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.

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Maria A Falvo
President & CEO

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Maria Sanchez
Director of Grantmaking & Community Investment

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Heather Hokunson
Senior Program Officer - Scholarships

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Noreen Cannamela
Operations Manager

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Jenna Cowan
Program Officer - Grants

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American Savings Foundation Board of Directors 2023
(L-R) Davidson, Jones, Tanner, Pasqualoni, Falvo, Miller, Tasho, Noe, Nguyen, Bee

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
Paula S. Gilberto
James Jones
John Miller
Loan Nguyen
Bruce Noe
Artila Tasho
Maria A. Falvo - Ex-Officio
President & CEO

Emeritus Directors

Donald Davidson

Marie S. Gustin
Immediate Past Vice Chair

Harry N. Mazadoorian
Immediate Past Chair

In Memoriam

Robert T. Kenney
Founding Chairman

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

Board Profiles

 

Volunteer Committees

 

Scholarship Committee


Loan Nguyen*, Chair
Artila Tasho*, Vice-Chair
Lynette Badu*
Caitlyn Bee*
Albana Beka*
Karen R. Bixby
Althea Brooks
Gladys Colon
Natalie Criniti*
Cassandra Darden
Paul D'Addabbo
Joseph R. Giangreco
Paula S. Gilberto
Helen E. Kenney
Melvin Kelley, IV*
Joey Listro                                                        Beth Mazadoorian
James McNair
John Miller
Demesis Negron-Figuroa*
Basil Niccolls Jr.*
Bruce Noe
James O'Rourke
Jeremy Race*
Joyce Ribeiro
Pat Rutkowski
Mary A. Schmelcke
James Wardwell
Abigail Woodhouse* 

Grants Committee

Charles J. Boulier, Chair
Charles P. Ahern
Michael Carrier
Dr. Angela Geddis
James Jones 
Wilson Keithline
Rebecca Karabin Ahern
Peter N. Perugini
Christopher Porcher
Susan Rathgeber
Donna Rutola
Violet Jiménez Sims
Bilal Tajildeen
Kathy Taylor
Earl T. Young

Communications Committee

Maria Falvo, Chair
Maria S. Gustin
James W. Little
Artila Tasho*
Harry N. Mazadoorian
Sheri C. Pasqualoni
Danerick Peralta
Hollie Randall*
Abigail Woodhouse*
 

* Past ASF 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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