Board of Directors
Per The Community Foundation’s By-Laws, the Board of Directors consists of eleven citizens of the United States and residents of the City of New Haven, or vicinity, selected for their knowledge of the charitable or educational needs of the community; members are selected by seven appointing authorities:
- the Chief Executive of the City of New Haven, Connecticut.
- the President or other Chief Executive Officer of the New Haven Chamber of Commerce.
- the Trustees' Committee
- the Community Foundation Board of Directors
- the Judge of the Probate Court for the District of New Haven, CT
- the President or other Chief Executive Officer of Yale University
- the President or other Chief Executive Officer of the New Haven County Bar Association
It is a cardinal principle of The Community Foundation that it shall be conducted in the interests of the whole community without regard to race, color, religion, sex or creed, and that, to the greatest possible extent, all interests, classes and creeds shall be represented on the Board of Directors.
To read The Community Foundation’s By-Laws in full [PDF, 656KB].
Current Board
Marcella Nunez-Smith, MD, MHS
Board of Directors Chair, The Community Foundation
Fernando J. Muñiz
Board of Directors Vice Chair, The Community Foundation
Past Board
Maysa Akbar
Dates of Board Membership: 2017 - 2023
Bruce D. Alexander
Dates of Board Membership: 2003 to 2009
Vincent C. Arpaia
Dates of Board Membership: 1986 to 1987
Russell H. Atwater
Dates of Board Membership: 1949 to 1957
James W. Barber
Dates of Board Membership: 1980 to 1986
Howard W. Beach
Dates of Board Membership: 1928 to 1943
Richard G. Bell
Dates of Board Membership: 1988 to 1994
D. Spencer Berger
Dates of Board Membership: 1945 to 1952
Richard H. Bowerman
Dates of Board Membership: 1988 to 1994
Frederick F. Brewster
Dates of Board Membership: 1928 to 1942
Clarence W. Bronson
Dates of Board Membership: 1957 to 1964
Allerton F. Brooks
Dates of Board Membership: 1939 to 1946
Theodore L. Brooks, Sr.
Dates of Board Membership: 2004 to 2010
Carol A. Brown
Dates of Board Membership: 1994 to 2000
Khalilah L. Brown-Dean
Dates of Board Membership: 2015 to 2021
Norman S. Buck
Dates of Board Membership: 1961 to 1962
Mary Jane Burt
Dates of Board Membership: 2002 to 2008
Emily Byrne
Dates of Board Membership: 2013 to 2017
Anne Tyler Calabresi
Dates of Board Membership: 1989 to 1995
Alicia Caraballo
Dates of Board Membership: 2013 to 2019
Clare Coe Casher
Dates of Board Membership: 1980 to 1986
Donald W. Cellotto, Jr.
Dates of Board Membership: 1987 to 1993
Donald W. Celotto
Dates of Board Membership: 1969 to 1974
Terry Chatfield
Dates of Board Membership: 1984 to 1990
Nancy P. Ciarleglio
Dates of Board Membership: 1978 to 1986
Elias Clark
Dates of Board Membership: 1968 to 1975
Roxanne J. Coady
Dates of Board Membership: 2016 to 2022
James E. Cohen
Dates of Board Membership: 2006 to 2012
Joel Cohn
Dates of Board Membership: 1978 to 1978
Joel Cohn
Dates of Board Membership: 1966 to 1973
William S. Colwell
Dates of Board Membership: 2011 to 2017
James W. Cooper
Dates of Board Membership: 1942 to 1949
G. Gordon Copeland
Dates of Board Membership: 1949 to 1956
Charles H. Costello
Dates of Board Membership: 1958 to 1965
John J. Crawford
Dates of Board Membership: 2001 to 2007
J. Dwight Dana
Dates of Board Membership: 1936 to 1945
Abbott H. Davis, Jr.
Dates of Board Membership: 1971 to 1978
Kellyann Day
Dates of Board Membership: 2014 to 2020
Harold C. Donegan
Dates of Board Membership: 1997 to 2003
Fred Rodgers Fairchild
Dates of Board Membership: 1956 to 1958
William J. Falsey
Dates of Board Membership: 1953 to 1960
Alfred B. Fitt
Dates of Board Membership: 1970 to 1971
Thomas R. Fitzsimmons
Dates of Board Membership: 1948 to 1950
Marcella T. Glazer
Dates of Board Membership: 1987 to 1991
John M. Golden
Dates of Board Membership: 1964 to 1971
Mrs. Angus Gordon Jr.
Dates of Board Membership: 1974 to 1980
Joseph W. Gordon
Dates of Board Membership: 2017 to 2023
Mrs. Angus Gordon, Jr.
