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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Members of the United Way Board of Directors are community leaders who are elected to three year terms. The Board of Directors establishes policy and is the primary decision-making body of the United Way. The Board has final responsibility for the administration and the conduct of United Way business. Meetings are held monthly.

The 2007 Board of Directors
of United Way of Eastern Fairfield County

Executive Committee

Ronald J. Bianchi
St. Vincent's Medical Center
Chairman of the Board

Bryan J. Huebner
People's United Bank
Vice-Chair of the Board

Gregory W. Buckis
Chair, Finance & Treasurer

Mark A. Fries
Beardsley, Brown & Bassett
Chair, Board Affairs 

Anne McCrory
The Southern Connecticut Gas Company

Daniel A. Neaton
Kimball Group, Inc.
Secretary

Jeffrey P. Pino
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
Chair, Community Campaign

August F. Serra
GE

Paul S. Timpanelli
Bridgeport Regional Business Council

Merle Berke-Schlessel, Esq.
President & CEO, United Way of Eastern Fairfield County


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Directors

Cheri L. Amado
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation

Rina G. Bakalar
City of Bridgeport

Al Barber
Catholic Charities of Fairfield County

Mark Barnhart
Town of Fairfield

Susan Beauregard
GE

James Benson
Merit Insurance

Carol Birks
Bridgeport Public Schools

Christina Bodine
Fairfield County Bank Corporation

Allyn Briggs
Pitney Bowes

Lawrence J. Bues
Fairfield County Bank Corporation

Robert Carlson

Thomas J. Castelot
Sound View Community Media, Inc.

Kyle Commodore
Smith Barney

Willard G. Compton
Webster Bank

Marian Evans, M.D.
City of Bridgeport

Armando Goncalves
People’s United Bank

Laurie Gross
Jewish Center for Community Services

Leo B. Hansen
Trumbull, CT
Chair, Community Impact

Doris Harrington
Fairfield, CT

Adrienne Farrar Houel
Warrenton Network, Inc.

Peter F. Hurst Jr.
The Community’s Bank

Stephen Jakab
Bridgeport Hospital Foundation

Dr. John J. Ramos Sr.
Superintendent, Bridgeport Public Schools

Michael S. Rosten, Esq.
BowtiesEsq. Real Estate Services

Neil A. Salonen
University of Bridgeport

Valarie Shultz-Wilson
Urban League of Southwestern Connecticut

Charles D. Smith Jr.
The Charles D. Smith Jr. Foundation

Samuel B. Tingley
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Carolyn Vermont
Urban Family Development

Diana Washington
Office of Congressman Christopher Shays

James P. White Jr., Esq.
Pullman & Comley, LLC

Director Emeriti

Frank A. Morse
Carter Morse & Company

Helen B. Wasserman
Fairfield, CT

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