Board of Directors

Read to Grow is governed by an active, dedicated Board of Directors, whose expertise in a wide range of key areas guides our organization. Our board members are passionate about the importance of promoting early literacy and committed to giving all children a good start in life. They come from the fields of business and finance, early childhood education, health, nonprofit fundraising and development, and law.
Board meetings are held monthly, with executive sessions as called. Each board member sits on at least one committee during his or her term of office, and much of the work of the Board is accomplished by the committees. Committee membership is also drawn from the community at large.
Read to Grow operates and develops programs, policies and procedures according to a three-year strategic plan researched, written and adopted by the Board of Directors in 2006. The board is curently working on an update of the strategic plan that will lead us over the next three years.

Board of Directors

Roxanne J. Coady, Chair
    Owner, R.J. Julia Booksellers
Jennifer Aniskovich, Vice Chair  and Assistant Secretary
John. F. Wolter, Secretary
    Shareholder, Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, P.C 
Stacy Ruwe, Treasurer
    Chief Financial Officer, Avon Old Farms School
Karen Pritzker, Board Emeritus

Susannah Bailin
Joanne Cunard, Professor, Child Study/Education, St. Joseph's College
Mary Kay Curtiss, Manager, Blum Shapiro
Sharon R. Davis, Human Resource Manager, Alcoa Howmet Castings
Carla Horwitz, Director, Calvin Hill Day Care Center; Lecturer, Yale Child Study Center
Julie Irwin, Senior Scientist, Haskins Laboratories.
Donna Lechner-Gruskay, Friends of Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital
Lisa Maass, Senior Vice President, Corporate Banking, Citizens Bank
Janet Weiswasser Michaelson
James Welbourne, City Librarian, New Haven Free Public Library

Associate Board and Advisory Council

Roberta Lockhart, M.D., Milford Pediatric Group
Jack Mariotti, CFO, Molecular NeuroImaging, LLC
Virginia H. Mathews, Consultant for Family Literacy, Center for the Book, Library of  Congress
Jonathan Stein, M.D., Guilford Pediatric Group
Sheila Wartel, Coordinator, CT Family Place Libraries, Libraries for the Future
Mary Lee Weber, Director of Marketing, WTNH/News Channel 8
Carol Weitzman, M.D., Asst. Professor, Yale University, School of Medicine

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