Bridgeport Prospers Cradle to Career Core Leadership Team
Core Leadership Team Tri-Chairs
Carmen Colon
Vice President
Bridgeport Ys
Reverend Cass Shaw
President & CEO
Council of Churches of Greater Bridgeport
Terry Walden
Assistant Director of Admissions
Housatonic Community College
Core Leadership Team Members
- Donna Thompson-Bennett, Curriculum Manager/Consultant, Parent Leadership Training Institute
- Merle Berke-Schlessel, Esq., President and CEO, United Way of Coastal Fairfield County
- Maritza Bond, Director, Dept. of Public Health & Social Services, City of Bridgeport
- Ramon Bulerin, BDI—Stratford Options Cleaning Services, LLC
- Joseph Carbone, President and CEO, The WorkPlace, Inc.
- Pablo Colon III, Vice President, Radio Cumbre Broadcasting Inc.
- Rosa Correa, Community Leader
- Ahmed Ebrahim, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Accounting, Fairfield University
- Karen Galbo, Vice President, Executive Director, People's United Community Foundation
- Adrienne Farrar Houel, President and CEO, Greater Bridgeport Community Enterprises, Inc.
- Terron Jones, Medical Reserve Corps Director, Dept. of Public Health, City of Bridgeport
- Pam Lewis, Executive Director, Connect-US
- Nestor Leon, Vice President of Operations, The Workplace
- Anne McCrory, Chief Legal and Real Estate Officer
- Janet Ortiz, Community Leader
- Christiana Otuwa, Ph.D., Assistant Superintendent for Instructional Leadership, Bridgeport Schools
- Rabbi James Prosnit, Congregation B’nai Israel