Board of Directors

The UConn Foundation is governed by a dynamic volunteer board of elected directors who are drawn from corporations and community organizations, as well as ex officios from UConn's administration, faculty, and student body. The professional backgrounds, skills, and knowledge of its members enable the Foundation to carry out its ambitious goals, which include achieving UConn's educational, scientific, cultural, research, and recreational objectives. Each Board of Directors member generously gives their time, expertise, and financial resources to support UConn in being widely recognized as a world-class national public research university that produces a rich flow of ideas, sparks invention and innovation, and improves the quality of life for all people.

Board Membership

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Officers

Chair	Melinda T. Brown ’77 ’85
President & CEO	Jake Lemon
Treasurer	Michael Koppel ’78
Secretary	John R. Fodor ’85
Senior Vice President of Finance & Administration and CFO	David L. Carney
Senior Vice President for Development	Vacant

Members

Craig W. Ashmore ’85 Managing Director Platinum Equity, LLC Beverly Hills, CA	George R. Aylward, Jr. ’88 President & Chief Executive Officer Virtus Investment Partners Hartford, CT	Mark A. Beaudoin ’82 Partner & CFO Ziff Capital Partners New York, NY	Alan R. Bennett ’69 Partner – Ropes & Gray (Retired) Washington, D.C.	Anthony C. Bland ’80 Managing Director, Market Executive Merrill Lynch Wealth Management Washington, DC
Melinda T. Brown ’77 ’85 Senior Vice President & Corporate Controller (Retired) Tapestry, Inc. New York, NY	Noha H. Carrington ’85 Co-Founder & COO Wellpay Corp San Mateo, CA	William B. Clemens III, ’89 ’98 Managing Director – Healthcare Practice Russell Reynolds Associates Stamford, CT	Sue A. Collins Chief Actuary (Retired) TIAA West Hartford, CT	Angelo DeFazio ’85 President & CEO Arrow Pharmacy and Nutrition Centers Hartford, CT
Craig A. Douglas ’77 Vice President/Treasurer (Retired) Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. New Britain, CT	Amy J. Errett ’79 CEO & Founder Madison Reed San Francisco, CA	Rich Eldh	John R. Fodor ’85 Executive Vice President & Director (Retired) American Funds Distributors, Inc. Capital Group Companies, Inc. Los Angeles, CA	David H. Ford ’88 Senior Managing Director Pretium Partners LLC New York, NY
Susan P. Gambardella ’85 President – North America Kimberly-Clark Professional Roswell, GA	Carolina Giraldo, DMD ’95 Founder and Dentist All Smiles, LLC Norwalk, CT	Jonathan L. Greenblatt ’77 Co-Founder and Executive Chairman Legal Innovators Washington, D.C.	Steven M. Greenspan, JD ’85 Vice President and Chief Litigation Counsel Raytheon Technologies Corporation Farmington, CT	Debra A. Hess ’86 Chief Financial Officer (Retired) NorthStar Realty Finance Old Greenwich, CT
Michael G. Koppel ’78 Executive Vice President & CFO (Retired) Nordstrom, Inc. Bellevue, WA	Benjamin W. Michelson ’96 Managing Partner Sail Harbor Capital LLC New York, NY	Joseph E. Parsons ’79 Management Committee Member (Retired) Bridgewater Associates, LP Weston, CT	Barbara I. Poremba ’86 Vice President National Retail Sales The Coca-Cola Company Fairfield, CT	William J. Quinlan, III, JD ’92 President and COO, PSNH Eversource Energy Hartford, CT
Lori Riiska ’84 CPA Lori Riiska CPA, LLC Winsted, CT	Anthony Rizza ’87 Senior Managing Director/ Portfolio Manager Columbus Circle Investors Stamford, CT	Michael K. Rosen, MD ’89 ’93 Anesthesiologist Northeastern Anesthesia Mount Kisco, NY	Lindsay Schine MD ’89 Physician, Internal Medicine VA Connecticut Healthcare System West Haven, CT	Paula Singer
Curtis Tearte	James F. Whalen, Jr. ’82 Partner TA Realty, LLC Boston, MA

Ex Officio Members

President of the University	Andrew Agwunobi, MD, MBA
The University’s Chief Academic Officer	Carl Lejuez
The Senior Administrator from UConn Health	Andrew Agwunobi
The Chief Financial Officer of the University	Lloyd Blanchard
The Chief Administrator from the Department of Athletics	David Benedict
University Board of Trustee	Andrea B. Dennis-LaVigne, D.V.M. ’03
President of the Corporation	Jake Lemon
Student Foundation Representative	Maggie Khuu
University Faculty Member	Michael Willig