Connecticut Humanities is fortunate to have a dedicated team of Staff and a Board of Directors committed to our vision and mission. Meet them below!
Administration Staff
Jason R. Mancini, Ph.D.
Executive Director
860.937.6636
jmancini@cthumanities.org
State Education Resource Center (SERC) – African American Curriculum Development Committee
Everyday Democracy – Civic Health Advisory Committee
Mystic Aquarium – Scientist-in-Residence
Akomawt Educational Initiative – Co-founder
Diane Berube
Business Manager
860.937.6510
dberube@cthumanities.org
Sheldyn Oliver
Administrative Assistant
860.937.6520
soliver@cthumanities.org
Aimee Cotton Bogush
Communications Manager
860.937.6648
abogush@cthumanities.org
The Communications Network – Member
Public Relations Society of America – Member
Grants & Programs Staff
Scott Wands
Manager of Grants & Programs
860.937.6535
swands@cthumanities.org
Susan Muro
Grants & Program Officer
860.937.6542
smuro@cthumanities.org
CT Library Consortium – Children’s Librarian’s Round Table, South, Co-Chair
Lisa Comstock
Director, CT Center for the Book and Manager, IT Services
860.937.6582
lcomstock@cthumanities.org
Digital Humanities Staff
Gregg Mangan, Ph.D.
Manager of Digital Humanities
860.937.6516
gmangan@cthumanities.org
Connecticut Digital Archive – Advisory Board
Connecticut Digital Newspaper Project – Advisory Board
Association for the Study of Connecticut History – Member
National Council on Public History – Member
Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Chair
Lewis Wallace
The Commonfund
Vice Chair
Elaine McDonald
Aetna (retired)
Secretary
Bob Svensk
Svensk & Company, Inc.
Treasurer
Melinda D. Cruanes
Connecticut State Colleges and Universities
Members at Large
Katherine Donovan
Whittlesey PC
Rorie Rueckert
Members
Becky Beaulieu
Florence Griswold Museum
Sandy Grande
UConn Professor
Heidi Green
Universal Healthcare Foundation of Connecticut
Helen Higgins
Catherine Keene Fields
Litchfield Historical Society
Jennifer McKenna
Lane Construction
Frank Mitchell
Author
Regen O’Malley
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani
Jean E. Reynolds
Children’s Book Consultant
Myron Stachiw
Nonprofit Consultant and Professor
Jonathan Weiner, Esq.
Connecticut Supreme Court
Walter Woodward
Connecticut State Historian and UConn Professor
