Meet Our Team

The team at American Savings Foundation strives to be accessible to anyone seeking information about grants, scholarships, or with general questions about the Foundation.

Meet the Team

Foundation Staff

The American Savings Foundation staff members are on-hand to answer your questions about grants and scholarships serving 64 towns across the state of Connecticut.

Maria A Falvo

Maria A Falvo
President & CEO

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Maria Sanchez

Maria Sanchez
Director of Grantmaking & Community Investment

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Heather Hokunson

Heather Hokunson
Program Officer - Scholarships

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Noreen Cannamela
Operations Manager

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Jenna Cowan
Associate Program Officer - Grants

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2018 Board Members

American Savings Foundation Board of Directors 2018
Seated (L-R) Carrier, Prescott, Gustin, Falvo, Boulier, Pasqualoni
Standing (L-R) McNair, O'Rourke, Cicchetti, Mazadoorian, Jones, Little, Davison, Tanner

Meet the Board

 

Board of Directors

Charles J. Boulier III
Chairman

Laurence A. Tanner
Vice Chair

Sheri C. Pasqualoni
Secretary

David Davison
Treasurer

Caitlyn Bee
Michael Carrier
Carl R. Cicchetti
David Davison
Paula S. Gilberto
James Jones
James W. Little
Artila Lubonja
John Miller
Loan Nguyen
Bruce Noe
Maria A. Falvo - Ex-Officio
President & CEO

Emeritus Directors

Donald Davidson

Marie S. Gustin
Immedite Past Vice Chairman

Harry N. Mazadoorian
Immediate Past Chair

In Memoriam

Robert T. Kenney
Founding Chairman

Gregory B. Howey
Charles S. Beach
Norman E.W. Erickson
Joseph T. Hughes
Fred M. Hollfelder
Mark E. Karp
Stanley W. Shepard
Geddes Parsons

Board Profiles

 

Volunteer Comittees

Scholarship Committee

Loan Nguyen*, Chair
Artila Lubjona*, Vice-Chair
Paula R. Archacki
Lynette Badu*
Caitlyn Bee*                                                   Albana Beka*
Karen R. Bixby
Gladys Colon
Cassandra Darden
Paul D'Addabbo
David Davison
Diane Dunn
Joseph R. Giangreco
Paula S. Gilberto
Helen E. Kenney
Melvin Kelley, IV*
Beth Mazadoorian
James McNair
Demesis Negorn-Figuroa*
James O'Rourke
Daniel Riccio*
Pat Rutkowski
Mary A. Schmelcke
Kathy Taylor
James Wardwell
Abigail Woodhouse* 

Grants Committee

Charles J. Boulier, Chair
Charles P. Ahern
Michael Carrier
Carl R. Cicchetti
Christopher Godfrey
James Jones 
Wilson Keithline
Rebecca Karabin Ahern
Peter N. Perugini
Susan Rathgeber
Donna Rutola
Violet Jiménez Sims
Earl T. Young

 

* Past Robert T. Kenney Scholar

Have questions?

American Savings Foundation offers a number of resources to help you get the answers you need about scholarships or grants. Read our Frequently Asked Questions to get started today.

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