Contact Information

CCSU Foundation, Inc.
PO Box 612
New Britain, CT 06050-9921

Jennifer Destefani
Executive Director, CCSU Foundation, Inc.
Institutional Advancement

Ali Welcome
ali.welcome@ccsu.edu

Accounts Payable
Foundation AP
foundationap@ccsu.edu

Scholarships
Kyle Verona
veronak@ccsu.edu
 

 

Board of Directors

CCSU Foundation Board members (as of 1/13/25)

OfficersNameTitleEmployer
ChairULULY MARTINEZ, ‘96AttorneyPrivate Practice
Vice ChairRICHARD D. DONOVAN, ‘82RetiredUnited Parcel Service
TreasurerRACHEL MULI. ‘98Vice President, Internal AuditRTX Technologies
Interim
Executive Director
JENNIFER DESTEFANIInterim Vice President, Institutional AdvancementÃÛèÖÊÓÆµ
Previous Exec. DirectorDR. GEORGE CLAFFEY, Jr., ‘99Chief Information OfficerÃÛèÖÊÓÆµ
Past ChairWALDEMAR KOSTRZEWA
’68, MA’74
Director of Professional Education EmeritusNaugatuck Valley Community College/Connect
    
 ALEXANDER LEE, ‘2014Senior Audit ManagerCrowe LLC
 ANTHONY S. TORSIELLOVice President/Controller, Business InsuranceThe Travelers
 CURTIS WIGGINS, 93Senior Vice PresidentAlign Wealth Management
 ED VESCOVI, ‘84Mortgage SpecialistEquity Resources, Inc. 
 JANET NAHORNEY, ‘83Certified Public AccountantPrivate Practice
 JOSEPH MATTHEW JR., ‘83Senior Vice President – Investment OfficerWells Fargo Advisors
 DR. KRISTINE LARSEN, ‘84Professor of Earth and Space ScienceÃÛèÖÊÓÆµ
 LYNN TINKER, ‘81 Lockheed Martin
 MARIA FALVO, MS ‘02PresidentAmerican Savings Foundation
 RICHARD SPADA, ‘82President and Principal ConsultantAspire International, LLC
 Student RepresentativeLOGAN PALARDYPresident, Student Government AssociationÃÛèÖÊÓÆµ
 Alumni Association PresidentBRIAN CRUESS ‘94AVP- Workplace Solutions, Architecture and AutomationVoya 
Faculty RepresentativeDR. JOSEPH FARHATProfessor of FinanceÃÛèÖÊÓÆµ
 University PresidentDR. ZULMA R. TOROPresidentÃÛèÖÊÓÆµ