Members | Board of Trustees

Board of Trustees

Trisha M. Bailey, Ph.D. '99

c/o University of Connecticut
352 Mansfield Road, Unit 1048
Storrs, CT 06269-1048

Andy F. Bessette '75

The Travelers Companies, Inc.
One Tower Square, 2MS
Hartford, CT 06183

Mark L. Boxer, Ph.D. ’87

c/o University of Connecticut
352 Mansfield Road, Unit 1048
Storrs, CT 06269-1048

Charles F. Bunnell

The Mohegan Tribe
Chief of Staff
13 Crow Hill Road
Uncasville, CT 06382

Andrea Dennis-LaVigne, D.V.M. ’03

Bloomfield Animal Hospital
77 Old Windsor Road
Bloomfield, CT 06002

John P. Driscoll

c/o University of Connecticut
352 Mansfield Road, Unit 1048
Storrs, CT 06269-1048

Sean K. Dunn (Student Trustee)

c/o University of Connecticut
352 Mansfield Road, Unit 1048
Storrs, CT 06269-1048

Marilda L. Gandara, Esq. ’78

155 Scarborough Street
Hartford, CT 06105

Jeanine A. Gouin, ’87

c/o University of Connecticut
352 Mansfield Road, Unit 1048
Storrs, CT 06269-1048

Bryan P. Hurlburt, ’01

Commissioner

Department of Agriculture

450 Columbus Boulevard, Suite 701
Hartford, CT 06103

The Honorable Ned Lamont (President)
Jonathan Dach (Designee to the Board)

Governor of Connecticut

State Capitol
210 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106

Denis J. Nayden, '76, '77

c/o University of Connecticut
352 Mansfield Road, Unit 1048
Storrs, CT 06269-1048

Daniel H. O'Keefe

Commissioner

Department of Economic & Community Development

450 Columbus Blvd., Suite 5
Hartford, CT 06103

Kevin J. O’Connor, Esq. ’92

c/o University of Connecticut
352 Mansfield Road, Unit 1048
Storrs, CT 06269-1048

Bryan K. Pollard, Esq. ’85

c/o University of Connecticut
352 Mansfield Road, Unit 1048
Storrs, CT 06269-1048

Thomas D. Ritter, Esq. ’77

Brown Rudnick LLP
CityPlace I, 38th Floor
185 Asylum Street
Hartford, CT 06103-3402

Philip E. Rubin, Ph.D. ’73, ’75

233 Algonquin Road
Fairfield, CT 06825

Charlene M. Russell-Tucker

Commissioner

Department of Education

450 Columbus Boulevard, Suite 601
Hartford, CT 06103

Fabio R. Saccomanno '21 (Student Trustee)

c/o University of Connecticut
352 Mansfield Road, Unit 1048
Storrs, CT 06269-1048

Daniel D. Toscano, ’87 (Board Chair)

c/o University of Connecticut
352 Mansfield Road, Unit 1048
Storrs, CT 06269-1048

University Senate Representatives

University Senate Representatives to the Board Committees:

Professor Amvrossios Bagtzoglou
Assistant Dean Karen Bresciano
Associate Professor Lindsay Cummings
Associate Director Carrie Fernandes
Professor Timothy Folta
Director Micah Heumann
Professor Horea Ilies
Assistant Director Tina McCarthy
Professor Lisa Park Boush

Rev. July 1, 2025