Our most sincere thanks to our current volunteers and those who served UWWC during 2014-2015.
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Board of Directors Northern Fairfield Community Council Southern Litchfield Community Council
Stamford Community Council The Volunteer Council
Committeees of the Board Finance Committee Governance Committee Marketing Committee Resource Development Committee
Initiative Volunteers ALICE Task Force Back-To-School Volunteers-Southern Litchfield County Emergency Food & Shelter (EFSP) Program Local Board - Danbury Emergency Food & Shelter (EFSP) Program Local Board - Stamford Financial Resource Center Advisory Board Financial Resource Center-Volunteer Financial Coaches Imagination Library Volunteers Ready, Set, Let's Read Volunteers Strong Start Neighborhood Advisory Group-Danbury Strong Start Neighborhood Advisory Group-Stamford Youth Leadership Members Leaders On Loan Photographers and Videographers 2014-15 Grant and Financial Review Volunteers Northern Fairfield County Southern Litchfield County Stamford Financial Review Volunteers Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors Grant Review Volunteers City of Danbury Grant Process The Volunteer Center BoardServe Western CT Workplace Volunteer Council Volunteers Day of Action Committee – NFCC/SLC Day of Action Committee – Stamford King of the Hill SAVE Office Volunteers Stamford Summer Reading Partners (July-August 2014) Stamford Business to Books Readers (April 2015) Volunteer Center Office Volunteers Volunteer Consultant Program Youth Volunteer Corps Special Event Volunteers Stamford Volunteer Recognition Day Selection Committee Hometown Heroes Committee Heart of Gold Committee Roberta K. Eichler Heart of Gold Scholarship Selection Committee
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
For a listing of our current Board of Directors, please click here
James Schmotter
Chair
Western Connecticut State University
Sue Neumann
Vice Chair
Praxair, Inc.
Sandra L. Rankin
Secretary
Retired – IBM
Cheryl Bakewell
Treasurer
Bakewell & Mulhare LLC
Martin Anderson
Webster Bank
Raul Arguello, MD
Western Connecticut Health Network
Keith Betts, EdD
Western Connecticut State University
William S. Callion
Retired - IBM
Mark Catalano
Deloitte
Brooke Feder
Cushman & Wakefield
Frank Kelly
Retired - Western Connecticut Health Network
Kurosh L. Marjani
Wofsey, Rosen, Kweskin & Kuriansky, LLP
Cynthia Merkle
Union Savings Bank
Lynn D. Mohlenhoff
Savings Bank of Danbury
Laurie Schupmann
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Michael Shepherd
Genworth
Joseph Smialowski
Retired – Citigroup
Aimee Monroy Smith
Pitney Bowes, Inc.
Rick Tanner
Mountain Valley Spring Water Co.
Meera Vasudevan
Preferred Brands International
Dudley Williams
GE
Andrew Zeitlin
Shipman & Goodwin LLP
NORTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY COMMUNITY COUNCIL
Gigi Christel
Patricia Cruz Fragoso
George Herring
Mary Ann Houser
Frank Kelly
Rosalind Kopfstein
Ralph McIntosh, Jr.
Jerry Murphy
MaryAnn Murtha
Mark Pancrazio
Sandra L. Rankin
Jeff Ryer
James Schmotter
Michael L. Stern, Ph.D.
Bob E. Williams
SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY COMMUNITY COUNCIL
Cheryl Bakewell
Jennifer Birdseye
Bonnie E Blackman
Joseph F. Buzaid, Jr.
