BOARD OF DIRECTORS

2008 Glastonbury Education Foundation Board Members: (Front row, sitting from left to right) Ira Yellen, John Lord, Joe Jaconetta, Diane Lipes, Jeff Segal, (Standing from left to right) Brenda Geitz, Mary Beth Cardin, Nancy La Perla, Reeta Gulati, Dennis Kerrigan, Susan Karp, Heather Summers, Lorraine Marchetti, Seth Jacoby, Suzanne Galvin, Dr. Alan Bookman, Marti Curtiss, Susan Colleran. Missing from the photo are Jeff Brown, Bob DeCrescenzo, Sandy Hogan, Bill Landers, David Megaw, Kristin, Muschett, Andrew "Doc" Resnisky, Richard Risinger, Margaret Wilcox, Peter Jay Alter, Gloria Avitabile, and Robert Rader.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Executive Committee
Joseph Jaconetta, Chairman
John Lord, Vice Chairman
Jeffrey Segal, Treasurer
Diane Lipes, Secretary
Ira Yellen, Past Chairman

Jeffrey Brown
Mary Beth Cardin
Robert DeCrescenzo
Brenda Geitz
Reeta Gulati
Sandy Hogan
Seth Jacoby
Dennis Kerrigan
William Landers
David Megaw
Kristin Muschett
Andrew Resnisky
Richard Risinger
Heather Summers
Margaret Wilcox

Ex-Officio
Susan Karp, Town Council
Lorraine Marchetti, Board of Education
Alan Bookman, Superintendent of Schools
Peter Jay Alter, Probate Court
Susan Colleran, Glastonbury PTSO

Advisors
Gloria Avitabile
Marti Curtiss
Suzanne Galvin
Nancy La Perla
Robert Rader

Program Administrator
Patricia Renaud

Board Structure: How We Work
The foundation is governed by a board of directors and is led by the executive committee that is made up of its four officers and an at-large board member. To optimize commonly held goals, the all-volunteer board includes, on an ex officio basis, representatives from the Board of Education, Town of Glastonbury, Glastonbury PTSO, and the Probate Court.

It should be stated clearly, however, that the foundation exists as a non-political entity independent of both the Board of Education and the schools. The foundation's work may supplement current Board of Education priorities but is not a substitute for them. Nor is the foundation simply a routine alternative funding source for the schools. Our aim is to seed pilot projects not considered to be a normal part of the annual school budget.

At the same time, the foundation does not seek to overlap organizations such as the Parent Teacher Organizations, etc. We strongly support all efforts to promote education in Glastonbury and wish to concentrate our work in areas where a need is not being met.