Board and Committees
Connecticut Community Foundation is governed by a volunteer board of trustees and managed by a staff of experts in fund management, philanthropy, charitable gift planning, grantmaking and community issues. We are here to help our donors, nonprofits and community.
To reach any of our staff members by phone, please call 203.753.1315.
Board of Trustees

Kathy Taylor
Chair, Waterbury Attorney and Educator Naugatuck Valley Community College | Bio

Kathy Bower
Secretary, Southbury Managing Partner (Southbury), Gager, Bower & Scalzo, LLP | Bio



Elizabeth Johnson Cheshire, Provost, Post University | Bio

Kathleen A. McPadden
Naugatuck
Senior Vice President, Community Relations Officer and Executive Director, Ion Bank Foundation | Bio





Linda C. Halgunseth
Waterbury
Associate Professor, Human Development And Family Sciences, University of Connecticut | Bio



Committees
- Barbara Bradbury-Pape (Chair)
- Daphne Anderson Deeds
- Judith Eslami
- Deborah Foord
- Julie Faulstich
- Marilyn McGill
- Robert McWilliam
- Nathaniel Worden
- Brian Jones (Chair)
- Jean Solomon
- Carrie Zimyeski
- Reginald Beamon (Co-chair)
- Rachel Carley
- Tony Ciocca
- Judith Eslami Subira Gordon
- Linda Halgunseth
- James Higgins
- Elizabeth Johnson (Co-chair)
- Douglas Johnson
- Lisa Lettieri
- Tomas Olivo
- Kathy Bower (Secretary)
- Deborah Foord (Treasurer)
- Valerie Friedman (at-large)
- Michael Giardina (Vice Chair)
- Subira Gordon (at-large)
- Rabbi Eric Polokoff (at-large)
- Stephen Seward (at-large)
- Kathy Taylor (Chair)
- Martha Bernstein
- Kathy Bower
- Valerie Friedman
- Avery Gaddis
- Michael Giardina (Chair)
- Douglas Johnson
- Kathleen McPadden
- Raechel Guest
- Maybeth Morales-Davis
- Tomas Olive-Valentin (Chair)
- Rosyln Sotero
- Elizabeth Barber
- Dr. Rebecca Eleck Bruce (Chair)
- Elizabeth Johnson
- Linda Halgunseth
- Misty Lewis
- Michael Lloyd
- Robert McDonald
- Elner Morrell
- Rabbi Eric Polokoff
- Charles Boulier
- Deborah Foord (Chair)
- Avery Gaddis
- Toni Hirst
- Brian Jones
- Jean Solomon
- Saran White
- Dr. Rebecca Eleck Bruce
- Jacqueline Miller
- Rabbi Eric Polokoff (Chair)
- Christine Reardon
- Kristopher Reese
- Judith Rifkin
- Jean Solomon
- Mark Berardi
- Kathy Bower
- Barbara Bradbury-Pape
- Sarah Edelson Baskin
- Michael Giardina
- Subira Gordon
- Linda Halgunseth
- Julie Loughran
- Patrick McKenna
- Eric Polokoff
- Tallitha Richardson
- Barbara Ryer
- Derek Santiago
- Steve Seward
- Kathy Taylor
- Katherine Carten
- Sandra Heller
- Dr. Robert Matusz
- Kathleen McPadden
- Julie Sampaio
- Barbara Bradbury-Pape (Chair)
- Kathryn Kehoe
- Ann Merriam Feinberg
- Stephen Bandy
- Alicia Bennett
- Collette Boyd
- Barbara Bradbury-Pape
- Cameron Chaplen
- Stefani Corsi-Tavali
- Judith Eslami
- Michael Feinberg
- Brendan Foulois
- Elizabeth Frew
- Peter Frew
- Deborah Fuller
- Sarah Gager
- Rosalie Griffin
- Audrey Harrell
- Sergei Kambalov
- Kathryn Kehoe
- Judith Kelz
- Dennis Killian
- Whitney Muthig-Cadett
- Patricia Lindenman
- Cheryl Lindstrom
- Minerva Maldonado
- Rose Mancini
- Ann Merriam Feinberg
- Cristina Molliconi
- Elner Morrell
- Judith Rifkin
- Lois Schein
- Jackie Aviles
- Dolores Riollano
- Mark Berardi
- Dana D’Angelo-Moreira
- Tim Grimes
- Patti Landegren
- Cynthia Merrick
- Rev. Malcolm Carr
- Audrie DeRouen
- Helena Jedlinsky
- Gerald Klein
- Jennifer Naylor
- Lisa Segal (Chair)
- Cathy Somers
- Martha Bernstein
- Kathleen McPadden
- Kathryn Kehoe (Chair)
- Saran White
- Reginald Beamon
- Kathy Bower (Chair)
- Barbara Bradbury-Pape
- Michael Giardina
- Subira Gordon
- Rabbi Eric Polokoff
- Kathy Taylor
- Jill Faherty Lloyd
- Patricia McKinley
- Kathy McPadden
- Marcia Moriarty
- Kathy Taylor (Chair)
- Hannah Alley-Keller
- Kathy Bower
- Anna Bower Richardson
- Regina Duchin Kraus
- Patricia Lindenman
- Rama Mahesh
- Marion Manzo
- Karen Powell (Chair)
- Lisa Segal
- Jodi Wasserstein