Board of Directors
The Children’s Fund Board of Directors includes representatives from academia, state government, the business and finance community, and parent advocates. Board members provide perspectives from a range of professions including pediatrics, psychiatry, nursing, education, law, and business.
The Children’s Fund Board of Directors is chaired by Gil Peri, President and Chief Operating Officer, Connecticut Children's. Members of the Children's Fund Board of Directors simultaneously serve on Child Health and Development Institute's Board of Directors.
- Andrew Agwunobi, MD, MBA — CEO & EVP for Health Affairs, UConn Health
- Alyssa Bennett, MD — Division Head of Adolescent Medicine at Connecticut Children’s
- Jennifer Carroll — Community Leader (CHDI Board Secretary)
- Bridgett Feagin, MBA — Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Connecticut Children’s (Children's Fund and CHDI Board Treasurer)
- Cynthia Fitzgerald, CPA, MHA — Chief Financial Officer, Connecticut Children's Specialty Group
- Glenn Focht — President, Connecticut Children's Specialty Group, Connecticut Children's Medical Center
- Margaret Grey, DrPH, RN, FAAN — Annie Goodrich Professor of Nursing, Yale School of Nursing (Children's Fund 1st Vice Chair and CHDI Board Chair)
- Aimee Monroy Smith, MA — Senior Vice President of Government Relations and External Affairs
- Gil Peri — President and Chief Operating Officer, Connecticut Children’s (Children's Fund Chair)
- Galo Rodriguez, MPH — President and CEO, The Village for Families & Children
- Charlene Russell-Tucker — Chief Operating Officer, Connecticut State Department of Education
- James E. Shmerling — President and CEO, Connecticut Children's
- Kenneth Spiegelman, MD — Private Practice Pediatrician
- Jeffrey Vanderploeg, Ph.D. — President & CEO, Children's Fund of Connecticut, Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut
- Moses Vargas, Esq. — General Counsel, Connecticut Children's (Children's Fund Board Secretary)