Barbara Dratch
Steve Liker
Lynn D. Mohlenhoff
Rev. Michael Moran
Larry Neary
Tammy Reardon
Roberta Reed
Frank Wargo
Katherine Webster-O’Keefe
Gary Wright
Sid Beighley
William S. Callion
Karen Carter
Luis F. Diez
Kurosh L. Marjani
Laura McCafferty
Cynthia A. Mixcus
Maureen O. Reynolds
Dan Sheehan
Aimee Monroy Smith
Dudley Williams
Andrew Zeitlin
Martin Anderson
Cristina Cosentino
Kimberly Greene
Kim Karl
Sally Kelman
Erika Liverani
Kim Tuffarelli
Sandy Weinberg
Greg Wierenga
Victoria Zerjav
Cheryl Bakewell
Fanny Ferreira
James Gareau
Frank Kelly
George C. Rough
Laurie Schupmann
Peter Tomaino
Bob E. Williams
Cheryl Bakewell
Cindy Merkle
Mark Catalano
Brooke Feder
Frank Kelly
James Schmotter
Laurie Schupmann
Andrew Zeitlin
Paige Brewer
Mariann Van Buren
Mark Catalano
Duane Giannini
Timothy Kidman
Michael L. Stern
Clarisse Thomas
Sid Beighley
Steven Liker
Tom Marks
Jeri Martin
Larry Neary
Marie O’Neill
George Schott
Rick Tanner
Meera Vasudevan
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Bruce Blasnik
Nichole Crudup
Marcia Grise
Ralph McIntosh, Jr.
Daniel J. Reilly
Wayne Skelly
William Starbuck, Jr.
Andrew Zeitlin
ALICE TASK FORCE
Cheryl Bakewell
Jennifer Birdseye
Bruce Blasnik
Bill Callion
Bill Glass
George Herring
Kim Karl
Ralph McIntosh
John Rankin
Sandra Rankin
George Schott
Dan Sheenan
Rick Tanner
BACK-TO-SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS - SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY
Erica Allaby
Ronni Allen
Lydia Andre
Alecia Andrews
Drew Barksdale
Helen Barksdale
Chris Barry
Bobbi Jo Beers
Christine Blonski
Kathy Boyce
Danielle Canfield
Sue Canfield
Diane Cerasoli
Deana Chamberlin
Sharon Chamberlin
Maureen Ciaglo
Patricia Cosentino
Judy Crouse
Lisa D’Emilio
Kathy Darrah
Cathy DeBroske
Melinda Fall
Jeanne Faure
Regina Fay
Vivian Fontanilla
Christie Fosina
Rae Ann Fosina
Jo Gabriele
Patty Guastello
Angela Guerriero
Linda Haske
Ashley Hinz
Emily Johnson
Toni Johnson
Jane Kraver
Cheryl Kunst
Linda Law
Ariana Leggio
Laura Leggio
Diane Lodge
Barbara Lohmann
Carol Lubus
Barbara Lucas
Sharon Magner
Mikaela Malumphy
Margie McClure
Kerri McLaughlin
Emily Mellen
Karen Mello
Sarah Mello
Leslie Mirkhani
Lisa Morelli Gramling
Patty Murphy
Nancy Nichols
Alice Pepin
Julie Pokrinchak
Rosamond Reisen
Cindy Rizzo
Darlene Russell
Josh Savel
Beth Salvador
Rachel Salvador
Leslie Sarich
Jo Simko
Kristen Sprock
Sharon Stephen
Debby Stevenson
Margaret Tully
Sue Valentine
Candice Weiss
Rachel Weiss
Amelia Wootton
Heather Wootton
EMERGENCY FOOD & SHELTER PROGRAM (EFSP) LOCAL BOARD
Danbury Executive Committee
Gigi Christel
Eliot Morrison
Mary Ann Houser
Rosalind Kopfstein
EMERGENCY FOOD & SHELTER PROGRAM (EFSP) LOCAL BOARD
Stamford Executive Committee
Patty Burke
Walter Droz
Matt Greenberg
Erik Larson
Mark Lingle
FINANCIAL RESOURCE CENTER ADVISORY BOARD
Bill DiMichiel
Carol Heller
George Herring
Mary Jascha
