
Dr. Mark McQuillan, Co-Chair
Commissioner, State Board of Education
Board of Education Commissioner Dr. Mark McQuillan. The board comprises public school superintendents, Connecticut state legislators, representatives from the College Board, and senior executives from many of Connecticut’s top businesses.
Jean LaVecchia
Vice President, Human Resources
Northeast Utilities Service Company
Dr. Mark McQuillan
Commissioner
Connecticut Board of Education
Michael Meotti
Commissioner of Higher Education
Connecticut Department of Higher Education
Sheenah Mische
Director, Translational Services
Boehringer-Ingelheim
Elsa Nunez
President
Eastern Connecticut State University
Dr. Jeanne Purcell
Consultant, Gifted and Talented Program
Connecticut State Department of Education
John Rathgeber
President and CEO
Connecticut Business and Industry Association
Theodore Sergi
President and CEO
Connecticut Science Center
Dr. David Sobel
Group Leader, Thermal Management
United Technologies Research Center
Dr. J. A. Camille Vautour
President
Project Opening Doors
Jack Volinski
President, HSB Professional Loss Control
HSB Group Inc.
Dudley Williams
Director, GE Volunteers Foundation
GE Equipment Services
Project Opening Doors
Advisory Board

John R. Rathgeber, Co-Chair
CEO and President, CBIA
Headed by former Connecticut school superintendent Dr. Camille Vautour, Project Opening Doors is overseen by an advisory board co-chaired by John Rathgeber, president and CEO of the Connecticut Business and Industry Association, and Connecticut
John P. Casey
President
General Dynamics–Electric Boat
Dr. Christopher Clouet
Superintendent
New London Public Schools
Richard Cole
President & CEO
Connecticut Academy for Education in
Mathematics, Science & Technology
Paula Colen
Executive Director
EASTCONN
Arthur Doyle
Regional Vice President
College Board
Dr. William Glass
Associate Superintendent of Schools
Danbury Public Schools
Peter Halvordson
Vice President, Engineering
General Dynamics–Electric Boat
Joan Hartley
Senator
State of Connecticut
Dr. Toni Hoover
Senior Vice President
Pfizer Global Research and Development
Roger Joyce
Vice President, Engineering
The Bilco Company
John Kalamarides
Senior VP, Institutional Full Service Retirement
Prudential Retirement
Lauren Kaufman
Vice President, Education and Job Training
Connecticut Business and Industry Association