Our Board of Directors

  • Alexis Smith, Chair

    Executive Director of New Haven Legal Aid

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  • Kyeen Andersson, Secretary

    Public Health Policy Analyst

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  • Jeff Carter, Treasurer

    Owner of Westmount Group

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  • Shaquira Brockington, Parent Representative

    Lead Substitute Teacher

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  • Lauren Caplan

    Founder, Mill River Advisory,

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  • Kymani Chapman, Student Representative

    Common Ground Student

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  • Lizanne “Liz” Cox

    Retired Common Ground High School Director

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  • Jameson C. Davis

    Founder/President, Writing Wrongs LLC

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  • Sarah Field, Teacher Representative

    Common Ground High School Science Teacher

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  • Brian Kelahan

    Retired Common Ground Teacher

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  • Clouds Mutale, Student Representative

    Common Ground Student

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  • Carly Osborne

    Pootatuch Watershed Association and Go Fish Memorial Fund

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  • Michelle Sepulveda

    Dropout Prevention Officer at New Haven Board of Education

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  • Kathi Torres

    Administrative Officer, Federal Public Defender Office of Connecticut

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  • Almut Zieher

    Associate Research Scientist, The Yale Child Study Center

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