Ned Lamont - Governor, State of Connecticut

Charlene Russell-Tucker - Commissioner, CT Department of Education

Chris DiPentima - President, CT Business and Industry Association (CBIA)

Deidre Gifford - Commissioner, CT Department of Social Services

Dr. Davis Jenkins - Senior Research Scholar, Community College Research Center

Dr. Merle Harris - Former Board of Regents Vice Chair, President Emeritus Charter Oak State College

Dr. Rhona Free - Chair, CT Conference of Independent Colleges

Edward J. Dooling - Chief Human Resource Officer

Ethan Fields - Director, Higher Education Program Outreach and Promotion The JED Foundation

Jayne Pearson - Professor Emeritus, CT State Community College Alignment Team

Jessica Taylor - Executive Director, Aerospace Components Manufacturers

Kevin Nolan - CEO, GE Appliance

Mark Argosh and Kelli Valleries - Chair, Governor’s Workforce Council and Director, Office of Workforce Strategy

Melissa Turner - Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer, Yale New Haven Health

Radenka Maric, Ph.D. - Interim President, University of Connecticut

Stuart Rosenberg - President, Jefferson Memorial Hospital Trinity Healthcare

Beth Bye - Commissioner, CT Office of Early Childhood

The Charles A. Dana Center

Cynthia Bombard - President & CEO, Central CT Chambers of Commerce

Dr. David Levinson - President Emeritus, CT State Colleges and Universities

Criminal Justice Faculty Team (Dr. Kobie Stewart, Professor Arthur Kureczka, Dr. Kathryn Kleis, Professor Rebecca Rist-Brown, Professor Michael Emanuel, Professor Jessica Waterhouse)

Dr. Pat Bouffard - Former Academic Dean, Northwestern CT Community College

Dr. Stacey Clawson - Associate Vice President, Jobs for the Future

Erin Stewart - Mayor, City of New Britain

James Gentile - Faculty, Manchester Community College

Jennifer Jackson - CEO, CT Hospital Association

Jim Wilkinson - Faculty, Asnuntuck Community College

Lucas Karabin - President, New England Spring & Metalstamping Association

Mark Ojakian - Former President, CT State Colleges and Universities

Michael Thomas - President and CEO, New England Board of Higher Education

Scot Esdaile - President, CT Chapter NAACP

William Villano - CT Workforce Development Council