Trustees & Ambassadors
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Trustees
Mr. Shakeeb Alam
Co-Founder and President of East Bridge Capital Management, L.P.
Imam Dr. Jawad Bayat (Co-President of the Alumni Council)
Manager of Clinical Pastoral Education, Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic
Rabbi Debra Cantor
Congregation B’nai Tikvoh-Sholom, Bloomfield, CT
Ms. Luma Chalabi
Citation Hearing Officer, Hartford Parking Authority, Hartford, CT
Vice-Principal, Farmington Valley American Muslim Center, Avon, CT
Ms. Allison Chisolm
Principal, Choice Words/Chisolm & Co.
Wesley United Methodist Church, Worcester, MA
Mr. John Cordani
Intellectual property attorney, Robinson+Cole, Hartford, CT
Ms. Kathleen Dion
Partner, Robinson+Cole, Hartford, CT
Ms. Clare R. Feldman, Chair
Retired Senior Vice President Citizens Bank
Congregation Beth Israel, West Hartford, CT
Ms. Fatima Fiazuddin
Docketing Specialist, Sterne Kessler, Washington DC
Rev. Dr. Sheila Harvey (Co-President of the Alumni Council)
Pastor, Union Congregational United Church of Christ, West Palm Beach, FL
Mr. Russell H. Jones
Retired Board of Directors, Voya Funds, Inc.
Mr. Peter Kelly
Senior Principal, Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, PC
Dr. Joel N. Lohr
President, Hartford International
Ms. Mildred McNeill
Retired Executive Director of Marketing and Communications, University of Hartford
Ms. Gertrude “Trudie” Prior
President and General Manager, Coral World Ocean Park
Member of the Board, Hebrew Congregation of St. Thomas USVI
Mr. Edmund (Ted) See
Retired Partner, Day Pitney LLP
St. Patrick-St. Anthony Church, Hartford, CT
Mr. Naseem Shaikh, 1st Vice Chair
Vice President and CFO for global operations and supply chain functions of UTAS, a division of United Technologies
The Islamic Association of Greater Hartford, Berlin, CT
Dr. Ali Shakibai
Cardiologist
The Rev. Dr. Linda Spiers
Supply Priest, St. Francis Episcopal Church, Stamford, CT
Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum (starting January 2026)
President Emerita, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA
Dr. Sherry Turner, 2nd Vice Chair
Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
Bishop Dr. Benjamin Watts (Faculty Trustee)
Director of the Black Ministries Program, Executive Minister of the Howard Thurman Center for Justice and Transformational Ministry, Faculty Associate in Religion and Community Life
Ambassadors
Ambassadors serve as valued champions of Hartford International University (HIU) by advancing its mission within their personal and professional networks, as well as the larger community. Ambassadors are nominated by the Governance Committee and voted in by the Board of Trustees to serve for an initial one-year term. Members in good standing are eligible for re-election to additional terms of up to three years each.
Ambassadors are knowledgeable about HIU – its history, mission, and strategies for achieving its mission – and stay informed about its work in the community. They share their affiliation and information about the work, mission, and needs of HIU among their networks in a variety of ways.
| Ralph Edgar Ahlberg | Shirley Dudley | Molly O'Neill Louden |
| Saud Anwar | Julie P. Fewster | Hugh McLean |
| Mohammad Saleem Bajwa | Shawn R. Fisher | Kate McLean |
| Courtney B. Bourns | James P. Friedman | Priya Morganstern |
| David Brandwein | Harriet H. Gardner | Jonathan Rosenbaum |
| Gordon Scott Cady | Wendy M. Haller | Pilar R. Schmidt |
| Sajjad B. Chowdhry | Robert B. Hoffman Sr. | John L. Selders Jr. |
| Joseph Colletti | Molly F. James | Joseph M. Tobin Jr. |
| William J. Cronin Jr. |
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