Leadership
Lana Gifas
Executive Director
Sheri Brown
Economic Empowerment Program Coordinator
Pilar Illanes
Program Coordinator
Joanne Jean
Economic Empowerment Program Assistant
Pam Miner
Development Manager
Board of Directors
Vanessa Lecorps, President
Vice President of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
Children’s Aid
Jeanine Long, Vice President
SVP, Managing Senior Credit Officer
TD Bank, N.A.
Isaiah Bien Aime, Treasurer
Startup Founder / Entrepreneur
Kristina Lopez, Secretary
Marketing Consultant
Loredana Britka
Recruitment & Marketing Analyst
Krishnan & Associates, Inc.
Lana Gifas
Executive Director
Women’s Mentoring Network, Inc.
Shirley Hu
Director, Corporate Finance
Michele Goldmeer
Attorney
New York and Connecticut
Satheesh Palaninathan
Senior Manager
Turing
Blanche Parker
Research Librarian
Darien Library
Prudence Pitter
Senior Global HR Leader
Amazon Web Services
Donna Poulard Rie
Executive Assistant
Platinum Equity
Alejandra Ramirez Wells
Founder
Ready Culture
Dana Randell
EVP and Chief Audit Executive
Synchrony
Galen Rohn
MSW Candidate
Fordham Graduate School of Social Service
Directors Emeritae
Charlie Klein
General Securities Principal
Cadaret, Grant & Co.
Romana Mocan
Controller
Sunningdale Country Club
Mary-Kate Smith
Staff Attorney
Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission
Dr. Patty Ann Tublin
Consultant / Speaker / Best-Selling Author
CEO & Founder, Relationship Toolbox LLC
Offering services throughout Connecticut and New York.