Members & Committees

Leveraging the expertise of CT leaders to build a comprehensive workforce strategy

Governor's Workforce Council

PDF of the CT Governor’s Workforce Council Members

 

Manufacturing

Business Leaders

  • - Jim Loree, Stanley Black + Decker, CEO (Chair)
  • - Kevin Graney, General Dynamics Electric Boat, CEO

  • - Kelli Vallieres, Workforce Development Unit in Department of Economic & Community Development, Executive Director (Vice-Chair) 

Additional Council Members

  • - Sal Luciano, Connecticut AFL-CIO, President

Ex-Officio Members

  • - Colin Cooper, Department of Economic & Community Development, Chief Manufacturing Officer (Chief Administrative Officer)
  • - Lieutenant Governor Susan Bysiewicz
  • - Jeff Wihbey, Connecticut Technical High School System, Superintendent

Partner Committee Members

  • - John Beauregard, Eastern Connecticut Workforce Investment Board, President and CEO (retired) 
  • - Mark Hill, Eastern Connecticut Workforce Investment Board, President & CEO
  • - Tom Robey (Social Venture Partners)
  • - Sylvia Shepard (Social Venture Partners)
Healthcare + Bioscience

Business Leaders

  • - Marna Borgstrom, Yale New Haven Hospital, CEO (Chair)

  • - Erika Smith, ReNetx, CEO (Vice-Chair)

Additional Council Members

  • - Senator Tony Hwang, CT Senate District 28
  • - Peter Salovey, Yale University, President 

Ex-Officio Members

  • - Kurt Westby, Department of Labor, Commissioner (Chief Administrative Officer)             
  • - David Lehman, 

    Department of Economic and Community Development, Commissioner & Senior Economic Advisor to the Governor

Partner Committee Members

  • - Bill Villano, Workforce Alliance, President & CEO
  • - Patrick Hackett (Social Venture Partners)
IT + Business Services

Business Leaders

  • - Ravi Kumar, Infosys, President (Chair)
  • - Margaret Keane, Synchrony Financial, CEO 

Additional Council Members

  • - Judy Olian, Quinnipiac University, President (Vice-Chair)

Ex-Officio Members

  • - Josh Geballe, 

    Chief Operating Officer, State of Connecticut & Department of Administrative Services, Commissioner (Chief Administrative Officer)

  • - Timothy Larson, Executive Director, Office of Higher Education

Partner Committee Members

  • - Alex Johnson, Capital Workforce Partners, President & CEO

  • - Susan Adamsen (Social Venture Partners)

  • - Joe Smialowski (Social Venture Partners)
Data, Performance & Planning

Business Leaders

  • - David O’Neill, Indeed, Chief Operating Officer (Chair)
  • - Cliff Asness, AQR, Managing Principal

Additional Council Members

  • - Representative Toni Walker, CT House District 93

  • - Jay Williams, Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, President (Vice-Chair)

Ex-Officio Members

  • - Scott Gaul, Office of Policy and Management, Chief Data Officer (Chief Administrative Officer)
  • - Peter Denious, AdvanceCT, President and CEO

Partner Committee Members

  • - Bill Villano, Workforce Alliance, President & CEO

  • - Mark Argosh (Social Venture Partners)

  • - Courtney Fero (Social Venture Parters)
Education + Training

Business Leaders

  • - Peter Bevacqua, NBS Sports, President
  • - Chris Swift, The Hartford, CEO

Additional Council Members

  • - Dr. Ruth Levy, Bozrah School District, Superintendent (Chair)

  • - Leslie Torres-Rodriguez, Hartford Public Schools, Superintendent (Vice-Chair)

Ex-Officio Members

  • - Mark Ojakian, Connecticut State Colleges & Universities, President (Chief Administrative Officer)
  • - Tom Katsouleas, University of Connecticut, President
  • - Miguel Cardona, State Department of Education, Commissioner
  • - Maria Pirro-Simmons, Department of Correction Unified School District #1, Superintendent of Schools
  • - Jennifer Widness, Connecticut Conference of Independent Colleges, President

Partner Committee Members

  • - Cathy Awwad, Northwest Regional Workforce Investment Board, Executive Director

  • - Shannon Marimón (Social Venture Partners)

  • - Alycia Angus (Social Venture Partners)

  • - Alice Pritchard, Connecticut State Colleges & Universities, Chief Operating Officer & Chief of Staff (Chief Administrative Officer)
Supportive Services

Business Leaders

  • - Oni Chukwu, Invatron Systems Group, Director, Board of Directors & Exago, Inc., Chair of the Board of Directors (Chair)

  • - Cindi Bigelow, Bigelow Tea, CEO (Vice-Chair)

Additional Council Members

  • - Juan Hernandez, 32BJ SEIU, District Director and Vice President
  • - Monette Ferguson, ABCD Inc., Executive Director

Ex-Officio Members

  • - Beth Bye, Office of Early Childhood, Commissioner (Chief Administrative Officer)
  • - Deidre Gifford, Department of Social Services, Commissioner
  • - Amy Porter, Department of Aging and Disability, Commissioner
  • - Vanessa Dorantes, Department of Children and Families, Commissioner
  • - Jordan Scheff, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, Commissioner

Partner Committee Members

  • - Joe Carbone, The WorkPlace, President & CEO

  • - Jennifer Gerber (Social Venture Partners)
Industry Sector Partnerships

Business Leaders

  • - Jim Loree, Stanley Black + Decker, CEO (Chair)
  • - Marna Borgstrom, Yale New Haven Hospital, CEO
  • - Ravi Kumar, Infosys, President
  • - Kevin Graney, General Dynamics Electric Boat, CEO

Additional Council Members

  • - Peter Salovey, Yale University, President 

Ex-Officio Members

  • - Peter Denious, AdvanceCT, President and CEO (Chief Administrative Officer)
  • - Tom Katsouleas, University of Connecticut, President        
  • - Mark Ojakian, Connecticut State Colleges & Universities, President

Partner Committee Members

  • - Colin Cooper, Department of Economic and Community Development, Chief Manufacturing Officer
  • - John Beauregard, Eastern Connecticut Workforce Investment Board, President & CEO (retired)
  • - Mark Hill, Eastern Connecticut Workforce Investment Board, President & CEO

  • - Tom Robey (Social Venture Partners)
Work-Based Learning
 

Business Leaders

  • - Chris Swift, The Hartford, CEO (Chair)

  • - George Anderson, Synchrony Financial, Chief Learning Officer (Vice-Chair) (for Margaret Keane)

Additional Council Members

  • - Judy Olian, Quinnipiac University, President

Ex-Officio Members

  • - Rob Steinmetz, Connecticut State Colleges and Universities, Region 1 President (for Mark Ojakian)
  • - Miguel Cardona, State Department of Education, Commissioner
  • - Mark Ojakian, Connecticut State Colleges & Universities, President
  • - Jeffrey Wihbey, Connecticut Technical High School System, Superintendent
  • - Kurt Westby, Department of Labor, Commissioner

Partner Committee Members

  • - Alex Johnson, 

    Capital Workforce Partners, President & CEO

  • - Sylvia Shepard (Social Venture Partners)