WBDC Leadership Team
Fran Pastore
Chief Executive Officer
fpastore@ctwbdc.org
Brenda Thickett
Chief Operating Officer
bthickett@ctwbdc.org
Tasha Jackson
Chief Financial Officer
tjackson@ctwbdc.org
Dorothy Bratchell
Chief Advisory Officer
dbratchell@ctwbdc.org
Louise Lisboa
V.P. of Child Care Program & Impact
llisboa@ctwbdc.org
WBDC Team Members
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