OFFICERS, BOARD OF DIRECTORS & STAFF
OFFICERS FOR 2025 – 2026
President
Mike Rocheleau
Executive Vice President
PTA Plastics
Oxford, CT
Treasurer
Matt Gaieski
Principal
CLA Connect
West Hartford, CT
Vice President
Brittany Isherwood
President
Burke Aerospace
Farmington, CT
Secretary
Sam Simons
President & COO
OEM Controls, INC
Shelton, CT
Vice President
Pete Hoffman
President
Orange Research
Milford, CT
Immediate Past President
Jim Gildea
Director Of Manufacturing
RC Bigelow
Fairfield CT
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
TERM ENDING JUNE 2026
Jill Mayer
CEO
Bead Industries
Milford, CT
Marcy Minnick
Vice President of Operations
Excello Tool Engineering and Mfg.
Milford, CT
Jim Gildea
Director Of Manufacturing
RC Bigelow
Fairfield CT
Sam Simons
President & COO
OEM Controls, INC
Shelton, CT
Brittany Isherwood
President
Burke Aerospace
Farmington, CT
Jeff White
Partner and Manufacturing Industry Group Chair
Robinson+Cole LLP
Hartford, CT
TERM ENDING JUNE 2027
Lucia Furman
President
Mercantile Development, Inc.
Shelton, CT
Bill Mahoney
CEO
SURYS Inc.
Trumbull, CT
Mike Rocheleau
Executive Vice President
PTA Corporation
Oxford, CT
Marcia LaFemina
President
The Pennsylvania Globe Gaslight Co.
North Branford, CT
Brandon McFarlane
Vice President, Corporate & Institutional Banking
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
Stamford, CT
Aaron M. Mambrino
COO/Executive Vice President
Hubbard-Hall
Waterbury, CT
TERM ENDING JUNE 2028
Kathy Saint
President
Schwerdtle Technologies
Bridgeport, CT
Matt Gaieski
Principal
CLA Connect
West Hartford, CT
Gary Miller
Senior Vice President
M&T Bank
New Haven, CT
Ari Santiago
Board Advisor
CompassMSP
West Hartford, CT
Michael Lipp
Partner
Wiggin and Dana LLP
New Haven, CT
Peter Hoffman
President
Orange Research
Milford, CT
EX-OFFICIO BOARD MEMBERS
Garrett Sheehan
President
Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce
New Haven, CT
Lindy Gold – DECD
Director
Senior Regional Manager
New Haven, CT
