Officers, board members at The Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center, which serves people with disabilities and special needs, has announced the election of four new officers and six new board members. 

The new board chair is Michele Macauda who is a resident of Monroe. She retired from AT&T where she was the senior vice president for business and network solutions IT. 

Brian Csizmadia of Trumbull is vice chair. He is director of human resources at Aquarion Water Co. The treasurer is Peter Gavey of Fairfield, a general partner with Goodnow Investment Group LLC. The secretary is Mary Brown of Bridgeport, a retired Bridgeport Central High School mathematics teacher.

Starting new three-year board terms are:  Paul Broadie II of Orange, president of Housatonic Community College; Mark Herron of Fairfield, corporate chief marketing officer at People”™s United Bank; Karen Guckert Kaiser of Fairfield, director of development at the Egan School of Nursing Health Studies at Fairfield University; Michael LaVelle of Fairfield, a partner in the law firm of Pullman & Comley, LLC; Leah Palmer of Trumbull, a consumer of The Kennedy Center since 1994, and Robert D. Scinto of Fairfield, chairman of R.D. Scinto, Inc.