Meet our Members

How about you? Join the Partnership.

Hamden needs all voices to work collaboratively towards the goal that all children are safe, healthy and successful learners. Join this dedicated group.

Membership in the Partnership is open to anyone who works or lives in Hamden and wants to focus on the well being of children from birth to age nine. Full Partnership meetings are held 5x per year. It is also strongly encouraged that Partnership members also participate in one of the subcommittees or task force groups. Questions? Please contact Partnership Coordinator Tricia Godfrey (203)407-7733 or email hamdenkids@gmail.com

FIRST NAME	LAST NAME	TITLE / REPRESENTING	EMAIL
Janet	Buchanan	​Department of Children and Families Milford DCF Area Office	janet.buchanan@ct.gov
Jayne	Bonner-Gary	DSS	jayne.gary@ct.gov
Eileen	Carpinella	Executive Director ​Young Audiences Arts for Learning CT	ecarpinella@yaconn.org
Beverly	Chevalier	LCSW Monarch Therapeutic Services	​monarchpsychotherapy@gmail.com
Mimsie	​Coleman	Director Arts, Recreation, & Culture Town of Hamden	mcoleman@hamden.com
Deborah	​Culligan	Coordinator of Health Education/ Deputy Director Quinnipiac Valley Health District	dculligan@qvhd.org
Value	Value	Value	​
Nancy	​Carangelo	Assistant Director Hamden Early Learning Program Hamden Public Schools	​ncarangelo@hamden.org
Rita	​Esposito	Partnership Co-Chair ReachOut	​respo@reachoutinc.org
Amanda	Forcucci	Curriculum Director Physical Education/Health Hamden Public Schools	​aforcucci@hamden.org
LuAnn	​Gallicchio	Director of Adult and Early Childhood Education Hamden Public Schools	lgallicchio@hamden.org
Judy	​Goldberg	Early Childhood Consultant	judygoldberg@jmenterprisesllc.org
Nancy	Guindon	Kindergarten Teacher ​Hamden Public Schools	​nguindon@hamden.org
Jody	Goeler	Superintendent Hamden Public Schools	​jgoeler@hamden.org
​Stacy	Hampton	Community	​stacey.hampton@yale.edu
Jennifer	McGrady Heath	Executive Director United Way of Greater New Haven Community	jheath@uwgnh.org
​Guadalupe	Martinez Kuilan	Coordinator Hamden Family Resource Centers Community	gmartinez@hamden.org ​
Flor	Tena	Parent Educator ​Hamden Family Resource Centers ​Community	ftena@hamden.org
Kdiana	Diakhate	Parent Educator ​Hamden Family Resource Centers ​Community	kdiakhate@hamden.org
Barbara	​Prentice	Parent Educator ​Hamden Family Resource Centers ​Community	bprentice@hamden.org
Pamela	Lorenzo	Nurturing Families Network VNA of South Central CT	​plorenzo@vnascc.org
Nancy	McNicol	Associate Director ​Hamden Public Library	​nmcnicol@hamdenlibrary.org
Chris	Melillo	Assistant Superintendent Hamden Public Schools	​cmelillo@hamden.org
​Lori	​Osber	Director ​Apple Tree Learning Center	​qui@earlyeducationpros.org
Meg	Nowacki	Community Member	​mnowacki@schacademy.org
Sally	Nutcher	Director ​Hamden Youth Services Child Care	​snutcher@hamden.com
Edie	Reichard	Director ​Sleeping Giant Day Care	​ereichard@juno.com
Susan	Rubino	Coordinator Hamden Youth Services Community	srubino@hamden.com
Beth	​Chiarillo	Hamden Youth Services	bstudniarski@hamden.com
Jessica	Saeger	Executive Director ​All Our Kin	jessica@allourkin.org
Alison	Wunder Stahl	New Haven Director All Our Kin	​alison@allourkin.org
Nelson	Christina	​Policy Fellow 2014-16 All Our Kin	​christina@allourkin.org
Carmelita	Valencia-Daye	Partnership Co-Chair Program Coordinator: Early Childhood Education, Gateway Community College Community	​cvalencia-daye@gwcc.commnet.edu
Kate	Waldron	Community Member	​
Julia	​McNamee	Member	​jmcnamee@hamden.org
Mary Ann	Bonenberger	Community Member	​
Lauren	Dennehy	Assistant Clinical Professor Yale Child Study	lauren.dennehy@yale.edu
Judith	Antignani	Preschool Special Ed Coordinator Hamden Public Schools	​jantignani@hamden.org
Curt	Leng	Mayor	cleng@hamden.com
Tracy	Myers	Director Hamden Early Learning Program Hamden Public Schools	tmyers@hamden.org
	Jackson	Executive Director Hamden/North Haven YMCA	erustenholtz@cccymca.org