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Committees & Membership...
Central Naugatuck Valley Regional Action
Council
The membership of the CNVRAC is meant to reflect the twelve
communities and constituencies that it serves. In order to maintain
a balanced representation of each of the twelve towns in the service
area, membership should include at least one person who lives or
works in each town. Membership includes chief elected officials,
chief law enforcement officials, superintendents of schools and
general assembly members or their representatives, substance abuse
providers from the service area, as well as one representative from
the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services or the
Department of Children and Families. Membership may also include,
but is not limited to, representatives from the business community,
religious organizations, youth service bureaus, the media, youth and
adult consumers, local prevention council members, health care
professionals, other professional groups and state agencies.
At the Annual Meeting of the held on
June 05, 2009 the following members were in attendance:
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Jimmy Downes, Community Relations
Coordinator, Arms Acres
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Debbie Sauers, RN, Naugatuck High
School
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Rose McLaughlin, Social Worker, LPC
Chair, Thomaston High School
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Sarah Bogdanski-Bourden, Cheshire
Coalition to Stop Underage Drinking, SPF-SIG
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Caryn Olcik, Waterbury Coalition to
Reduce Underage Drinking, SPF-SIG
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Gina Ash, Grants Coordinator, Town of
Prospect
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Doreen Metzler, Counselor, Regional
School District #16
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Peter Smith, Pastor, First
Congregational Church, Town of Thomaston
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Joseph E. Futschik, President, Family
Intervention Center
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Michelle Piccerillo, Director,
Cheshire Youth & Social Services
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Ronald J. Pugliese, Naugatuck Police
Department
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Jeremy Rodorigo, Community Relations
& Business Development, AMR
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Christina Reddington, PR & Marketing
Coordinator, Wellspring Foundation
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Erica Norcross, Social Worker,
Naugatuck High School
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Elizabeth Snyder, Outreach/Crisis
Counselor, Naugatuck High School
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Joe Gorman, Supervisor of Health &
Phys. Ed. for Waterbury Schools
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Leo Bulvanoski, Local Prevention
Council Chair, Region 14
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Joy Geraci, Social Worker, Woodbury Middle School
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Joan Batten, School-to-Career, Thomaston High School
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Frank Santopietro, Waterbury Police Department, PAL
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Sharon Gomes, Social Worker, Nonnewaug High School
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Allison Perlini, Social Work-Psychologist DH Teacher,
Naugatuck High School
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Jesse Mancinone, Prevention Coordinator, CNVRAC
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Ida Rosado, Office Assistant, CNVRAC
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Lauren Iannucci, Youth Coordinator, MADD
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Rebecca Zadlo, Adolescent Coordinator, Morris Foundation
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Vincent Delaney, Director Community Relations, Morris
Foundation
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Sgt. Pete Acosta, Waterbury Police Department
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Jill Fontanella, School Social Worker, Wolcott High School
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Melisa Luginbuhl, Master Sergeant, CT National Guard
Counterdrug Operations
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Dan Morgan, CT National Guard Counter-drug Operations
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Tony Cipriano, Resident State Trooper, Beacon Falls Police
Department
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Thomas Gormley, First Selectman, Town of Middlebury
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Steve Trifone, Director of Athletics, Cheshire High School
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Rikki Crea, Owner/Director, Out-Source Communications
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Ken Collins, The Taylor Hooton Foundation
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Simone Matusevice, Student, Waterbury Arts Magnet School
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Damian DeWitt, Business Owner
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Jennifer DeWitt, DARC, CPP-R, Executive Director, CNVRAC
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Diane Foley, Bookkeeper, The Family Intervention Center
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Kirsten Yerger, Student, Miss Litchfield County Teen 2009
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Jim Diorio, Principal, Thomaston Center School
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George Tirado, Bilingual Services, Wilby High School
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Dave Rossi, Athletic Director, Kennedy High School
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Dr. Sandra Valente, Private Practice, DARC Program-NVCC
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Carol Tomkalski, School Counselor, Woodbury Middle School
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Adam Simmons, College Student, NVCC
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Eileen Russo, Treatment Consultant, Substance Abuse Treatment
Consultant
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Officer Craig Gulik, Wolcott Police Department
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Joe Monroe, Director of Athletics Department, Wolcott Public
Schools
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Heather Salder, Prevention Coordinator, HVCASA
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Joan Pesce, Director, Morris Foundation
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Mathew McCreedy, New Opportunities Inc.
CNVRAC Steering Committee
The purpose of the
Steering Committee is to control and manage the affairs and funds of
the CNVRAC. Though under fiduciary, and therefore legally governed
by the Board of Directors of the Family Intervention Center,
Regional Action Councils were created to be at the service of the
communities that they support. The Steering Committee of the CNVRAC
is comprised of an Executive Committee: Chairman, Vice-Chairman,
Secretary and Treasurer, as well as Chairpersons of each of the
Standing Committees of the CNVRAC, and up to six additional at-large
members.
At the Annual Meeting of the held on
June 05, 2009, the following members were in attendance and/or
elected to the Steering Committee:
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Chairman:
Jay Pugliese, Naugatuck Police Department
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Vice-Chairman:
Maryanne Van Aken, Parent Support Services Region 14
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Secretary:
Michelle Piccerillo– Director, Cheshire Youth & Social Services
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Treasurer:
Kelly Cronin – Executive Director, Waterbury Youth Service
System
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Prevention Committee Chair:
Jill Fontanella, Social Worker, Wolcott High School
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Gina Ash, Grants Director, Town of
Prospect
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Janet Storey – Manager, DMHAS
Prevention Unit
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Leo Bulvanoski–Board of Selectmen,
Bethlehem
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Jeremy Rodorigo – American Medical
Response & Resident, Beacon Falls
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Rose McLaughlin, Social Worker,
Thomaston High Schools
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Eileen Russo – Treatment Consultant,
Substance Abuse Treatment Consultant
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Jim Agostine – Superintendent, Board
of Education, Region 16 Schools
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Thomas Gormley – First Selectman,
Town of Middlebury
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Jessica Mastrioanni – Safe Haven of
Southbury
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Adam Simmons – College Student, NVCC
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Dr. Peter Smith – Reverend, First
Congregational Church, Thomaston
CNVRAC Prevention
Committee
The purpose of the
Prevention Committee is to assist the Executive Director in
assessing prevention needs and assets in the Central Naugatuck
Valley; to develop, implement, and evaluate an Annual Substance
Abuse Prevention Plan; and to promote the development and
coordination of needed prevention services in the area. Members of
the Prevention Committee meet for the purpose of networking,
resource development, and collaboration of efforts. This year, the
Prevention Committee is convening area Social Workers and School
Counseling Professionals. Contact Jill Fontanella for more
information: 203-879-8164, ext. 33.
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