NECHE Letters of Support
Over the course of the merger planning process, CT State will be in regular communication with NECHE. This page will share all formal communication with the Commission.
Letters of Support
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Ned Lamont - Governor, State of Connecticut
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Chris DiPentima - President, CT Business and Industry Association (CBIA)
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Deidre Gifford - Commissioner, CT Department of Social Services
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Dr. Davis Jenkins - Senior Research Scholar, Community College Research Center
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Dr. Merle Harris - Former Board of Regents Vice Chair, President Emeritus Charter Oak State College
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Dr. Rhona Free - Chair, CT Conference of Independent Colleges
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Edward J. Dooling - Chief Human Resource Officer
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Ethan Fields - Director, Higher Education Program Outreach and Promotion The JED Foundation
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Jayne Pearson - Professor Emeritus, CT State Community College Alignment Team
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Jessica Taylor - Executive Director, Aerospace Components Manufacturers
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Kevin Nolan - CEO, GE Appliance
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Mark Argosh and Kelli Valleries - Chair, Governor’s Workforce Council and Director, Office of Workforce Strategy
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Melissa Turner - Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer, Yale New Haven Health
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Radenka Maric, Ph.D. - Interim President, University of Connecticut
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Stuart Rosenberg - President, Jefferson Memorial Hospital Trinity Healthcare
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Beth Bye - Commissioner, CT Office of Early Childhood
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The Charles A. Dana Center
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Cynthia Bombard - President & CEO, Central CT Chambers of Commerce
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Dr. David Levinson - President Emeritus, CT State Colleges and Universities
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Criminal Justice Faculty Team (Dr. Kobie Stewart, Professor Arthur Kureczka, Dr. Kathryn Kleis, Professor Rebecca Rist-Brown, Professor Michael Emanuel, Professor Jessica Waterhouse)
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Dr. Pat Bouffard - Former Academic Dean, Northwestern CT Community College
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Dr. Stacey Clawson - Associate Vice President, Jobs for the Future
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Erin Stewart - Mayor, City of New Britain
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James Gentile - Faculty, Manchester Community College
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Jennifer Jackson - CEO, CT Hospital Association
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Jim Wilkinson - Faculty, Asnuntuck Community College
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Lucas Karabin - President, New England Spring & Metalstamping Association
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Mark Ojakian - Former President, CT State Colleges and Universities
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Michael Thomas - President and CEO, New England Board of Higher Education
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Scot Esdaile - President, CT Chapter NAACP
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William Villano - CT Workforce Development Council