STAFF
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Tricia Cunningham
Executive Director
phone: 860.245.0222 ext. 6
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Marlynn Benker
Social Worker
phone: 860.245.0222 ext. 1 | cell: 860.501.4816
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Kathryn Keller
Marketing, Communications & Grants Manager
phone: 860.245.0222 ext. 5
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Ashley Lane
Donor Relations Manager
phone: 860.245.0222 ext. 4
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Gabriella Trudelle
Case Worker/Shelter Diversion Specialist
phone: 860.245.0222 ext. 2 | cell: 860.772.6068
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​​Ali Dunigan
President
Executive Director, Assoc. of N.E. Extension Directors
Lighthouse Consulting Group
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Pantea Umrysz
Vice President
Co-Owner
East Coast Pro Painting LLC
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​​​ Robert Sampson
Treasurer
Founder & CEO
RJS Financial Group
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Crystal Sides
Secretary
Senior Vice President
Chief Operations & Digital Banking Officer
Dime Bank​​
​Rev. Dr. Lonnie Brown
Senior Minister
Union Baptist Church, Mystic, CT
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Danielle Chesebrough
First Selectman
Town of Stonington, CT
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Lydia Shell
Director of Philanthropy
Mystic Aquarium
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Rev. Christa Swenson
Senior Pastor
Mystic Congregational Church
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​Carolina Valencia
Community Relations Supervisor
Charter Oak Federal Credit Union
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Natalie Webb, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
University of Hartford -
College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions
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Rev. Dr. G. Kenneth Carpenter, Emeritus
Minister Emeritus, Union Baptist Church &
Founder, Always Home
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