OFFICERS, BOARD OF DIRECTORS & STAFF
OFFICERS FOR 2024 – 2025
President
Jim Gildea
Director Of Manufacturing
RC Bigelow
Fairfield CT
Treasurer
Kristen Moreira
Chief Financial Officer
Bead Industries
Milford, CT
Vice President
Peter Hoffman
President
Orange Research
Milford, CT
Secretary
Michael Rocheleau
Vice President
PTA Corporation
Oxford, CT
Vice President
Laura Marasco
President
West-Conn Tool & Die
Shelton, CT
Immediate Past President
Mark Auletta
Chief Operating Officer
Bauer Inc.
Bristol, CT
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
TERM ENDING JUNE 2025
Kristen Moreira
Chief Financial Officer
Bead Industries
Milford, CT
Katherine Saint
President
Schwerdtle Technologies
Bridgeport, CT
Mark Auletta
Chief Operating Officer
Bauer Inc.
Bristol, CT
Peter Hoffman
President
Orange Research
Milford, CT
Michael Lipp
Partner
Wiggin and Dana LLP
New Haven, CT
Gary Miller
Senior Vice President
M&T Bank
New Haven, CT
TERM ENDING JUNE 2026
Marcy Minnick
Vice President of Operations
Excello Tool Engineering and Mfg.
Milford, CT
Jill Mayer
CEO
Bead Industries
Milford, CT
Jim Gildea
Director Of Manufacturing
RC Bigelow
Fairfield CT
Sam Simons
President & COO
OEM Controls, INC
Shelton, CT
Jeff White
Partner and Manufacturing Industry Group Chair
Robinson+Cole LLP
Hartford, CT
Brittany Isherwood
President
Burke Aerospace
Farmington, CT
TERM ENDING JUNE 2027
Laura Marasco
President
West-Conn Tool & Die
Shelton, 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
Michael Rocheleau
Executive Vice President
PTA Corporation
Oxford, CT
William Mahoney
CEO
SURYS Inc.
Trumbull, CT
Lucia Furman
President
Mercantile Development, Inc.
Shelton, CT
EX-OFFICIO BOARD MEMBERS
Garrett Sheehan
President
Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce
New Haven, CT
Lindy Gold
Director
Senior Regional Manager
New Haven, CT
