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STAFF

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Tricia Cunningham

Executive Director

phone: 860.245.0222 ext. 5

Marlynn Benker

Social Worker

phone: 860.245.0222 ext. 1 | cell: 860.501.4816

Trisha Dani

Case Worker

phone: 860.245.0222  ext. 2 | cell: 860.772.6068

Kathryn Keller

Marketing, Communications & Grants Manager

phone: 860.245.0222 ext. 3

Ashley Lane

Donor Relations Manager

phone: 860.245.0222 ext. 4

Annemarie Seifert, Ph.D.

President

Campus Dean & Chief Administrative Officer

UConn Avery Point

Rev. Dr. Lonnie Brown

Vice President

Senior Minister

Union Baptist Church

 Rev. Adam Thomas

Secretary

Rector

St. Mark's Episcopal Church

 Robert Sampson

Treasurer

Founder & CEO

 RJS Financial Group

Eric Foster, Esq.

Managing Partner & Attorney at Law

Eric Lindh Foster Law LLC

Ali Mitchell

Executive Director, Assoc. of N.E. Extension Directors 

 Lighthouse Consulting Group

Lian Obrey 

Realtor

RE/MAX Home Team

Lydia Shell

Director of Philanthropy

Mystic Aquarium

Crystal Sides

Senior Vice President & Chief  Operations Officer

Dime Bank

Rev. Dr. G. Kenneth Carpenter, Emeritus 

Retired Minister, Union Baptist Church &

Founder, Always Home

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