Staff & Board

Board of Directors

Board Chair

Gregory Bernard
Director of Alumni Relations
Southern CT State University

Board Vice-Chair

Kate Boucher 
Regulatory Counsel
ISO New England, Inc.

Board Treasurer

Mike Agli
Financial Controller
Valvoline Instant Oil Change
               

Board Secretary

Marisol Rodriguez-Velez
Career Development Commander
Hartford Police Department     

Bill Anderson
Mortgage Loan Officer

Dean Andrews
Senior Vice President
Bank of America

Steve Austin
Sergeant
Hartford Police Department

Melanie Dykas
Attorney 

Hannah Granfield-Horton
Director of Strategic Engagement
Governor’s Prevention Partnership

Paul Montinieri
Retired

Rahkim Sabree
Financial Consultant

Benjamin Rhodes III
Metropolitan Public Affairs Specialist
Waterbury Social Security

Sim Sohn
Retired

Tom Veilleux
HR Director
Valvoline Instant Oil Change

Yvonne Zhao
Director of Small Business Initiatives
City of Hartford

Administrative Staff

Marilyn Rossetti 
Chief Executive Officer

(860) 257-5570
mrossetti@theopenhearth.org

Fred Faulkner
Chief Operating Officer

(860) 257-5571
ffaulkner@theopenhearth.org

David Walton 
Chief Financial Officer

(860) 257-5572
dwalton@theopenhearth.org

Alexis Dailey 
Development Coordinator

(860) 257-5574
adailey@theopenhearth.org

Donyale Newman 
Facility Operations Manager

(860) 525-3447 x118
dnewman@theopenhearth.org

Working Man’s Center 

Stephen Haynes, Director
Working Man’s Center & Open Hearth Works

(860) 525-3447 x141
shaynes@theopenhearth.org

David Knighton
Director of Operations
(860) 525 3447 x117

dknighton@theopenhearth.org

Enrique Suarez
Working Man’s Center Program Coordinator

(860) 525 3447 x143
fsuarez@theopenhearth.org

Stacey Bilodeau
Re-entry Transitional Jobs Case Manager

(860) 525 3447 x138
sbilodeau@theopenhearth.org

Program Staff

James Allen
Kitchen Supervisor
(860) 525 3447 x101
jallen@theopenhearth.org

Jessica DeVivo
Tier Supervisor
(860) 525 3447 x116
jdevivo@theopenhearth.org

Vincent Harrison
DOC Case Manager
(860) 525 3447 x109
vharrison@theopenhearth.org

Kevin Johns
DOC Case Manager
(860) 525 3447 x111
kjohns@theopenhearth.o

Elijah McFolley III, M.A.
Director of Residential Services
(860) 525 3447 x104
emcfolley@theopenhearth.org

Teri E. Patterson 
Case Manager Supervisor
(860) 525 3447 x105
tpatterson@theopenhearth.org

Frederick Woodhouse
Recovery Case Manager & Data Manager
(860) 525 3447 x108
fwoodhouse@theopenhearth.org

Corporators

Anthony Amenta

Brien Beakey
Co-Chair

Rick Berry

Theo Blaschinski

Mark Casway

Don  Chapman

Brad Collins

Brad Drazen

Norma Eccellente

Brendan Farrell

Reid Fraser

Rich Giveans

Tom Gordon

Katherine Hannah

Charles Herbert

Karen Hunter

Hobey Hyde

John Jezowski

David Kaplan

Joshua Mirer

Franklin Perry

Anthony Pizzousso

Jim Sandler

Bill Schaeneman

Zachary Schurin

Jenna Scoville

Tunji Somma

Tom Sullivan, Sr.

Brian Sullivan               Co-Chair

Frank Szilagyi

 

Lincoln Thompson

Jennifer Traks

 

Jonathan Winer