Board Of Directors

Executive Committee

Stephen Bull, President Greater Danbury Chamber of Commerce Chair- Northwest Regional Workforce Investment Board
Leroy D. Diggs, Facilities & Site Manager The Matrix Group Chair- Youth Council
George LaCapra, Jr., President Unimetal Surface & Finishing, LLC Chair- Performance Committee
Giuseppe (Joe) Pisani, Owner Pisani Steel Fabrication Secretary- Executive Committee
Dr. William Pizzuto, Director University of Connecticut- Waterbury Campus Chair- Finance Committee
JoAnn Ryan, President Northwest Connecticut Chamber of Commerce Chair- Personnel Committee
Wayne Shepperd, Economic Development Director City of Danbury Chair- Marketing/Labor Committee
Patricia Smithwick Bethel Visiting Nurse Chair- Worker Training Educations Committee
Joseph Wrinn, President Goodfellow Ashmore Agency Municipality: Danbury

 

Private Sector

Richard Adamaitis, President Valley Floor Covering Municipality: Naugatuck
David Anderson, Plant Manager Becton Dickinson & Co. Municipality: P5 Cluster
John Barlow, Jr., President M.J. Barlow Career & Staffing Municipality: Waterbury
James Bellano, Development Manager Scope Realty Associates Municipality: Brookfield
Eric Bergstraesser, Chief Executive Officer Housatonic Area Regional Transit Municipality: New Fairfield
William Brimmer, Market Vice President Right Management Consultants Municipality: Newtown
Frederick Luedke, President Neoperl, Inc. Municipality: Waterbury
Kimberly Lumia, Chief Executive Officer Sharon Hospital Municipality: P4 Cluster
John Maxwell, President J & J Precision Eyelet, Co. Municipality: P2 Cluster
James McGregor, Vice President Microtech Municipality: Cheshire

Harold Olsen, President, Owner

A.E. Olsen Co., Inc. Municipality: Southbury
Richard Razza, President Altek Electronics Municipality: Torrington
Tammy Reardon, Mayoral Aide Town of New Milford Municipality: New Milford
Laurie Roy, Corporate Secretary Howmet Corporation Municipality: Winsted
Alan Seitz, Chief Executive Officer Seitz Corporation Municipality: Torrington
William Starbuck, Business Development Manager The Network Support Company Municipality: Ridgefield
Jack Traver, Jr., President Traver IDC Municipality: Middlebury
Darlene Tynan, Mayoral Administrative Assistant Town of Wolcott Municipality: Wolcott
Joseph Vrabley, President Atlantic Steel & Processing, LLC Municipality: Waterbury
Lynn Ward, President & Chief Executive Officer Waterbury Regional Chamber Municipality: Waterbury
Diane Woolley, Acting Vice President, Human Resources Waterbury Hospital Municipality: Waterbury
Robert J. Yamin Yamin & Yamin, LLP Municipality: Danbury

 

Required Partners

David Bakewell, Representative United Labor Agency - Palladino Center
Dr. Daisy Cocco De Filippis, President Naugatuck Valley Community College
Dr. Barbara Douglass, President Northwest Connecticut Community College
Dr. James Gatling, President & Chief Executive Officer New Opportunities, Inc.
Lindy Gold, Senior Development Manager Department of Economic & Community Development
Lisa Hylwa, Principal Kaynor Technical High School
Neil M. O’Leary, Mayor City of Waterbury
Kathy Marchione, Regional Director Bureau of Rehabilitation Services
Valerie R. Marino, Education Consultant Division of Teaching and Learning Programs and Services
Jeffrey Merrow International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 478
Stephen Romano, Job Center Director Department of Labor
Barbara Sandstrom, Center Director Connecticut Job Corps Center