone: 860.245.0222 ext. 4
Officers
Ali Dunigan
President
Executive Director, Assoc. of N.E. Extension Directors
Lighthouse Consulting Group
Pantea Umrysz
Vice President
Co-Owner, East Coast Pro Painting LLC
Robert Sampson
Treasurer
Founder & CEO, RJS Financial Group
Crystal Sides
Secretary
Senior Vice President, Chief Operations & Digital Banking Officer, Dime Bank
Directors
Rev. Dr. Lonnie Brown
Senior Minister, Union Baptist Church, Mystic, CT
Danielle Chesebrough
Strategy Consultant
Lydia Shell
Director of Philanthropy, Mystic Aquarium
Rev. Christa Swenson
Senior Pastor, Mystic Congregational Church
Carolina Valencia
Community Relations Supervisor, Charter Oak Federal Credit Union
Natalie Webb, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
University of Hartford - College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions
Rev. Dr. G. Kenneth Carpenter, Emeritus
Minister Emeritus, Union Baptist Church &
Founder, Always Home