Our Board of Visitors brings together executives and business leaders, including Barney alumni, from a variety of industries in the Greater Hartford area. Their goal is to help prepare our students to meet their organizations’ talent needs. They share our commitment to ensure Barney School students are career ready.
Barney Board of Visitors
| Name | Title | Company |
|---|---|---|
| Christopher Albert M’10 | Partner | Deloitte |
| Ed Beyer '87 | Vice President, Enterprise Collaboration and Planning, Corporate Strategy Development | Lockheed Martin |
| Samuel Broomer M'97, M'99 | Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer | W.R. Berkley Corporation |
| John Flynn '86, M'89 | Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer | The Segal Group |
| Keith Gollenberg '81 | Managing Director | Oaktree Capital Management |
| Kim Goodwin M’00, Vice Chair | Founder and Organizational Effectiveness Expert | Goodwin Solutions, LLC |
| Kevin Grant '82, M'86 | Founder and CEO | CYS Investments, Inc. |
| Arthur Hennig III '92 | Senior Vice President, Chief Business Officer Payer Markets | Magellan Health |
| Heidi Higham M'11 | Chief Financial Officer for MLC | The Hartford Financial Services Group |
| James Hogan '82, M'05, Chair | Private Investor | |
| Jessica Hudson M'08 | Director of Purchasing | Collins Aerospace |
| Nicole Hughey M'99 | Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | SiriusXM |
| Martin John '92, M'94 | SVP Head of Financial Planning & Analysis | Hartford Steam Boiler |
| Rachna Khanna M'03, ESQ. | Founder | Law Offices of Rachna Khanna, LLC |
| James Koji '00 | Senior Vice President, Optium RX Network and Pricing Operations | UnitedHealth Group |
| Tamara Long | Chief of Staff To President & CEO | Stanley Black & Decker |
| Steve Lutz '81 | General Manager, Sales | L’Oréal |
| Ed Maulucci M'15 | President, P&C Practice Leader | USI Insurance Services |
| Chelsea Momah | Assistant General Counsel | The Hartford Financial Services Group |
| Michael Storiale M'15 | VP Innovation Development & University Partnerships | Synchrony Bank |
| Mark Ricciardelli M'82 | Founder & Managing Partner | PlumBank Advisors, LLC |
| Peter L. Tedone | President & CEO (Retired) | Vantis Life Insurance Company |
| Robert M Thomas II M'04 | Senior Vice President, Claim Analytics, Finance and Operations, Worldwide P&C | CNA |
| J.P. Venoit ‘96 | President and CEO | Masonicare |
| Ben Yin ’04 | Delivery Lead, Strategy & Solutions (USA) | Cigna |
The Barney GOLD (Graduates of the Last Decade) Board consists of select Barney alumni, who are tasked with giving meaningful time and perspective to Barney and its students. The members come from many different industries and organizations and are diverse, which leads to having a variety of perspectives. This is an opportunity for alum to give back their time, knowledge, and experience.
Barney GOLD (Graduates of the Last Decade) Board
| Name | Title | Company |
|---|---|---|
| Noah Brown '18 | Client Solutions Manager, Growth | Tik Tok |
| James Coleman '17 | Account Director | LinkedIn Talent Solutions |
| Damien DeJesus '15, M'18 | Vice President of Finance | Paw.com |
| Reginald Dormlas '18, M'19 | Senior Tax Analyst | Global Atlantic Financial Group |
| Frank Finelli '15 | Founder | Doughwich |
| Kathryn Gawrych '15, M’16 | Owner | Freeport Ninja Academy |
| Joseph Giuffre '18 | Senior Business Analyst and Object Intelligence Manager | Phillips Auctioneers |
| Matthew McElroy '12 | Chief Financial Officer | KnightSwan Acquisition Corporation |
| Mishael McNamee '18 | Corporate Controller | HipOptical |
| Daniel Rombola '18, M'18 | Investment Senior Manager | CVS Health |
| Kathryn Simison '20 | Director of International Recruitment & Assistant Dean of Equity & Inclusion | Miss Porter’s School |
| Kyra Smolkis '19 | Manager, Impact Investment Strategy | CVS Health |
| James Spatcher '17 | Corporate Development Manager | CVS Health |
| Alex Vecchione '16, M'18 | AVP, Commercial Underwriter | Alliance Bank of Arizona |
Upper Albany Main Street (UAMS) was established in 2000 as an economic development, community revitalization organization and is now part of the Barney School of Business. Each year, students gain valuable entrepreneurial experience assisting small businesses through supervised micro business incubator consulting projects.
Upper Albany Main Street Board of Directors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| T. J. Clark, Special Initiatives Coordinator | Office of Senator Christopher S. Murphy |
| Julio Concepcion | Metro Hartford Alliance, Chamber of Commerce |
| Precious Ross Ellis | Resident |
| Rose Frett | Resident |
| Judy Gough | Chrysalis Center, Inc., Director of Development |
| Christine Grant | University of Hartford, Corporate & Community Relations
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| Aarti Ivanic | University of Hartford, Dean of the Barney School of Business |
| John Robinson | HEDCO |
| Hortense Ross | Uniforms and Stuff |
| Herman Todd, Chair | Living Word Imprints |
| Nadine Francis West, Secretary | Protein Sciences Resident |