Technology Talent Fund

Advisory Councils

The Fund is administered by the Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) with the advice and counsel of an advisory board, led by: 

 
Catherine H. Smith, Chairman
Commissioner, Department of Economic and Community Development
 
Susan Avchincloss
Skills21@EdAdvance
 
Pedro Bermudez
Revisionist
 
Sean Cassidy
Arvinas
 
Dr. Ken Colwell
Central Connecticut State University
 
Jessica Dodge
Connecticut Innovations
 
Josh Geballe
Core Informatics
 
Lisa Jacobi
COCC
 
Kelley Johnson
Doors to Explore
 
Cynthia Lyon
The Business Council of Fairfield County
 
Julio Mansilla
A100
 
Bill Moschella
Evariant
 
Venkata Natarajan
Prudential Retirement
 
Monoswita Saha
IBM
 
Gary Scharf
iTech Solutions, Inc.
 
Dr. Alex Schwarzmann
University of Connecticut
 
Mike Silvestrini
Energea
 
Taylor Van Antwerp
CT Technology Council
 
Dan Viens
FactSet Research Systems, Inc.
 
Jen Widness
Connecticut Conference of Independent Colleges
 
Jeff Wihbey
Connecticut Technical High School System