CETA is proud to work with executives from local and regional business and industry, education, civic organizations, and graduates of the College on the Board of Visitors, which advises the College about what skills graduates need to be able to work after they complete their education and more. The board also assists the College in securing external support of its programs, assists in recruiting competent faculty and capable students, and assists in job placement for students and graduates. These individuals participate in student events such as our panel, design expo, and more. Members on our Board of Visitors include alumni, donors, corporate business partners professional connections.
Members
Robert Carr ’93, Senior Technical Leader, Weston & Sampson
Carol Coppa ’81, P’16, P’17, Senior Program Manager, Eversource
Lou Auletta Jr. P’16, President & CEO, Bauer, Inc.
Matthew Cohen ’91, P’16, Vice President, R&D, Medtronic, Covidien Group
Jeff Katz ’77, Chief Technology Officer, Energy & Utilities, IBM
Edward Paradise ’78, Senior Vice President, Cisco Systems
Daniel Patrick, Owner, Wrisley Abrasives LLC
Joe Sylvestro ’90, Vice President, After Market Operations, Pratt & Whitney
Michaela Catallozzi '11, Project Manager, C.E. Floyd Company
Steven Anderson '91, GISP, Vice President, VHB
Scott Jellison '87, CEO, The MDC
Jim Alibrandi '84, President, Interstate Electrical Services Corporation
Jodilyn Peck '89, Lead Project Engineer, Honeywell Aerospace Technologies
John Riggs, CTO & SVP, Applied Technology Solutions, Hartford Steam Boiler
Frank Hursey ’77, President, On Site Gas Systems
Gary Masse ’85, CEO,
Chuck Pagano ’84, Retired, Chief Technology Officer, ESPN
Paul Sittard ’85, Manager, North American Sales, First Sensor, Inc.
Leslie Haines '85, Retired, Vice President, Parsons Corporation
Charles Ward ’92, Founder & CEO, Stealth Mode Projects, LLC.
David Ward P’92, Consultant
Douglas Ward, Consultant
Hisham Alnajjar, Dean, College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture
Emmanuel (Manny) Sanchez, Senior Development Officer, Institutional Advancement, University of Hartford
Department Advisory Boards
Chief Architectural Officer, JCJArchitecture, Hartford, CT
Alvi Aliaj, BS’18 MArch ‘24
Graduate Student Representative
Gina Calabro
Executive Director, AIA/Connecticut, New Haven, CT
Kaitlyn Dobberfuhl, BS ’14
Project Engineer II, Gilbane Building Company, Sacramento, CA
Dinea Frasca, BS ’20, MArch ‘21
QA+M Architecture, Farmington, CT
Randall Luther, AIA MCPPO
Partner, TSKP Studio, Hartford, CT
Dominique Moore, AIA
MyArchitectureWorkshop.com, Stamford, CT
Todd Moss
Turner Construction, Shelton, CT
Mary-Elle Ofoegbu, BS ’24
Undergraduate Student Representative
Karen Parzych, AIA NCARB
Associate Principal, SLAM Collaborative, Glastonbury, CT
Karin Patriquin, AIA LEED AP CPHC Fitwel
Principal, Patriquin Architects
Omarys Vasquez, AIA NOMA NCARB LEED-AP
State Building Inspector, Harford, CT
Susan E. Wyeth, AIA
Senior Director, Centerbrook Architects and Planners, Centerbrook, CT
Hamid Adib
President and CEO, Adib Group
Lawrence Baril '92
Town Engineer, Town of Avon
Jennifer Carrier
Associate Vice President, HNTB Corporation
Ravi Chandran
Division Chief, Construction Administrator, Connecticut Department of Transportation
Carol Coppa ’81, P’16, ’17
Program Manager, Transmission Projects, Eversource Energy
Patrick Fennell M’97
Principal Environmental Engineer, TRC Companies, Inc.
Doug Graham ’82, M’97
Principal, Structural Studio Leader, S/L/A/M Collaborative, Inc.
Gerry Holland
Vice President—Estimating & Marketing, Bartlett Brainard Eacott
David Jacobs
Retired, Director of Structural Engineering, Metro-North Railroad Company
Alireza Jamalipour, M’04
Senior Transportation Engineer, Connecticut Department of Transportation
Henry Link
Independent Consultant
Mark Moriarty ’96
Director of Public Works, City of New Britain
Susan Negrelli
Director of Engineering, The Metropolitan District Commission
Ken M. Schwendy
President/CEO, Corporation for Independent Living
David A. Welch ’99, M‘08
Deputy Chief Engineer, Advanced Commercial Engine Programs, Pratt & Whitney
Jim Alibrandi ’84
President, Interstate Electrical Services Corporation
Papa Asante ’11
Founder and Owner, The LAB Media Empire, LLC
Program Manager, Sikorsky Aircraft
Sanjay Bajekal
Discipline Leader, Communications Systems at United Technologies Research Center
Craig Bogli ’81, M’01
Tech Fellow-Communications, OTIS Elevator
Racquel Brown A’04, ’05
Senior Software Test Engineer, Otis Elevator
Afshin Goodarzi ’83
Chief Analyst, 1010data
Robert Hilton ’14
Owner, Hilton Tuning
Matthew Marotti
Application Engineer, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
Gerald Morin
Industry Specialist, SGA Components Group
Carolyn Petersen ’08, M’14, M’18
Associate Electrical Engineering, OTIS Elevator
Brian Romano ’A'83, M'18
Manager, Control Systems Engineering at Arthur G. Russell Company, Inc.
Chuck Ward ’92
IT Independent Consultant
Jeanne M. Caplet AS ’02, ’04, M’09
Manager, Engineering Records & Standards, Pratt & Whitney
Gary Cooper
Manager of Structural Engineering, Electric Boat Corporation
Russ Cooper
Jaffe Holden Acoustics
William T. Cousins
Fellow, Thermal Fluid Systems, United Technologies Research Center
Edward L. Gutowski ’98
Mechanical Engineer, Mission Critical Infrastructure, IBM
Ulf J. Jonsson
United Technologies Research Center
Matthew Plakunov ’11, M’15
Technical Integration Engineer, MTU Aero Engines North America
Michael Roy
Hartford Steam and Boiler
Ripudaman Singh
President and Innovator, Self Employed