CCCS Commission Members


By Executive Order, the Connecticut Commission on Community Service consists of between 15 and 25 members, appointed by the governor, to serve three-year terms.  Individual appointments to the Commission represent various areas of expertise expressed in the implementing regulations of the National and Community Service Trust Act.

Appointments of commissioners should be no more than 50% plus one member from the same political party, and to the extent possible, should be balanced by race, ethnicity, age, disability and gender characteristics. Not more than 25% of the Commission members may be employees of state governmentAdditional state agency representatives may sit on the Commission as non-voting, ex-officio members.

Joe Barber, Hartford
Nicole Berube, Glastonbury
Iona Black, New Haven
Jane Ciarleglio, Hartford
Patti Cohen-Hecht, Danbury
Valerie S. Conroy, Old Saybrook
William Dyson, Hartford
Eric M. Janney, Mystic
Noreen Kokoruda, Madison
Carolyn M. Kozak, Hartford
Joyce Hodgson, Manchester
Mark Manson, Sr., Bloomfield
Rebecca McCue, New London
Michael Meotti, Hartford
Sandra Murdoch, Farmington
Agnes Quiñones, Middletown
Linda Sandiaes, Rocky Hill
Kanwaljit Singh, Southington
Mary Wilcox, Hartford
Virginia Wilkinson, New Haven

Samuel Zotto, Wolcott


Commission Staff:

Jacqueline Johnson, Executive Director
Jaimy Blazynski, Program Officer
Nikki DiPietro, Publications and Events Officer
Teresa Berrincha, Professional Assistant

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