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The Foundation's Team

Leadership

Paulanne Jushkevich, MA, CFRE, President, Connecticut Children's Foundation

Paulanne Jushkevich, M.A., CFRE

President, Foundation

860-837-5700 paulanne [at] connecticutchildrens.org
Alison Auciello

Alison Auciello

Senior Vice President, Philanthropy

860-837-5721 aauciello [at] connecticutchildrens.org
Lauren McGill

Lauren McGill

Vice President, Foundation Operations

860-837-5718 lmcgill [at] connecticutchildrens.org
Dianna Pategas

Dianna Pategas

Vice President, Donor Relations and Stewardship

860-837-5722 dpategas [at] connecticutchildrens.org
Bree Pelczar

Bree Pelczar

Vice President, Philanthropic Events and Engagement

860-837-5713 bpelczar [at] connecticutchildrens.org
Mana Zarinejad

Mana Zarinejad

Vice President, Corporate and Foundation Relations

860-837-5719 mzarinejad [at] connecticutchildrens.org

Administration

Paulanne Jushkevich, M.A., CFRE

President, Foundation

860-837-5700 paulanne [at] connecticutchildrens.org
Alison Auciello

Alison Auciello

Senior Vice President, Philanthropy

860-837-5721 aauciello [at] connecticutchildrens.org

Eileen Schwartz

Executive Associate

860-837-5735 eschwartz [at] connecticutchildrens.org

Corporate & Foundations Relations

Jacqueline Blandi

Director, Corporate Relations

860-837-5767 jblandi [at] connecticutchildrens.org

Allison Cherundolo

Associate

860-837-5751 acherundolo [at] connecticutchildrens.org

Molly Dworkin

Associate Vice President

860-837-5748 mdworkin [at] connecticutchildrens.org

Alyssa Horrall

Assistant Vice President, Corporate Relations

860-837-5728 ahorrall [at] connecticutchildrens.org

Caroline Killeen

Manager, Children's Miracle Network Hospitals - Corporate Partners

860-837-6130 ckilleen [at] connecticutchildrens.org

Jessica Swirson

Manager, Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals - Programs & Peer-to-Peer

860-837-5274 jswirson [at] connecticutchildrens.org

Mana Zarinejad

Vice President

860-837-5719 mzarinejad [at] connecticutchildrens.org

Development

Abby Bascetta

Development Officer

860-837-5736 abascetta [at] connecticutchildrens.org

Anthony Cernera

Associate Vice President

203-254-6170 acernera [at] connecticutchildrens.org

Aliza Elwell

Associate Vice President

860-837-5737 aelwell [at] connecticutchildrens.org

Laura Schmelter

Director, Annual Giving

860-837-5747 lschmelter [at] connecticutchildrens.org

Carolyn Treiss

Assistant Vice President

860-837-5798 ctreiss [at] connecticutchildrens.org

Tracy Wu Fastenberg

Assistant Vice President

860-837-5733 tfastenberg [at] connecticutchildrens.org

Philanthropic Events

Jocelyn Blanchard

Associate

860-837-5762 jblanchard [at] connecticutchildrens.org

Erika Glebocki

Associate Manager

860-837-5711 eglebocki [at] connecticutchildrens.org

Kurt Knotts

Manager

860-837-7650 kknotts [at] connecticutchildrens.org

Bree Pelczar

Vice President, Philanthropic Events and Engagement

860-837-5713 bpelczar [at] connecticutchildrens.org

Summer Sivetz

Manager

860-837-5725 ssivetz [at] connecticutchildrens.org

Foundation Operations

Judy Birdsey

Data and Research Analyst

860-837-6539 jbirdsey [at] connecticutchildrens.org

Jen Burdo

Senior Manager

860-837-5729 jburdo [at] connecticutchildrens.org

Diana Dienavs

Director, Research & Data Analysis

860-837-5750 ddienavs [at] connecticutchildrens.org

Lauren McGill

Vice President

860-837-5718 lmcgill [at] connecticutchildrens.org

Swapna Para

Development Associate

860-837-5704 spara [at] connecticutchildrens.org

Katie Wasserman

Gift Processing Manager

860-837-5730 kwasserman01 [at] connecticutchildrens.org

Stewardship & Donor Relations

Caitlin Gadecki

Manager, Digital Communications

860-837-5731 cgadecki [at] connecticutchildrens.org

Erin Gallacher

Communications Associate

860-837-5707 egallacher [at] connecticutchildrens.org

Michele Kridler

Assistant Manager, Donor Relations & Patient Ambassador Programs

860-837-5734 mkridler [at] connecticutchildrens.org

Dianna Pategas

Vice President

860-837-5722 dpategas [at] connecticutchildrens.org

Julia Thomas

Development Writer

860-837-5700 jthomas05 [at] connecticutchildrens.org