EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Chair
Peter G. Kelly, Esq.
Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, P.C.
Vice President
James Connor
Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, P.C.
Treasurer
John Schuyler
District Export Council
Vice Chair
Se-Min Sohn
Vice President
Donna Collins
Donna Collins Consulting
Secretary
Patricia McLaughlin
AdvanceCT
Mark Caplan
President
Arthur House
Vice President
Basam Nabulsi
McCarter & English, LLP
Kristen Ortuso
KPMG
Tom Rechen
McCarter & English, LLP
FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Senator Saud Anwar
Senator, State of Connecticut
Esam Boraey
Professor
John Paul Callahan
Reid and Riege, P.C.
Mark Caplan
PJ Cimini
Capitol Strategies Group, LLC
Donna Collins
Donna Collins Consulting
James Connor
Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, P.C.
Clive Cunliffe
Pietro Rosa Group
Yvonne R. Davis
Davis Communications
Dilton Dornelas
Webster Bank
Anne Evans
Asma Farid
Edible Brands, LLC
Beatriz Gutierrez
CONNSTEP
Jim Hilboldt
Ward & Berry PLLC
Arthur House
Richard Huebner
Visual Technologies Inc.
Adam Jeamel
Liberty Bank
Peter G. Kelly, Esq.
Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, P.C.
Jillair Kubish
Colt’s Manufacturing Co.
Fred Kyeremeh
U.S. Dept. of State
Meghann LaFountain
Maudie M. Long
Fiduciary Trust International
Patricia McLaughlin
AdvanceCT
Michele Metcalf
Garth Myers
Trinity College
Basam Nabulsi
McCarter & English, LLP
Kristen Ortuso
KPMG
Thomas Rechen
McCarter & English, LLP
Gene Rostov
John Schuyler
District Export Council
Se-Min Sohn
Ngozi Taffe
UCONN Global
Adam Wood
Honorary:
Cynthia “Chintz” Bell-Bucha
Shyamala Raman, Ph.D.
SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD
Chair
Thomas Barnes
Chairman of the Barnes Group
Vice Chair
Gregory Butler
Eversource Energy
Douglas Anderson
Savings Bank of Manchester
Chuck Bunnell
Mohegan Tribe
William Ellis
Rhona Free
University of Saint Joseph
Jeffrey Hoffman
Hoffman Auto Group
Arthur H. House
University of Connecticut
Peter G. Kelly, Esq.
Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, P.C.
Karl Krapek
Alan Kreczko
Edward Lewis
Cigna
Thomas Lips
UBS
Joel Lohr
Hartford International University for Religion & Peace
Charles Reagan
Mark Scheinberg
Goodwin University
Patrick Sheehan
Stifel Financial Corp
Brett Silvers
World Business Capital
Diane Smith
Diane Smith Media
Eric Zachs
Torrecom Partners, LP
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