Staff and Experts

Grace Almeida
Marketing Assistant
galmeida@ctwbdc.org

Kenyétta Banks
Program Manager
kbanks@ctwbdc.org

Carol Cheswick
Business Advisor
ccheswick@ctwbdc.org

Samantha Cross
Business Advisor
scross@ctwbdc.org

Alicia De Sena
Opportunity Fund Program Manager
adesena@ctwbdc.org

Linda Fecteau
Child Care Program Manager
lfecteau@ctwbdc.org

Tracy Gibbons
Comptroller
tgibbons@ctwbdc.org

JoAnn Gulbin
Marketing & Communications Director
jgulbin@ctwbdc.org

Susan Hackett
Program Coordinator
shackett@ctwbdc.org

Karen Ham
Finance Director
kham@ctwbdc.org

Janet Johnson
Business Advisor
jjohnson@ctwbdc.org

Tanya Kelley
Child Care Business Advisor
tkelley@ctwbdc.org

Pat Posada Klapper (Habla español)
Business Advisor
pklapper@ctwbdc.org

Leslie Koch
Development Director (Acting)
lkoch@ctwbdc.org

Sherry Konwerski
Business Advisor
skonwerski@ctwbdc.org

Juliette LaRock
Equity Match Grant Program Coordinator
jlarock@ctwbdc.org

Ronae Mason-Craig
Waterbury Outreach Coordinator
rmason-craig@ctwbdc.org

Natasha McNeal
Development Assistant
nmcneal@ctwbdc.org

Erin Mercede
Program Manager
emercede@ctwbdc.org

Nicole O’Brien
Impact Manager
nobrien@ctwbdc.org

Terri Piekara
Social Media Business Advisor
tpiekara@ctwbdc.org

Zayed Rodriguez (Habla español)
Child Care Team Member
zrodriguez@ctwbdc.org

Amy Siranaula
Executive Assistant
asiranaula@ctwbdc.org

Sonique Solis
Child Care Business Case Manager
ssolis@ctwbdc.org

Diurka Tavarez
IT & Operations Coordinator
dtavarez@ctwbdc.org

Katherine Torres
Spanish Language Program Manager
ktorres@ctwbdc.org

Megan Wormser
Client Services Manager
mwormser@ctwbdc.org

Doris Zhang
Impact Specialist
dzhang@ctwbdc.org