Cindy Mixcus
Krystal Ramos
John Rankin
Joseph Simons
Bob E. Williams
David Vega
David Zavarelli
FINANCIAL RESOURCE CENTER – VOLUNTEER FINANCIAL COACHES
Irv Agard
Christopher Bader
Judith Corprew
Jose Diaz
Frank DiCerbo
Ronald Geck
Ann Greenberg
Shawn Gregory
Linda Haske
Ronald Herren
Carnell Newsome
Ingo Cruz Pinto
Brigid Schaffer
David Steck
Karen Stier
Christine Isabella Torre
Bob E. Williams
IMAGINATION LIBRARY VOLUNTEERS
Helen Barksdale
Amy Betz
Janet Caiola
Heather Clifford
June Cook
Patty Guastello
Jaclyn Haggerty
Angelina Hernandez
Mary Hinz
Mary Lynn Howard
Ina Crock
Caroline LaFleur
Cindy Lappala
Jaime Lynch
Kathy Matusiak
Margie McClure
Jackie Morrison
Tricia Robinson
Debby Stevenson
Samantha Wolf
JoAnn Yachulke
READY, SET, LET’S READ VOLUNTEERS
Maryellen Baker
Pamela Baker
Nancy Burger
Angie Bednarchak
Patti Bisbano
Gigi Christel
Jeanne Corso
Deanna Egerman
Diane Finch
Julie Gallagher
Sally Kile
Christine Lewis
Kathy Matusiak
Ann McLellan
Amy Mulligan
Sandy Rankin
Patricia Reed
Ranjini Sikder
Joy Tagliavento
Elizabeth Talian
Nancy Toussaint
Robin Travis
Jennifer Wehner
Jennifer Wolfenden
STRONG START NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY GROUP – DANBURY
Gigi Christel
Stacy Diaz
Patrica Cruz Fragoso
Patti Keckeisen
Rosalind Kopstein
Kevin O’Dea
Marie O’Neill
STRONG START NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY GROUP - STAMFORD
Karen Carter
Luis Diez
Linda Levy
Danette Melchionne
Cheryl Poltrack
Michele Sabia
Giles Vaughan, Coordinator
2014
Stosh Davis
Jenny DePalma
Maddie Doud
Lauren Ellis
Emory Fairchild
Kelly Flynn
Angela Haglund
Bridgit Humphries
Shannon Juggler
Alexa Kugler
Morgan Laucius
Lola Luna
Colleen Lynch
Laura Lyons
Julia Malumphy
Kelly Marsan
Mia Nahom
Hunter Seegers
Emily Shiffman
Lizzie Swanson
DELOITTE LOANED LEADERS
Brian DelDebbio
Rory Healy
PHOTOGRAPHERS AND VIDEOGRAPHERS
Alicia Craybas
Jacek Dolata
Lynne LoRusso
Marja Peterson
Anthony Santos
2014-2015 GRANT AND FINANCIAL REVIEW VOLUNTEERS
GRANT REVIEW VOLUNTEERS
Northern Fairfield County
Michele Barnett
Charles Burnham
Kristen Burns
Jean Campbell
Tim Carlson
Mayra Ceballos
Gigi Christel
Gail Clarke
Patricia Cruz Fragoso
Stacy Diaz
Nancy Farrell
Mary Ann Houser
Kim Karl
Deborah Kavanaugh
Patti Keckeisen
Laila Khouri
Rosalind Kopstein
Juan Matias
Kathy Matusiak
Denise Maxcy
Eileen McCarthy-DeSantis
Sheila Morley
Lisa Morrissey
MaryAnn Murtha
Robert Palmer
Michael Stern
Marina Trejo
Trish Venditti
Dave Wheeler
Susan Ward
Southern Litchfield County
Cheryl Bakewell
Patti Clarke
Amy Gantert
Terri Gatten
Sonii Kollie
Steve Liker
Darlene Russell
Rick Slivka
Stamford
Emily Ansale
Shobhna Bhatnagar
Sara Bromley
Bob Carriero
Maureen Considine
Luis Diez
Roberta Eichler
Larry Gilmore
Leslie Glenn
Kim Henderson
Rob Kalachik
Holly Kelly
Erik Larson
Grace Mall
Laura Ozycz
Ramesh Srinivasan
Armin Thies
Kelly Van Pelt
Lisa Zana
