SBDC Advisory Board

Dennis Brown

 V.P. / Business Counseling, Connecticut Community Investment Corp., Hamden

Holly Campo de la Vera

 Exec. Dir., Department of Economic & Community Development, Hartford

Ginne-Rae Clay

 State Director, SBDC Network, New Britain

Gail Coppage

 Director of Workforce Development, Connecticut Community College System, Hartford

Robert DeLisa

 President, DeLisa Consulting, Old Saybrook

Judy Gedge, Esq.

 The Small Business Lawyer, Simsbury

Debra Goss

 Mgr. /Div. of Contract Compliance, Connecticut Department of Transportation, Newington

Cherie Griffith-Dunn

 President, VLO Group of New England LLC, Hartford

Sam Hamilton

 Executive Director, HEDCo, Hartford

Lynne Lautenschlager 

 Assistant V.P./Small Business Loan Center, Liberty Bank, Middletown

Robert Mantilia

 Senior V.P., Darien Rowayton Bank, Rowayton

Suzanne Novak

 President, ERUdyne, LLC, Madison

Robert Polito

 Senior V.P./Director of Government Guaranteed Lending, Webster Bank, New Britain

Gina Scherbner

 V.P., First National Bank of Litchfield, Litchfield

Siamack Shojai

 Dean, CCSU School of Business, New Britain

John Simone

 Director, CT Main Street Center, Hartford

Karen Snow

 Owner, Bella's Gourmet Store, Putnam

Bernard Sweeney

 District Director, Connecticut SBA, Hartford

Sue Thompson

 President, The Branding Company, Wallingford

William Tierney

 Project Officer, Connecticut SBA, Hartford

Joseph Vrabely

 President, Atlantic Steel & Processing, Waterbury

Donna Wertenbach

 President/CEO, Connecticut Economic Development Fund, Meriden

Meg Yetishefsky

 Dir./ Supplier Diversity, Connecticut Dept. of Administrative Services, Hartford