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

Fred Acquavita
Retired Head of School
Saint Thomas’s Day School

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

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

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.

D. Anthony Guglielmo
Retired State Senator
State of Connecticut

Dr. Dorsey L. Kendrick
Retired President
Gateway Community College

David I. Newton
President
Elm Advisors, LLC

Fahd Vahidy
Philanthropic Advisor
Graustein Family

 

 

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

Richard J. Grossi (2006 – 2008)
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)