Christine has over 32 years of financial/accounting and management experience in the insurance and banking industries, and non-profit community foundation sector. She joined the Foundation in 2005 and currently serves as the Controller of the finance and investment accounting functions. Christine is responsible for asset/cash reconciliations, investment income allocations to donor funds, expense payables, gifts and other general ledger record keeping and year-end tax reporting to vendors and donors.
Christine serves as her church’s Sunday School Superintendent and Treasurer of its Planning Committee. When she’s not crunching numbers, Christine loves helping children with their homework and reading, as well as preparing and serving meals at local homeless shelters. Christine and her husband have two children, who help make sandwiches for the shelters.

Madison joined the Foundation in 2019 after earning her bachelor’s degree in Spanish and linguistics from Mount Holyoke College. Her professional background includes mentoring undergraduate students in written and oral argumentation as well as typing and editing legal transcripts for a Jerusalem-based company. Madison brings her expertise in writing and research to her work on the Development team.
Outside of the Foundation, you can find Madison oil painting, exploring nature with her dog, or trying out a new challah recipe.

As a Jewish communal professional, Carly enjoys empowering and engaging people to live their Jewish values. She has more than 10 years of experience working in Greater Hartford’s Jewish community, sharing her values and strengthening the concept of L’Dor D’Vor with children, teens and adults.

As the Development Officer for the Foundation, Carly’s responsibilities include cultivating, soliciting and stewarding gift prospects and donors, and encouraging strong partnerships with community-based organizations. She also oversees Greater Hartford’s Life & Legacy program, a partnership with the Harold Grinspoon Foundation to promote after-lifetime giving to build endowments that will sustain Jewish organizations for generations.

Prior to her work at the Foundation, Carly served as Educational Director at Congregation B’nai Tikvoh-Sholom in Bloomfield, and as Program Director & Experiential Learning Coordinator at the University of Hartford Hillel. She also taught classes at JTConnect.

Carly is an Executive Board Member and President Emerita of Congregation Adath Israel in Middletown and was a Founding Member and Community Organizer for the Moishe House in West Hartford.

Carly earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Human Development & Family Studies, with a concentration in Social Work, from the University of Connecticut. She also earned her Master’s Degree in Elementary Education from the University of Hartford.

Carly resides in Rocky Hill with her husband, David, and their dog, Maya. In her free time, Carly enjoys hiking and is an avid reader of both fiction and nonfiction. She also tutors children in Hebrew, preps them for Torah services, and chanting Trope.

Maureen has more than 20 years of communications experience helping nonprofits and corporate foundations achieve their goals while championing social issues such as STEM education, economic empowerment, and diversity and inclusion, through strategic campaigns. A former correspondent for The Hartford Courant, Maureen has developed and executed award-winning media campaigns for numerous prominent brands including The Bayer Foundation, Northwestern Mutual Foundation, FIRST and Keep America Beautiful.

Maureen manages the Foundation’s Marketing, Advertising and Public Relations initiatives including digital marketing campaigns.

She earned her MBA from Bay Path University and is an adjunct professor in the University’s Business Department, teaching Marketing and Management classes.

In her leisure time, Maureen loves travel adventures with family and friends, and enjoys the outdoors including hiking at her favorite spot: West Hartford Reservoir. She is a self-professed chocolate connoisseur always in search of a piece of chocolate confectionary perfection.

An accounting and financial investment expert with more than 35 years of experience, Laura leads the Foundation’s three-person Finance team. Laura has held numerous financial leadership roles in Connecticut’s nonprofit sector. She previously served as Vice President of Finance at the University of Hartford. In this role, Laura oversaw all Finance operations, including Treasury, Budget, Procurement, Financial Accounting, and Controller. She also served as liaison to the University’s Resources, Investment and Audit Committees of the Board of Regents.

Prior to her work at the University of Hartford, Laura was Controller and Assistant Treasurer at Albertus Magnus College. She also served on the College’s Strategic Planning Task Force.

Laura earned an M.S. from the University of Hartford and a B.S. from Trinity College. She is a member of the Board of Trustees and Chair of the Enrollment Committee at Rosemont College in Philadelphia.