Leadership

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Staff Leadership

Lisa Tepper Bates

President and CEO

Leo Pellerin

Chief Information Officer

Katie Longley

Chief Operating Officer

Tanya Barrett

Senior Vice President

211 Health and Human Services

Sherri Sutera

Senior Vice President

Child Care Services

Amy Casavina Hall

Amy Casavina Hall

Senior Vice President

Strategic Partnerships, 
Development & Communications

Board Leadership

Steven Hernandez

Chair

Executive Director

ConnCAN

Yvette Highsmith

Immediate Past Chair

Regional VP

Community Health Center, Inc.

Matt Cammarota

Vice Chair

Head of Retail Lending

Liberty Bank

Katie Longley

Treasurer

COO

United Way of Connecticut

Maria Harlow

Secretary

Executive Director

United Way of Meriden & Wallingford

Members

Dita Bhargava

COO Catalan Investments

Student, Yale University MPH

Eric Harrison

President and CEO

United Way Central & Northeastern CT

Greg Butler

EVP and General Counsel

Eversource Energy

Kristen Jacoby

President & CPO

United Way of Greater Waterbury

Melvyn Colon

Nancy Marini

General Counsel

Griffin Health Services/Griffin Hospital

Alberto Cota

COO

Summit Trail Advisors

Mauri Quinn

CEO & Founder

HR Bull Consulting

William Darby

Chief of Police

Manchester Police Department

Lisa Tepper Bates

President & CEO 

United Way of Connecticut

John Emra

President, Atlantic Region

AT&T