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Meet the KNOX Team

Our Staff

Ally Gelinas, Program Coordinator

Craig Mergins, Workforce Development Manager

Etany Vargas, Landscape Crew Supervisor

Jennifer Martinez, Community Garden Coordinator

Jordan Friede, Director of Landscape Operations

Judith Perez, Office Associate

Lindsay White, Grants & Development Manager

Liz Hughes, Volunteer & Education Manager

Patrick Doyle, Executive Director

Reinaldo Rentas, Landscape Crew Supervisor

Riley McConnell, Marketing & Communications Coordinator

Yamil Baez, Landscape Crew Employee

Our Board of Directors
2021 - 2022

Emily Gianquinto, McCarter & English, KNOX Board President

Matthew Danyliw, Avanto, KNOX Board Treasurer

Rachel Bader, Travelers

Nancy Barnwell

Justin May, Gaffney Bennett Public Relations

Maurice Edwards, Self-Employed

Kathleen Krump, Pratt & Whitney

Michael Hren, University of Connecticut

Suzy Seder, MassMutual

Kendra Shakir

Shaun Sheridan, Whittlesey

Dina Silva, TheaterWorks

Ashley Zane, Connecticut Business & Industry Association (CBIA)