Dates of Board Membership: 1974 to 1980
Richard M. Grave
Dates of Board Membership: 1981 to 1987
Henry S. Graves
Dates of Board Membership: 1928 to 1940
Mary B. Griswold
Dates of Board Membership: 1975 to 1981
Franklin S. Harris
Dates of Board Membership: 1968 to 1976
Hudson B. Hastings
Dates of Board Membership: 1940 to 1947
Samuel B. Hemingway
Dates of Board Membership: 1947 to 1954
Carlton Highsmith
Dates of Board Membership: 2015 to 2021
Howard K. Hill
Dates of Board Membership: 2009 to 2015
Theodore F. Hogan, Jr.
Dates of Board Membership: 1985 to 1991
James W. Hook
Dates of Board Membership: 1928 to 1939
Thomas Hooker
Dates of Board Membership: 1928 to 1936
Miriam B. Horowitz
Dates of Board Membership: 1959 to 1966
William Horowitz
Dates of Board Membership: 1952 to 1959
James S. Johnson
Dates of Board Membership: 1958 to 1961
Annie Garcia Kaplan
Dates of Board Membership: 2006 to 2012
Frank Kenna, Sr.
Dates of Board Membership: 1941 to 1948
Harry C. Knight
Dates of Board Membership: 1943 to 1949
Frederick P. Leaf
Dates of Board Membership: 2001 to 2007
Lawrence M. Liebman
Dates of Board Membership: 1983 to 1989
Max Livingston
Dates of Board Membership: 1944 to 1947
Frederic W. Loeser
Dates of Board Membership: 1967 to 1974
Charles H. Long
Dates of Board Membership: 2010 to 2016
Linda Koch Lorimer
Dates of Board Membership: 1996 to 2002
Kica Matos
Dates of Board Membership: 2011 to 2017
F. Patrick McFadden, Jr.
Dates of Board Membership: 1990 to 1996
John J. McKeon
Dates of Board Membership: 1928 to 1941
Julia M. McNamara
Dates of Board Membership: 1999 to 2005
Phyllis Medvedow
Dates of Board Membership: 1973 to 1979
Mrs. Clarence Mendell
Dates of Board Membership: 1961 to 1968
Jerome H. Meyer
Dates of Board Membership: 1999 to 2005
Edward W. Miller
Dates of Board Membership: 1977 to 1983
E. William Muehl
Dates of Board Membership: 1982 to 1988
Richard E. Nelson
Dates of Board Membership: 1995 to 2001
David I. Newton
Dates of Board Membership: 2008 to 2014
Flemming L. Norcott Jr.
Dates of Board Membership: 2016 to 2022
John E. Padilla
Dates of Board Membership: 1994 to 2000
Philip Paolella
Dates of Board Membership: 1963 to 1969
Barbara L. Pearce
Dates of Board Membership: 2002 to 2008
Joseph H. Pellegrino
Dates of Board Membership: 1974 to 1982
Mary L. Pepe
Dates of Board Membership: 1991 to 1997
James E. Perillo
Dates of Board Membership: 2008 to 2014
Hugh B. Price
Dates of Board Membership: 1973 to 1975
Sonia Caban Recalde
Dates of Board Membership: 2000 to 2003
Elizabeth T. Reed
Dates of Board Membership: 1954 to 1961
Matthew A. Reynolds
Dates of Board Membership: 1946 to 1953
Mrs. William Robinson
Dates of Board Membership: 1973 to 1979
Mrs. William Robinson
Dates of Board Membership: 1973 to 1979
Louis M. Rosenbluth
Dates of Board Membership: 1928 to 1944
James E. Ryan
Dates of Board Membership: 2012 to 2018
Humbert V. Sacco, Jr.
Dates of Board Membership: 1995 to 2001
Shelly Saczynski
Dates of Board Membership: 2009 to 2015
David R. Schaefer
Dates of Board Membership: 2004 to 2010
Kenneth Schaible
Dates of Board Membership: 1998 to 2004
Max H. Schwartz
Dates of Board Membership: 1962 to 1969
Cornell Scott
Dates of Board Membership: 1976 to 1984
Howard J. Sullivan
Dates of Board Membership: 1970 to 1977
Richard M. Thalheimer
Dates of Board Membership: 1947 to 1958
Agnes W. Timpson
Dates of Board Membership: 1987 to 1993
Edgar Tullock
Dates of Board Membership: 1965 to 1972
Charles W. Twyman
Dates of Board Membership: 1992 to 1998
Cheever Tyler
Dates of Board Membership: 1979 to 1985
Alan J. Tyma
Dates of Board Membership: 2005 to 2011
Barbara Wareck
Dates of Board Membership: 1992 to 1998
John H. Weir
Dates of Board Membership: 1955 to 1962
John W. Weir
Dates of Board Membership: 1950 to 1955
Susan B. Whetstone
Dates of Board Membership: 2001 to 2007
Rolan Joni Young
Dates of Board Membership: 2008 to 2014
Paul M. Zorn
Dates of Board Membership: 1960 to 1967