Our Board
Meet Our Connecticut Advisory Board
![Headshot of Emily Byrne](https://www.teachforamerica.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2022-10/EmilyByrne.jpg?itok=sV5-0sdy)
Board Member
Executive Director Connecticut Voices For Children
Emily Byrne
![Headshot Mandy Casamassima](https://www.teachforamerica.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2022-10/MandyCasamassima.jpg?itok=2yYENR63)
Board Member
Vice President PBR Executive Search
Mandy Casamassima
New York
98
![Headshot of Adrienne Cochrane](https://www.teachforamerica.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2022-10/AdrienneCochrane.jpg?itok=-cdcepah)
Board Member
Chief Executive Officer YWCA Hartford Region
Adrienne Cochrane
![Headshot of Britt-Marie Cole-Johnson](https://www.teachforamerica.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2022-10/Britt-MarieCole-Johnson.jpg?itok=XRSW_3NW)
Board Chair
Partner Robinson & Cole LLP
Britt-Marie K. Cole-Johnson
Atlanta
04
![Headshot of Karen DuBois-Walton](https://www.teachforamerica.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2022-10/KarenDuBois-Walton.jpg?itok=FqPspuy7)
Board Member
President Elm City Communities/Housing Authority of the City of New Haven
Karen DuBois-Walton, Ph.D
![Aruna Hobbs](https://www.teachforamerica.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-09/Aruna%20Hobbs.jpg?itok=YL6FoKHS)
Board Member
Head of Institutional Investments MassMutual
Aruna Hobbs
![Headshot of Edith Johnson](https://www.teachforamerica.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2022-10/EdithJohnson.jpg?itok=iXLq5h9p)
Board Member
Director of Professional Learning & Leadership Development New Haven Public Schools
Edith Johnson
![Headshot of Dr. William (Billy) Johnson](https://www.teachforamerica.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2022-10/WilliamJohnson.jpg?itok=DImg6Rnz)
Board Member
Director of Educational Strategy William Caspar Graustein Memorial Foundation
Dr. William (Billy) Johnson
![Headshot of Ken Kencel](https://www.teachforamerica.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2022-10/KenKencel.jpg?itok=A9ovM172)
Board Member
President & CEO Churchill Asset Management
Ken Kencel
![Headshot of Phil Kent](https://www.teachforamerica.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2022-10/PhilKent.jpg?itok=bbsmjtnD)
Board Member
Partner Susman , Duffy & Segaloff, PC
Phil Kent
New York City
96
![George K Kollitides II](https://www.teachforamerica.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-09/George%20K%20Kollitides%20II.jpg?itok=5L8hoPoe)
Board Member
Partner Alvarez & Marsal Capital Opporutnities
George K. Kollititides II
![Headshot of Steve Mandel](https://www.teachforamerica.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2022-10/SteveMandel.jpg?itok=DmRDQ8UW)
Board Member
Managing Director, Portfolio Manager Lone Pine Capital, LLC
Steve Mandel
![Headshot of Dr. Jamie Murray](https://www.teachforamerica.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2022-10/JamieMurray.jpg?itok=H1Y-yRkB)
Board Member
Pediatrician and Consultant
Dr. Jamie Murray
![Adrienne Parkmond](https://www.teachforamerica.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-09/Adrienne%20Parkmond.jpg?itok=o494S-lN)
Board Member
Chief Operating Officer The WorkPlace, Inc.
Adrienne Parkmond
![Robert Taylor](https://www.teachforamerica.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-09/Robert%20Taylor.jpg?itok=7HmhgKvE)
Board Member
Teacher Brunswick School
Robert Taylor
![Nicole Torraco](https://www.teachforamerica.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-09/Nicole%20Torraco.jpg?itok=ilczGswg)
Board Member
President Fittle, a Xerox Company
Nicole Torraco