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
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Members at Large
Sandy Grande, Ph.D.
UConn Professor
Political Science/Native American and Indigenous Studies
Jonathan Weiner, Esq.
Connecticut Supreme Court
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