FINANCIAL REVIEW VOLUNTEERS
Nidiogou Ba
Lindsay Broderick
Tim Carlson
Karen Carter
George Farrell
Maria-Antonietta Mallozzi
Stephen Mazzariello
Mike Mello
ABRIENDO PUERTAS/OPENING DOORS GRANT REVIEW VOLUNTEERS
Stacy Diaz
Myra Ceballos
Patti Keckeisen
Juan Matias
Sheila Morley
City of Danbury Grant Review Volunteers
Jean Campbell
Karen Chambrovich
Annie Dance
Ralph Eggleston
Rose Mary Fasano
Merri Florentini
Humberto Gutierrez
Jean Hazard
Clair Hines
Joyce Juggler
Laila Khouri
Susan Lehmann
Eliot Morrison
Peter Philip
Richard Wenzel
Suzanne Dale Wilcox
City of Danbury Financial Review Team
Karen Carter
Melisa Garcia
William Houser
Richard Matzinger
Michael Mello
Stuart Morrison
BoardServe Western CT
Christine Belchick Kay
Shobhna Bhatnagar
Robin Black
John Blasser
John Bonora
Leys Bostrom
Svava Bragason
Donna Brunner
Juliet Cain
Marie Chery
Regina Cholnoky
Feyzan Dalay
Dolores DelVecchio
Jacqueline Donnelly
Joseph Fischetti
Yvonne Ferrell
Wendy Forster
Christine Fuchs
Holly Hatrfield
Nicholas Herrel
Julie Hodson
Sabrina Jordan
Kim Karl
Bianka Kortlan-Cox
John Knight
Nancy Kuhn
Rhonda Leone
Doria Linnetz
Emily Miller
Jackie Molligo
Vinod Nair
Lisa Nichols
Femi Olowosoyo
Jennifer Porter
Yolanda Preysner
Jason Scott
Michael Shepherd
Holly Stevens
Katie Stevens
Laura Tashjian
Alexia Tomczak
Mary Marple Thies
Paula Woodhouse
Workplace Volunteer Council Volunteers
Melissa Andros
Maribeth Bachinski
Diane Barros
Christopher Calo
Lauren Chila
Denise Cunningham
Donna DiMuzio
Misty Dorsch
Mitchell Egley
Beth Ann Fetzer
Marilyn Foley
Eleanor Giafortune
Judy Glidden
Marilyn Hendrickson
Lisa-Marie Irizary
Laura Krauss
Brianna Liotta
Stefanie Martin
Alison Matroianni
Sid McNulty
Patty Moses
Anne Noel
Julie Poklemba
Anderson Prata
Liz Purvis
Laura Rossi
Kathleen Shook
Nancy Spinello
Steve Tartaglia
Susan Westrell
Margaret Zachery
Day of Action Committee – NFCC/SLC
Bob Brown
Jennifer Cafarelli
Laura Heinlein
Joseph Kelly
Peggy A. Kurinsky
Julie Poklemba
Norman Urquhart
William H. Valenti
Day of Action Committee – Stamford
Scott Bonis
Charlene Pratt
Greg Wierenga
King of the Hill
Kevin Boughan
Glenn McCabe
Barry Sobolewski
SAVE Office Volunteers
Eleanor Gianfortune
Stamford Summer Reading Partners (July-August 2014)
Michael Anderson
Suzanna Aysseh
Sheila Bennett
Sakshi Bhatnagar
Melissa Calderon
Bart Casabona
Jason Choi
Jasper Clark
Diana D’Agostino
William DeMarzo
Delphine Fairley
Maribeth Farley
Bob Feghali
William Foster
Stacy Francois
Bevin Gove
Barbara Hansen
Kapil Jain
Charlotte Kirby
Jim Lam
Sabrina Lee
Marium Majid
Alsion McGuigan
Alif Mia
Carine Mikem
Christina Mohraz
Zakiya Nashid
Gabriela Recinos
Jose Rodriguez
Robert Schaab
Riva Schmid
Darren Senzon
Joel Smith
Alex Soares
David Sorenson
Elizabeth Thys
Kim Tuffarelli
Anabelle Uy
Stamford Business to Books Readers (April 2015)
*Denotes team leader for multiple volunteers from his/her company.
