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, Vice President, East-West Engineering
Steven Anderson '91, GISP, Senior Vice President of Technology Enablement, VHB.com
Lou Auletta Jr. P’16, President & CEO, Bauer, Inc.
Matthew Cohen ’91, P’16, Vice President, R&D, Medtronic, Covidien Group
Carol Coppa ’81, P’16, P’17, Program Manager, Transmission Projects, Eversource Energy
Leslie Haines ’85, Vice President, Parsons Corporation
Jeff Katz ’77, Chief Technology Officer, Energy and Utilities, IBM
Edward Paradise ’78, VP Engineering, Security & Trust Organization, Cisco Systems
Daniel Patrick, Owner, Wrisley Abrasives LLC
Joe Sylvestro ’90, Vice President, Aftermarket Operations, Pratt & Whitney
Frank Hursey ’77, President, On Site Gas Systems
Gary Masse ’85, CEO,
Chuck Pagano ’84, Retired, Chief Technology Officer, ESPN
Paul Sittard ’85, North American Sales Manager, First Sensor, Inc
Charles Ward ’92, IT Professional
David Ward P ’92, Consultant
Douglas Ward, ERISA Consultant, MassMutual Financial Group
Hisham Alnajjar, Dean, College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture
Emmanuel (Manny) Sanchez, Senior Development Officer, Institutional Advancement, University of Hartford
Michaela Catallozzi ’11, Liaison to the University's Alumni Board, Project Engineer, C.E. Floyd Company
Department Advisory Boards
James E. LaPosta, FAIA LEED AP, Advisory Board Chair
Chief Architectural Officer, JCJ Architecture, Hartford
J. Ian Adamson, AIA
Payette Architects, Boston (retired)
Gina Calabro
Executive Director, AIA/Connecticut
Kaitlyn Dobberfuhl ‘15
Project Engineer II, Gilbane Building Company, Glastonbury
Dinea Frasca ’20, MArch‘21
Master of Architecture Student, University of Hartford
S. Edward Jeter, AIA
JCJ Architecture, Hartford (retired)
Tai Soo Kim, FAIA, NCARB
Partner, TSKP Studios, Hartford
Dominique Moore, Associate AIA
Associate, Perkins Eastman, Stamford
Todd Moss
Senior Estimator, Turner Construction Company, Shelton
Mary Jo Olenick, AIA NCARB
Principal, S/L/A/M Collaborative, Glastonbury
Karin Patriquin, AIA LEED AP CPHC Fitwel
Principal, Patriquin Architects, New Haven
Harold Roth, FAIA
Principal, Kagan Architects, New Haven
Tyler Smith, FAIA
Principal, Tyler Smith Architects, Hartford
Omarys Vasquez, AIA NOMA NCARB LEED-AP
Associate, Svigals + Partners (New Haven)
Susan E. Wyeth, AIA
Senior Director, Centerbrook Architects and Planners, Centerbrook
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