Our Board & Committees
Greater Hartford Gives Foundation is governed by a volunteer board of individuals who are knowledgeable about the community. They oversee the policies and grant decisions of the Foundation.
Board
Our Board Committees
The Foundation is grateful to the many volunteers on the standing subcommittees of the Board of Directors and special committees.
Audit
Marlene M. Ibsen*
Chair
Richard N. Palmer*
Nicole Porter*
Development
Susan B. Dunn*
Chair
Gillian Howell*
Alan Mattamana*
Finance
Rev. Darrell Goodwin*
Beatriz Gutierrez*
Chair
Marlene M. Ibsen*
Vice Chair
Alan Mattamana*
Governance
Susan B. Dunn*
Beatriz Gutierrez*
Treasurer
Richard N. Palmer*
Chair
David M. Roth*
HFPG Impact!
Susan B. Dunn*
Marlene M. Ibsen*
Chair
Alan Mattamana*
Nicole Porter*
Investment
Mishone Donelson
David Holmgren
Gillian Howell*
Alan Mattamana*
Chair
Carl Peterson
David M. Roth*
Policy and Strategy / Expedited Grant Review
Rev. Darrell Goodwin*
Beatriz Gutierrez*
Treasurer
Marlene M. Ibsen*
Vice Chair
Nicole Porter*
Chair
David M. Roth*
Brainard Fund Advisory
Kenneth R. Alleyne
Ellen Andrews
James Cox-Chapman
Lucy Cox-Chapman Dagneau
Lynne Garner
Rev. Darrell Goodwin*
Chair
Campaign
Amanda Aronson
Co-Chair
Susan B. Dunn*
Bob Goldfarb
Honorary Co-Chair
Gillian Howell*
Marlene M. Ibsen*
Vice Chair
Estela López
Yvette Meléndez
Paul Mounds, Jr.
Mark Overmyer-Velázquez*
Co-Chair
Nicole Porter*
JoAnn Price
David M. Roth*
Theodore S. Sergi
Paula Silas Guy
Andrew Worthington
Pan-Asian Sub-Committee
Susan B. Dunn*
Beatriz Gutierrez*
Treasurer
Alan Mattamana*
Chair
Mark Overmyer-Velázquez*
Co-Chair
Outsourced Chief Investment Officer (OCIO)
Cerity Partners
Counsel
Robinson & Cole LLP
Our Volunteer Committees
We are thankful for the volunteers who help our organization run.
Black Giving Circle Fund Steering
Christopher Cloud
Chair
Brenda Delgado
Vice Chair
Nakia Hall
Bob Ike
Bradford Meacham
Nicole Miller
Paul Mounds, Jr.
Michelle Strawder
Catalyst Giving Circle Fund Steering
Amanda Aronson
Chair
Karen Brown
Kathleen Costello**
Wendy Haller
Bill McDonald
Vice Chair
Chris Morrill
Leslie Ohta
Amy Peltier
Renee Savoie
Terry Schmitt**
Ned Steiger
Kathy Worthington
Latino Endowment Fund Steering
Aura Alvarado
Barbara Fernandez
Fany Hannon
Cecilia Kozlowski
Rosaida Morales Rosario
Rita Ortiz
Jackie Santiago-Nazario
Chair
Ana Valentin
Lisa Werkmeister Rozas
Scholarship
Shirley P. Boron
Judith Dobai
Carol Dupuis
Dr. Eileen M. Furey
Harvey Kelly
Patrick Laorden
Michelle Mays
Harry Meyer
Susan C. Myers
Wilfredo Nieves
Christine Pandolfe
Laura A. Schuyler
Nicholas Sheridan
Tyrone V. Walker
Trina N. Williams
Past Board
We are grateful to all who have served to move us forward together.
The Original Board
J. M. K. Davis
1936-71 (Chair, 1955-69)
Earle Dimon
1936-54
Mrs. Herbert Fisher
1936-54
Charles A. Goodwin
Chair, 1936-54
Spencer Gross
1936-69
Henry J. Marks
1936-47
Mrs. Bernard T. Williams
1936-48
Past Board Members
Frederick G. Adams
1981-90 (Chair, 1987-90)
Ellen Ash Peters
1997-2001
Lucian E. Baldwin
1967-76 (Chair, 1970-75)
David M. Borden
2007-16
Francisco L. Borges
1999-2009
Maria Borrero
1988-91
John C. Brittain
1995-99
Mrs. Paul Callanan
1955-69
William P. Conklin
1956-73
Paul Copes
1991-94
James A. Crowley
1994-2000
George Day
1954-66
James F. English, Jr.
1985-96 (Chair, 1991-96)
Edward J. Forand Jr.
2000-13 (Chair, 2011-13)
William E. Glynn
1969-83 (Chair, 1979-82)
Blanche S. Goldenberg
1996-2005 (Chair, 1999-2002)
Robert B. Goldfarb
2007-16
Delores Graham
1976-80
Beverly P. Greenberg
2005-14
R. Nelson Griebel
2016-17
Miss Cornelia Gross
1970-83
Nancy D. Grover
1997-2004 (Chair, 2003-04)
Sivan Hines
2022-24
Benjamin Holland
1954-61
Lawrence A. Howard
1948-51
Min Jung Kim
2020-21
Mark F. Korber
1999-2008 (Chair, 2005-08)
Hartzel Z. Lebed
1981-85
George Levine
1984-93
Dr. Estela R. López
2019-21
Bonnie J. Malley
2006-15
Thomas M. Malloy
2002-06
Albert Marks, Sr.
1947-65
I. Charles Mathews
2019-20
Yvette Meléndez
2005-17 (Chair 2014-16)
Stephen B. Middlebrook
1997-2006
Thea Montañez
2015
Robert K. Mooney
1973-82
Rosaida Morales Rosario
1991-2002
John S. Murtha
1977-86 (Chair, 1983-86)
Jon O. Newman
1986-95
Elsa M. Núñez
2016–17
Lillian Ortiz
2003-05
Brewster B. Perkins
1985-98 (Chair, 1997-98)
Rodney O. Powell
2012-2022
JoAnn H. Price
2010-19 (Chair, 2017-19)
Nancy T. Rankin
1993-2002
John C. Reagan
1983-84
Lewis J. Robinson, Jr.
2003-10 (Chair, 2009-10)
Susan J. Sappington
2009-12
Herbert P. Schoen
1982-85
Gordon Scott
2016-18
Theodore S. Sergi
2014-23 (Chair 2020-22)
Sue Ann Shay, s.n.d
1987-96
Lester Shippee
1951-56
Lyndes B. Stone
1961-75
Michael Suisman
1966-79 (Chair, 1976-78)
Judith S. Wawro
1983-92
Wilson Wilde
1987-96
Andrew R. Worthington
2015-24 (Chair, 2023-24)
* Member of Board of Directors
** Ex-officio