Board of Directors 2009
President: Jose "Zak" P. Bravado, Paralegal, Leete, Kosto & Wizner, LLP, Hartford,
CT
Vice President: Manuela Freitas, Attorney, Dressler and Associates, Hartford, CT
Vice President: Manuel da Silva Goulart, Migratory Program Coordinator, Hartford Board of Education,
Hartford, CT
Secretary: Maria A. Santos, Assistant Attorney General, State of Connecticut, Hartford,
CT
Treasurer: Gabriel R. Serrano, Attorney, Serrano & Serrano, LLC, West Hartford,
CT
Directors:
Sergio Alves, Attorney, Winget, Spadafora &
Schwartzberg, LLP, Stamford, CT
John Bairos, Manager of Government and Community
Relations, Comcast Communications, Berlin, CT
Dr. Antonio A. Cirurgiao, Author, Comendador da
Ordem do Infante Dom Henrique, Professor Emeritus of Spanish
& Portuguese, University of Connecticut, Storrs,
CT
James Gregorio, Retired, Community Renewal Team,
Hartford, CT
Irene Vieira Killian, Educator, University of
Hartford High School of Science and Engineering, Hartford,
CT
Gary S. Mala, Superintendent of Schools, Regional
School Dist. #17
Vanda Cristina Marques, Process Improvement/Quality
Manager, Otis Elevator Company, UTC, Farmington, CT; Lecturer,
Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT
Ofelia Matos, Budget Director, City of Waterbury,
CT
Fernando G. Rosa, Deputy Director, Hartford Economic
Development Corp., Hartford, CT
Edward A. Santos, Chief Operations Group (retired)
US Department of Defense, East Hartford, CT
John Serrano, Attorney, Serrano & Serrano, LLC,
West Hartford, CT
Jorge T. Vieira, Owner, Griswold Liquors Package
Store, South Windsor, CT
Guiding Members:
George F. Castro, Owner, Liquor Cabinet, East
Granby, CT
Maria Alice Conroy, Educator, Magnet MultiCultural
School, Bridgeport, CT
Alberto A. Costa, Guest Relations Manager, Saint
Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, CT
Hon. Angelo L. dos Santos, Superior Court Judge,
State of Connecticut, Hartford, CT
Clara C. Duarte, Legal Assistant, Serrano &
Serrano, LLC, West Hartford, CT
Anthony Ferreira, Legal Assistant, Gale and
Kowalyshyn, Hartford, CT
Abilio "Bill" Gouveia, Attorney at Law, Honorary
Consul of Portugal, Bridgeport, CT
Gracinda Cabral Lavado, Manager, Human Resources,
Sonitrol
Libania "Lee" Lewis, Financial Adviser, Merrill
Lynch, Hartford, CT
Ana M. Martins-Cavanaugh, Product Management
Director, WellPoint NextRx, Canton, CT
Maria Fernanda Miranda, Co-owner, Miranda Vineyards,
Goshen, CT
Tereza Neves, Past Visiting Professor, Trinity
College, Hartford, CT
Antonio F. Palma, Engineer, Pfizer Corp.
Anabela Pinho-Cerdeira, Certified Public Accountant,
CIGNA, Bloomfield, CT
Maria Fernanda Pinheiro, Educator, Parkville School,
The Hartford Board of Education.
Eva Maria Bettencourt da Rosa, Teacher, Sao Miguel
Azores, formerly University of Connecticut
Anabela Parreira-Santos, CSW, Glastonbury Youth
& Family Services, Glastonbury, CT
Carlos M. Santos, Attorney, Hartford, CT
Richard L. Santos, Special Assistant to the
Executive Director, Church World Services, Washington,
D.C.
Fernando Silva, Vice Principal, Washington School,
Waterbury CT
Maria do Rosario Simao, Attorney, Grozoch
Associates, Inc., New Britain, CT
Dr. Antonio Simoes, Dean of Graduate School of
Education and Allied Professions, Fairfield University, Fairfield
CT
Reverend Antonio Jorge Tchingui, Parish Priest, Our
Lady of Fatima Roman Catholic Church of Hartford, CT
Carlos Valinho, Real Estate Developer, Hartford,
CT
Dr. Lisa Seabra Veiga, DMD, Dentist, Waterbury,
CT
Betty Vicente, Marketing, Rhode Island
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