Board of Directors

Connecticut Humanities is grateful for the leadership from our volunteer board of directors committed to our vision and mission. Meet them below!

Board of Directors

*Indicates Gubernatorial Appointee

Executive Committee

Chair
Helen Higgins
Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation

Vice Chair
Frank Mitchell, Ph.D.*
Author/Consultant

Secretary
Rorie Rueckert

Treasurer
Melinda D. Cruanes, CPA
The Connecticut State Colleges & Universities

Members at Large

David A. Claiborn
Commonfund

Jonathan Weiner, Esq.
Connecticut Supreme Court

 

Members

Nicholas Bellantoni, Ph.D.
Emeritus Connecticut State Archaeologist

Merve Emre*
Wesleyan University

Andrew Forsyth, Ph.D.*
Yale College

Akeia de Barros Gomes, Ph.D.
Mystic Seaport

Ramin Ganeshram
Westport Museum for History & Culture

Sandy Grande, Ph.D.
UConn Professor
Political Science/Native American and Indigenous Studies

Andy Horowitz, Ph.D.*
CT State Historian

Jacques Lamarre
Buzz Engine Marketing

Kariann McDougall, CPA
Marcum LLP

Jennifer McKenna, CPA
Pratt & Whitney

John Mihalec
IBM (retired)

Regen O’Malley, Esq.
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani

Hanna Przada, AIA
LyonsPlain Architecture

Andrea Rapacz
Connecticut Historical Society

Carlos Torre, Ph.D.
Southern Connecticut State University/Latino and Native American Film Festival

Ruth G. Torres
Brown University Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative

David Westmoreland
Tuliptree Site Design, Inc.

Yi-Chun Tricia Lin, Ph.D.
Southern Connecticut State University/Women & Gender Studies Program

 

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