
United Way of Western Connecticut is overseen by a Board of Directors comprised of members from each community--Southern Litchfield County, Northern Fairfield County and Stamford--that provide expertise and perspective on a regional level.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Cheryl Bakewell
Bakewell & Mulhare LLC
Chair
Ken Weinstein
Newtown Savings Bank
Vice-Chair
Mark Ouellette
Pitney Bowes
Secretary
Eric Duenwald
Synchrony
Treasurer
Luis F. Diez
Northern Trust
Stamford Community Council Chair
Michael Stern, PhD.
Clinical Psychologist
Northern Fairfield County Community Council Chair
Katherine Webster O’Keefe
Attorney
Southern Litchfield County Community Council Chair
Tim Ackerly
Deloitte
Doreen Bentson
Genworth
Paul H. Bruce
Union Savings Bank
Carmen Hughes
City of Stamford
Aaron Meyer
Retired Portfolio Manager
Community Volunteer
Tracy Ellis Williams
Shipman & Goodwin LLP
COMMUNITY COUNCILS
Our Community Councils represent each of our locales, focusing on local priorities and identifying community needs. We thank our dedicated volunteers who share their knowledge and time as members of our Northern Fairfield Community Council.
Adrienne Barr
Independent Advisory Management Consultant
Matthew Cassavechia
Nuvance/Danbury Hospital
Ronald Herren
Community Representative
Mary-Ann Houser
St. Gregory the Great Church
Kim Karl
Savings Bank of Danbury
Greg Manning
Webster Bank
Ralph McIntosh, Jr.
Del-Tron Precision Inc.
Nelson Merchan
Connecticut Small Business Development Center
MaryAnn Murtha
Western Connecticut State University
Katie Pearson
Danbury Public Library
Sandra L. Rankin
IBM Retiree
Dawn Reshen-Doty
Benay Enterprises, Inc.
Jeff Ryer
Ryer Associates, Inc.
Michael L. Stern, PhD
Community Representative
Kasey Yakavonis
Newtown Savings Bank
Patrice “Pat” Boily
Quinnipiac University
Taylor O’ Brien
Connect2Communications
Helen Brickfield
Danbury Chamber of Commerce
Our Community Councils represent each of our locales, focusing on local priorities and identifying community needs. We thank our dedicated volunteers who share their knowledge and time as members of our Southern Litchfield Community Council.
Lynda Lee Arnold, Esq.
Czepiga Daly Pope & Perri, LLC
Cheryl Bakewell
Bakewell & Mulhare, LLC
Jennifer Birdseye
Webster Bank, NA
Ivana Butera
New Milford Social Services
Steve Consiglio
Kimberly-Clark
Barbara Dratch
Moots Pellegrini Law Firm
Evan Hack, MD
Candlewood Valley Pediatrics
Holly Hollander
New Milford Public Schools
Lisa Morrissey
Housatonic Valley Health District
Alex Rafoss
Savings Bank of Danbury
Tammy Reardon
Town of New Milford
Katherine Webster-O'Keefe, Esq.
Law Office of Katherine Webster-O'Keefe
Our Community Councils represent each of our locales, focusing on local priorities and identifying community needs. We thank our dedicated volunteers who share their knowledge and time as members of our Stamford Community Council.
Luis F. Diez
Northern Trust
Evan A. Foley
Avison Young
Kumrija-Kim Ganic
Genworth
Leslie Glenn
Cricket Health
Kimberly Greene
Thomson Reuters
George Herring
Patriot Bank
Carmen Hughes
Edelweiss Consulting
Jerred Jones
Boys & Girls Club of Stamford
Sally Kelman
Community Member
Kurosh Marjani
Wofsey, Rosen, Kweskin & Kuriansky, LLP
David Pergola
KPMG
George Schott
Community Member
John Varamo
City of Stamford
Sandy Weinberg
O'Connor Davies
Patrice Blue- Williams
Zurich
Jessica Signor
Shipman Goodwin, LLC