Board

Robert J. Lyons, Jr., Chair
Retired President & Chief Executive Officer
The Bilco Company

Alexis H. Smith, Vice-Chair
Executive Director
New Haven Legal Assistance Association

Paul A. McCraven, Secretary/Treasurer
President and CEO
ConnCORP Holdings, LLC

Michael T. Angelini
Vice President for Treasury
Yale New Haven Health

Wildaliz Bermúdez
Executive Director of the Fair Rent Commission
City of New Haven

Alan H. Bowie, Jr.
Senior Counsel
Simon & Schuster

John-Paul Chaisson-Cárdenas, PhD, MSW
Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Connecticut State Community Colleges

Marjorie Bussmann Gillis, Ed. D.
President
Literacy How, Inc.

Toni N. Harp
Board Chair/Co-founder
Impact CT
Mayor of New Haven
2014-2020

Dr. Dorsey L. Kendrick
Retired President
Gateway Community College

David I. Newton
President
Elm Advisors, LLC

Liza Janssen Petra
Executive Director
The Guilford Foundation
Branford Community Foundation

Fahd Vahidy
Philanthropic Advisor to Bill Graustein

 

 

Previous NewAlliance Foundation Board Members
Fred Acquavita (2016-2025)
Douglas K. Anderson (2011 – 2012)
William W. Bouton (2011 – 2019)
Roxanne J. Coady (2011 – 2013)
Mark F. Doyle (2008 – 2012)
Sheila B. Flanagan (2004 – 2015)

Richard J. Grossi (2006 – 2008)
D. Anthony Guglielmo (2004-2025)
Carlton L. Highsmith (2008 – 2009, 2011 – 2013)
Dr. Julia M. McNamara (1998 -2017)
Marta E. Moret (2017 – 2023)
Francisco Ortiz (2004 – 2012)
Peyton R. Patterson (2004 – 2012)
Gerald B. Rosenberg (2011 – 2012)
Joseph H. Rossi (2004 – 2016)

Cornell Scott (1998- 2008)
Robert N. Schmalz (2004 – 2008)
Donald E. Waggaman, Jr. (2013 – 2017)
Diane L. Wishnafski (2004 – 2023)