Board of Directors

  • John Palmieri

    BOARD PRESIDENT
    Director, Global Solution Consultants at VMware

  • Christine Brown

    BOARD SECRETARY
    Partner, NESENOFF & MILTENBERG, LLP

  • David Lehn

    BOARD TREASURER
    Partner and Greenwich Office Managing Director, Withersworldwide

  • Amy Stern

    BOARD MEMBER/CO-FOUNDER

  • Kris Burbank

    BOARD MEMBER EMERITUS/ CO-FOUNDER
    Author, Advocate and Certified Leadership Coach


  • Mary Ellen Brennan-Connelly

    BOARD MEMBER
    Realtor, William Raveis Real Estate

  • Dennis Brown

    BOARD MEMBER
    Senior Financial Advisor, Senior Vice President

  • Jackie Davis

    BOARD MEMBER
    Vice President Sales, Principal, Jackie Davis & Company

  • ​Pierce Fowler

    BOARD MEMBER
    Director of Investment Banking, Piper Sandler

  • Nicole Gerber

    Fundraising & Sponsorship Coordinator, Wakeman Town Farm

  • Dave Schulz

    BOARD MEMBER
    Former Fairfield Ludlowe Athletic Director and current FCIAC Commissioner 

  • Ed Stern

    BOARD MEMBER
    President and CEO, PowerBridge

Advisory Council

Paul Horton, Advisory Board Member
Managing Director at Invesco Ltd.

Adam Jacobson, Advisory Board Member
Executive Director Pet Pantry and Executive Director Raised Right Pets

Mary Kelly, Advisory Board Member
Fairfield University adjunct professor and Research & Insights Consultant

Eric Sandstrom, Advisory Board Member
Managing Partner of Cadillac of Greenwich and Maritime
Chevrolet in Fairfield, CT

Lisa Sandstrom, Advisory Board Member
Founder & Host of Finding Our Voices Today Podcast, Adjunct Instructor for adult ELL's at CT-State Norwalk & Program Coordinator at Women's
Mentoring Network

David Sell, Advisory Board Member

Diane Sell, Advisory Board Member
Owner Health in Motion, DPT Physical Therapist & Nutritionist