Committee Members

Audit, Compliance and Governance Committee



Jeffrey Beckham
Secretary, Office of Policy and Management
Jane McBride Gates
Interim President, Provost & Senior VP Academic & Student Affairs at Connecticut State Colleges and Universities
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
Beth Maerz
Senior Vice President of Platform, Customer Experience and Innovation for Personal Insurance, Travelers
Alan Mendelson
Venture Capitalist
John Pavia
Executive Vice President, Corporate Development, LogicSource
Glendowlyn Thames
Public Policy and Economic Development, Amazon

Eli Whitney Investment Committee



Colleen Cuffaro
Partner, Canaan
Beth Maerz
Senior Vice President of Platform, Customer Experience and Innovation for Personal Insurance, Travelers
Radenka Maric
Vice President for Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, UConn
John Pavia
Executive Vice President, Corporate Development, LogicSource
Andre Swanston
CEO, co-founder Tru Optik

Finance and Operations Committee



Jeffrey Beckham
Secretary, Office of Policy and Management
Valarie Gelb
Chief Executive Officer, Global Business Growth Advisors
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
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