Committee Members

Audit, Compliance and Governance Committee



Jane McBride Gates
Interim President, Provost & Senior VP Academic & Student Affairs
Melissa McCaw
Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management
John Pavia
Executive Vice President, Corporate Development, LogicSource

Compensation Committee



Michael Cantor, Chair
Co-Managing Partner, Cantor Colburn LLP
Valarie Gelb
Chief Executive Officer, Global Business Growth Advisors
John Pavia
Executive Vice President, Corporate Development, LogicSource

Eli Whitney Advisory Committee



Dita Bhargava
Chief Operating Officer, Catalan Investments
Gerald DePardo
Partner, McCormick, Paulding & Huber
Erik Jansen
Technology Investor
Alan Mendelson
Venture Capitalist
John Pavia
Executive Vice President, Corporate Development, LogicSource
Rafael Santiago
Managing Member, Santiago Law Group LLC
Timothy Shannon, M.D.
General Partner, Canaan Partners

Eli Whitney Investment Committee



Colleen Cuffaro
Partner, Canaan
Radenka Maric
Vice President for Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, UConn
John Pavia
Executive Vice President, Corporate Development, LogicSource
Rafael Santiago
Managing Member, Santiago Law Group LLC
Andre Swanston
CEO, co-founder Tru Optik

Finance and Operations Committee



Valarie Gelb
Chief Executive Officer, Global Business Growth Advisors
Melissa McCaw
Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management
John Olsen
Former President, Connecticut AFL-CIO

Loan Committee



Bob Eick
Managing Director at Waterfall Asset Management, LLC
David Lehman
Commissioner– Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development
John Olsen
Former President, Connecticut AFL-CIO

Valuation Committee



Kevin Fahey
Managing Director, Bluff Point Associates
Doug Hurst
Partner, AGC
Dave Jenkins
Assurance Partner, PwC (Retired)
Patrick Murphy
Chief Financial Officer, United Rheumatology
Kate Vick
Consulting and Operating Expert