Board of Directors
The members of our Board of Directors come from different towns in our service area and from different professions.  The common bond that unites them is a passion for our work.  Some are cancer survivors and many have seen loved ones through the cancer ordeal.  We ask for a three-year commitment and we get so much more.  We salute these women and men who help make our work possible.

Board of Directors

Susan Blumenthal
Vice Chairwoman of the Board

Susan Blumenthal

Publisher, The Yankee PennySaver

Bob Brown
Robert Brown 

VP of Marketing & Sales
Branson Ultrasonics/Emerson Industrial Automation,
Danbury, CT

Peter Buzaid
Peter Buzaid, Esq.

Attorney, DeLuca & Buzaid, Danbury, CT

Dr. Robert Cooper
Chairman Emeritus

Robert Cooper, MD

Oncologist/Hematologist, Praxair Cancer Center,
Danbury Hospital

Leroy Diggs

General Manager
The Matrix Realty Group

Paul
Immediate Past Chairman

Paul P. Dinto

President & CEO, Paul Dinto Electrical Contractors, Inc., Middlebury, CT

Joe Garbus
Joseph S. Garbus

Vice President
Talent and Leadership Development, Celgene Corporation

Chairman of the Board

David W. Nurnberger

Retired Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Boehringer Ingelheim USA

Kathy Pape
Secretary of the Board

Kathleen Pape

Neurosurgical Associates of Southwestern CT

Joy Previdi
Helen Joy Previdi, Esq.

Attorney, Newtown, CT

Ceil Ruggles
Cecelia Ruggles

Owner & breeder of award winning show dogs, High Ridge Kennels, LLC, Redding, CT and Houston, TX

Richard Sica

First Vice President, Financial Advisor, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

William D. Starbuck

Executive Vice President,  Fairfield County Bank Corp.

Shuana Tucker, PhD
Shuana K . Tucker, PhD

Talent and Professional Development Director,
Waterbury Public Schools

Anthony Zoella
Board Treasurer

Anthony Zeolla

World Wide Financial Analyst, IBM

Ex Officio

Wilda Morgan Hayes

President, Ann’s Place, The Home of I Can

Directors Emeritae

Pat Bragdon, PhD
FOUNDER

Patricia Bragdon, PhD, LCSW

Clinical Social Worker, John Jay High School, Cross River, NY

Mary Burke
FOUNDER

Mary Burke

Retired Teacher and Silversmith

Jeanne Parille
Jeanne Parille

Retired American Cancer Society Administrator