Anne Acampora
Martin Anderson*
Donna Arcuri
Rose Batchelder
Nancy Jean Bono
Jennienne Burke
Karen Cammarota
Maureen Caswell
Lucia Cooke
Beth Crowe*
Lindsay Decker*
Delphine Fairley*
Christina Feeny
Carol Gladstone
Mychael Hyman
Josephine Johnson
Kim Karl
Gerry Katz
Sally Kelman
Erika Liverani
Danette Melchionne*
Joy Mindlin
Amanda Moorhouse
Polly Morrow*
Gail Okun
Erica Phillips
Bonnie Pirro
Polly Rauh
Ellen Reardon
Lisa Sanders
George Schott*
Michael Shepherd*
Julia Sitarz
Hans Taparia
Natalie Tocci
Meera Vasudevan*
Volunteer Center Office Volunteers
Hilena Carrigan
Minnie Cruz
Mary DiMicco
Leslie Glenn
Andrea Hartofils
Mary Intelisano
Maureen McGuire
Maria Roessler
Sharon Siegel
Jurgen Wolf
Volunteer Consultant Program
John Crowley
Vicki Coogan
Chris Hong Lui
Brian O’Connor
Karol Sanchez
Priyanga Thangamariappam
George Aillon
Stephen Aledort
Galilee Applegreen
Alyssa Barrett
Alec Becker
Caley Bogolawski
Kristen Bogolawski
Greg Brennan
John Bunce
Daniel Campbell
Christina Carboni
Michael Carruthers
Jaylyn Cheyenne Carter
Illyriana Cera
Andrew Chang
Micah Chen
Sophia Chiravelli
Ben Cohen
Kate Colucci
Emma Connolly
Sean Connolly
Caroline Cueva
Dominick Curra
Matthew Curra
Tim Davis
Matthew Diamond
Dan Dicker
Robert DiSibio
Jiali Duan
Andrei Durante
Sadie Elkow
Haele Ferguson
Hallie Filan
Mee Mee Filan
Juliana Fuente
Wes Gannon
Brian Gasparino
Justin Gasparino
Julia Gerstenfeld
Christofer Ginin
Liam P. Gogan
Xander Goodwin
Brandon Gottwals
Nathan Gottwals
Carol Granda
Rachel Greening
Micah Hall
Claudia Harris
Olivia Harris
Mohammed Hasan
Abigail Heiden
Jack Hicks
Jacob Issokson
Max Issokson
Cheyanne James
Valentina Jimenez
Alexis Johnson
Justin Kahn
Natalie Kennedy
Emma Kiernan
Mikaela Kiernan
Jake Lalloway
Sabrina Lalor
Lin Lin
Caitlyn Linden
Robert Linden
Elena Frances Lofgren
Joanne Marie Lofgren
Ryan Ludden
Jack Lyall
Reed Lyall
Erin Maida
Daniela Marquez
Eduardo Marquez
Johanse Martinez
Priscilla Martinez
Kamaal McLean-Felix
Ehlana McRanor
Aaditi Mehta
Josefina Mendez
Daniel Michael
Maddie Miller
Alex Miloscia
Zoe Mistriel
Mackenzie Mitchell
Hannah Morgan
Brendan Munnelly
Roque Navarro
Korrine Nelson
Luke O'Neil
Jake O'Neill
Liam O'Neill
Connor Parille
Eve Passman|
Stephanie Pellegrino
Tim Porter
Celia Preveza
Natalie Preveza
Misha Prukalski
Natasha Prukalski
Allan Quade
Nathan Ralstan
Naeem Rashid
Patrick Relator
Ross Relator
Hannah Rigoglioso
Mackenzie Rizzo
Kimberly Rodas
Michael Ruffino
Elle Sauli
Vincenzo Sauli
Christian Scarduzio
TJ Schlotter
Alexandra Schulman
Isaac Shami
Matthias Siber
Catarina Silva
Thomas Smith
Edie Solis Jr.
Mckenzie Strang
Cory Struski
Oscar Urena
Mitchell van der Noll
Bart VosWinkel
Bonnie VosWinkel
Jenny Wadhwa
Maya Wadhwa
Nikhil Wadhwa
Benjamin Westney
Jacob Westney
Matthew Williams
Amanda Witkowski
Mengcheng Wu
Kristal Zhou
Kevin Zhunio
Stamford Volunteer Recognition Day Selection Committee
Roberta Eichler
Leslie Glenn
Sally Kelman
Sandy Weinberg
Greg Wierenga
Hometown Heroes Committee
Sandy Bouclier
Judith Coffey
Angie DeLucia
Lexie DeLucia
Diane Herzman
Kathleen Johnson
Vanessa Owoye
Patricia Vendetti
Heart of Gold Committee
Martin Anderson
Cristina Cosentino
Kimberly Greene
Sandy Weinberg
Roberta K. Eichler Heart of Gold Scholarship Selection Committee
Martin Anderson
Kimberly Greene
Sally Kelman
Sandy Weinberg
Greg Wierenga