The Council

The Council
Co-Chaired by Judge Douglas S. Lavine and Attorney Amy Lin Meyerson, the council is housed within the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney.

Members

• Co-chair: Douglas S. Lavine, Judge Trial Referee
• Co-chair: Amy Lin Meyerson, Esq., Immediate Past President, Connecticut Bar Association
• Corrie Betts, NAACP
• Michael Bloom, Jewish Federation Association of Connecticut
• Jason O. Chang, Asian American Studies Institute, UConn
• Rabbi Michael Farbman, Temple Emanuel of Greater New Haven
• Andrew A. Feinstein, Feinstein Education Law Group, LLC
• Steven D. Ginsburg, August Co
• Erene Hammond, UnitedHealth Group
• Steven Hernández, Commission on Women, Children, Seniors Equity & Opportunity
• Rathanak M. Keo, #IAmNotAVirus
• Tamara K. Lanier, NAACP, Connecticut Racial Profiling Project, ACLU Connecticut
• Diana R. Lombardi, Connecticut Trans Advocacy Coalition
• Duane J. Lovello, Director of Security, Yale University
• Gary M. MacNamara, Public Safety & Government Affairs, Sacred Heart University
• Robin P. McHaelen
• John P. Merz, Advancing Connecticut Together
• Aida Monsoor, Coordinator, Islamic Chaplaincy Program, Hartford Seminary
• Fernando J. Muñiz, Community Solutions, Inc.
• MD Masudur Rahman, Marjars Sourcing, Inc.
• Precious Price, Middletown Racial Justice Coalition
• Sharad A. Samy, The Commonfund for Nonprofit Organizations
• Jonathan S. Slifka, Connecticut Department of Aging and Disability Services
• Richard A. Wilson, UConn School of Law

Statutory Appointees (Ex-officio members, or their designees)

• Chief State’s Attorney Richard J. Colangelo, Jr.
• Tashun Bowden-Lewis (Chief Public Defender designee)
• Commissioner James C. Rovella, Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection
• Connecticut Bar Association President Cecil J. Thomas
• George W. Crawford Black Bar Association President Makana Ellis
• South Asian Bar Association of Connecticut President Rashmi Chandra
• Michelle Querijero (Connecticut Asian Pacific American Bar Association designee)
• Leonard Rodriguez (Connecticut Hispanic Bar Association designee)
• Christopher D. Ferace (Connecticut Police Chiefs Association designee)

As required under state statutes, nine officials serve as ex-officio members and the governor is responsible for appointing the remainder of the members, as well as selecting two of them to serve as co-chairpersons.