STAFF
Tricia Cunningham
Executive Director
phone: 860.245.0222 ext. 5
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Marlynn Benker
Social Worker
phone: 860.245.0222 ext. 1 | cell: 860.501.4816
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Trisha Dani
Case Worker
phone: 860.245.0222 ext. 2 | cell: 860.772.6068
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Kathryn Keller
Marketing, Communications & Grants Manager
phone: 860.245.0222 ext. 3
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Ashley Lane
Donor Relations Manager
phone: 860.245.0222 ext. 4
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Annemarie Seifert, Ph.D.
President
Campus Dean & Chief Administrative Officer
UConn Avery Point
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Rev. Dr. Lonnie Brown
Vice President
Senior Minister
Union Baptist Church
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Rev. Adam Thomas
Secretary
Rector
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
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Robert Sampson
Treasurer
Founder & CEO
RJS Financial Group
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Eric Foster, Esq.
Managing Partner & Attorney at Law
Eric Lindh Foster Law LLC
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Ali Mitchell
Executive Director, Assoc. of N.E. Extension Directors
Lighthouse Consulting Group
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Lian Obrey
Realtor
RE/MAX Home Team
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Lydia Shell
Director of Philanthropy
Mystic Aquarium
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Crystal Sides
Senior Vice President & Chief Operations Officer
Dime Bank
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Rev. Dr. G. Kenneth Carpenter, Emeritus
Retired Minister, Union Baptist Church &
Founder, Always Home
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