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Board of Visitors

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, PresidentInterstate 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, Coveris

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

James LaPosta, FAIA LEED AP - Chair
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