Board Of Directors
The CHDI Board of Directors is chaired by Robert Trestman, PhD,MD, Executive Director of the University of Connecticut Health Center's Correctional Managed Health Care. Other members include pediatricians, community and business leaders, state agency representatives, and members of academia.
Thomas Barnes
Tom Barnes is Chairman of the Board of the Barnes Group, Inc., a diversified global manufacturer and logistical services company focused on providing precision component manufacturing and operating service support. Outside Barnes Group, Mr....
Chairman of the Board of the Barnes Group, Inc.
CHDI & CFC Board Treasurer
Andrea Benin, MD
Andrea L. Benin, MD is Senior Vice-President, Quality and Patient-Safety for the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center as well as Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine. In this role, she drives the...
Sr. V.P. - Quality & Patient Safety, CT Children's Medical Center
Fernando Betancourt
Fernando Betancourt is the Executive Director of San Juan Center, Inc. in Hartford. He was previously the Executive Director for the State of Connecticut Latino and Puerto Rican Affairs Commission where he developed and recommended public...
Executive Director, San Juan Center, Inc.
Jennifer Carroll
Jennifer Carroll is a parent of a child with special health care needs. She is a member of the Connecticut Family Support Network (CTFSN) Board of Directors, a statewide advocacy organization providing direct support and broad advocacy to...
Community Leader
George A. Coleman
George Coleman was named Acting Commissioner of Education for the second time in his 24 year career in the Connecticut State Department of Education in January 2011 by the Connecticut State Board of Education--a position he held until his...
Community Leader
Kevin E. Flaherty
Kevin Flaherty is a Senior Vice President with Webster Bank in in Hartford and has served previously as Market President of Sovereign Bank in Hartford. He is on the board of directors of the CT Children's Medical Center Foundation and United Way...
Senior Vice President, Webster Bank
CHDI & CFC Board Secretary
Brian Forsyth, MB, ChB, FRCP(C)
Dr. Brian Forsyth is Professor of Pediatrics and Yale Child Study Center at Yale University. Dr Forsyth received his medical degree from Glasgow University, Scotland and did his residency training in Montreal, Canada before joining Yale as a...
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine
Margaret Grey, DrPH, RN, FAAN
Dr. Margaret Grey is the Dean and Annie Goodrich Professor at the Yale University School of Nursing. She has been at Yale since January of 1993; prior to assuming the Deanship on September 1, 2005, she served as Associate Dean for Scholarly...
Dean, Yale School of Nursing
Edward Keith
Eddie Keith is a vice president in Landmark’s private equity group. His primary responsibilities include financial modeling, underwriting, and general assessment of prospective and active transactions. Secondary responsibilities include...
V.P., Landmark Partners
Kevin W. Kelly
Kevin Kelly has spent over 23 years in the healthcare and insurance industry. He has been involved in operational/management and consulting activities spanning insurance services, physician group practice development, managed care, hospital...
President & CEO, Medical Risk Management LLC
Barbara McGrath
Barbara McGrath is the Executive Director of the Connecticut Urban Legal Initiative (CULI), a nonprofit organization located on the campus of the University of Connecticut School of Law. Barbara also provides strategic planning assistance and...
Executive Director, Connecticut Urban Legal Initiative
Judith Meyers, PhD
Judith Meyers, a clinical and community psychologist, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Children’s Fund of Connecticut, a public charitable foundation, and its subsidiary, the Child Health and Development Institute of...
President & CEO
Child Health and Development Institute; Children's Fund of Connecticut
Juan Salazar, MD
Juan C. Salazar, MD, MPH, is Interim Physician-in-Chief at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center and is also serving as Interim Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the University Of Connecticut School Of Medicine. In addition to these...
Interim Physician-in-Chief, CT Children's Medical Center
Kenneth Spiegelman, MD
Dr. Ken Spiegelman is a practicing pediatrician in Manchester, CT and is also Medical Director of Post Graduate Medical Education at Connecticut Children's Medical Center, He serves as a medical consultant to Manchester CT Head Start Program...
Private Practice Pediatrician
Robert L. Trestman, PhD, MD
Dr. Robert Trestman is Executive Director of the University of Connecticut Health Center’s Correctional Managed Health Care and is a Professor of Medicine, Psychiatry and Nursing at UCHC. He received his PhD in Psychology and his MD from the...
Professor of Medicine & Psychiatry, Executive Director, Correctional Managed Health Care, University of Connecticut Health Center
CHDI Board Chair, CFC 1st Vice Chair
Moses Vargas, Esq.
Moses Vargas is Assistant General Counsel for Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, where he provides legal advice and support to the departments of the Medical Center, Connecticut Children’s Specialty Group, Inc., The CCMC School and other...
Assistant General Counsel, CT Children's Medical Center
Fred R. Volkmar, MD
Dr. Fred Volkmar is the Irving B. Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Psychology and Director at the Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine. He also serves as the Chief of Child Psychiatry at Yale New Haven...
Director, Yale Child Study Center
Children's Fund Board Chair
