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
Frank Mitchell, Ph.D.*
Author/Consultant
Vice Chair
Ruth G. Torres
Brown University Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative
Secretary
Rorie Rueckert
Treasurer
Melinda D. Cruanes, CPA
The Connecticut State Colleges & Universities
Members at Large
Sandy Grande, Ph.D.
UConn Professor
Political Science/Native American and Indigenous Studies
Jonathan Weiner, Esq.
Connecticut Supreme Court
Members
Nicholas Bellantoni, Ph.D.
Emeritus Connecticut State Archaeologist
David A. Claiborn
Commonfund
David Davison
American Savings Foundation (retired)
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
Helen Higgins
Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation
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
Deborah Schander*
Connecticut State Librarian
Leslie Hansen Scott
Gartner
Carlos Torre, Ph.D.
Southern Connecticut State University/Latino and Native American Film Festival
David Westmoreland
Tuliptree Site Design, Inc.
Yi-Chun Tricia Lin, Ph.D.
Southern Connecticut State University/Women & Gender Studies Program
