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
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
CliftonLarsonAllen

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

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