Profession: Senior Program Director at the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation Five Words About Me: Dedicated connector engaging others strengths One Surprising Skill: Can write in mirror image Professionally, Heather leads strategy focused on supporting the advancement of contemporary art curators and artists across the country. In her 9 years

Profession: Social Practice Artist Five Words About Me: Attentive, instigative, imaginative, innovative, conversationalist One Surprising Skill: During a global pandemic, Jessica can parent her child, work countless hours a week on zoom, walk the dog, and feed the hamster. All this while defending the Oxford comma; a shape, space, and function she remains dedicated

Profession: Owner & lead consultant of Be Intentive LLC and a Connecticut social studies educator Five Words About Me: Collaborative, creative, curious, interdisciplinary, passionate One Surprising Skill: Aerial arts José Feliciano is a strategist, educator, and community development practitioner. He is the owner and lead consultant of Be Intentive

Profession: Owner of Road to Resilience LLC Five Words About Me: Authentic, imaginative, grounded, curious, ever evolving One Surprising Skill: Event planning and decorating Kai is a Community Social Worker, Wellness Activist, and Teaching Healing Artist. Kai has spent the last 15 years advocating for Black Mental Health and

Profession: Job Developer Five Words About Me: Connector, creator, community/leader, busy-bee One Surprising Skill: Kia A. Baird is Certified Employment Support Professional; she holds roles both as a Manager of vocational programming and as a Job Developer. Kia’s work allows her to fulfill her purpose of connecting people

Profession: Community Engagement and Education Manager at Stamford Symphony Five Words About Me: Passionate, community, fun, reflective, and person development One Surprising Skill: The ability to creatively pack anything in a suitcase, closet, car, or moving truck. It's just real-life Tetris (which I play all the time!) Nicolas

Profession: Transformation Coach and Race Equity Strategist Five Words About Me: Imaginative, intuitive, adventurous, persistent, soulful One Surprising Skill: Summer is a mom and a transformational lifecoach focused on personal freedom and collective liberation within the African Diaspora. She helps her clients discover healthy perceptions of themselves as

Profession: Family Development Specialist at New Opportunities of Greater Torrington Five Words About Me: Bilingual, curious, nervous, adventurous, humble, honest, supportive (ok maybe more than 5) One Surprising Skill: I can multi-task in English, Spanish AND Spanglish!!!! Thalia Castro is a Family Development Specialist at New Opportunities of Greater

Profession: Five Words About Me: One Surprising Skill: Valerie A. Cooper is an accomplished entrepreneur, art consultant and appraiser, diversity art curator, and an adjunct professor. In 2002, Valerie founded Picture That, LLC, a fine art consulting firm, after a 15-year Wall Street career at

Profession: Writer, artist, entrepreneur Five Words About Me: Creative, supportive, adventurous, imaginative, empathetic One Surprising Skill: Making playlists Originally from Los Angeles, California, Virginia Flood moved to Connecticut as an adolescent, living primarily in New London and Hartford. Virginia’s introduction to arts was through music, literature, film, and