CT HOBY LEADERSHIP
Connecticut HOBY is run by a 100% Volunteer Team. Each person involved gives of their time, energy, and passion because we believe in providing quality leadership development and service learning experiences to the youth of our State.
Connecticut HOBY is comprised of several teams to ensure that the organization not only completes its day to day tasks, but it also is a sustainable organization that will live on for many years to come. These teams are the Corporate Board, Seminar Leadership Team, CLeW Leadership Team, Alumni Association, and Parents Association.
The Corporate Board
The Corporate Board oversees all activities conducted under the HOBY name, has fiduciary responsibility that HOBY programs are operated according to HOBY International standards, and ensures the perpetuation of HOBY through strategic, long-range planning. Specifically, the Corporate Board’s primary purpose is to assure that HOBY programs and activities are planned, organized and run according to the goals, policies, guidelines, and definitions of HOBY’s International Board of Trustees and/or headquarters office.
The Seminar Leadership Team
The Seminar Leadership Team is responsible for all aspects of the Annual Seminar. The Team handles the program planning, speaker selection, and recruitment of volunteers and ambassadors. The team is lead by the Leadership Seminar Chair (LSC).
The Corporate Board
The Connecticut HOBY Corporation is the legal entity of HOBY for the State of Connecticut. The Corporation holds an Affiliation Agreement with HOBY International, which provides for the legal right and authority to operate HOBY programs in the Corporation’s given territory. The Corporation is run by volunteer managers on its Corporate Board. The Corporate Board recruits and employs additional volunteers to operate the program components of HOBY including Leadership Seminars, CLeWs, and alumni activities. All program chairs are directly accountable to the Corporate Board.
The Corporation oversees all activities conducted under the HOBY name, has fiduciary responsibility that HOBY programs are operated according to HOBY International standards, and ensures the perpetuation of HOBY through strategic, long-range planning. Specifically, the Corporate Board’s primary purpose is to assure that HOBY programs and activities are planned, organized and run according to the goals, policies, guidelines, and definitions of HOBY’s International Board of Trustees and/or headquarters office.
Drew Granucci
Drew Granucci
Shilpa Taneja
Shilpa Taneja
Jen Magri
jen magri
Dan Lipman
Dan Lipman
Marianne Cavalieri
Marianna Cavalieri
Terri Saulter
Terri Saulter
The Leadership Seminar Team
Josh Magri
Josh Magri
RI HOBY, 2017
As a student I never quite knew how to share my own voice with those around me. HOBY broke me out of my shell and now as a teacher & volunteer, I hope to only inspire the same confidence and curiosity in others.
Courtney Litts
Courtney Litts
CT HOBY, 2016
I love how HOBY opens high school students’ eyes to their full leadership potential, and gives them the tools to go back to their communities and make a tangible impact. I am super excited to see the impact that our amazing team at CT HOBY is able to make in 2023! I am currently living in CT and attending Physician Assistant school at the University of Saint Joseph in West Hartford.
Rudy Kurup
Rudy Kurup
CT HOBY & WLC, 2016
HOBY is a place where ambassadors feel heard. I love helping ambassadors discover new ideas and develop themselves with peers in their community. I currently live in Boston where I started a new job as a Surgical Robotics Software Engineer at Medtronic.
Luke Jackson
Luke Jackson
RI HOBY, 2018
I love that HOBY teaches leadership as a skill developed by listening to and serving the people around you. I’m currently a math student at Harvard, and I like playing music with a couple groups on campus in my free time.
Charlie Weaver
Charlie Weaver
CT HOBY, 2020
I love seeing the impact HOBY can make on our Ambassadors through our OUTSTANDING and highly energetic weekend! I am so grateful for everything HOBY has done for me! I currently go to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, FL and I’m studying Civil Engineering.
Monica Mordowanec
Monica Mordowanec
CT HOBY, 2011
I love being able to see what HOBY alumni do and accomplished after they leave seminar with all they have learned! I have a dog named Ollie who’s my number one best friend and I love going to concerts.
Sean Nesmtih
Sean Nesmith
Nick James
Nick James
RI HOBY & WLC, 2012
I am always inspired by and in awe of our young leaders every year and at every seminar. I’m from Cranston, Rhode Island. I work for the RI Department of Human Services, where I lead 4 teams of social workers. I’m also getting my Masters in Public Administration at URI. I love to kayak, tell dad jokes, and cook.
Emma Sansom
Emma Sansom
CT HOBY, 2019
I love learning about the different passions that our ambassadors have and seeing those passions developed into goals and actions! I am currently going to school in Boston and have really enjoyed exploring the amazing city.
Andrew Goldberg
Andrew Goldberg
CT HOBY, 2017
I love the community and friends that I've made through HOBY. Outside of HOBY, I enjoy doing graphic design.
Tori Beckett
Tori Beckett
CT HOBY & WLC, 2011; ALA, 2013
I love the lifelong friendships that only HOBY can build, and I’m so blessed for the ones it’s given to me! I live in Waterbury where I run a childcare program out of my home and provide educational consulting to other childcare centers.
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Rachel Moon
Rachel Moon
CT HOBY, 2017
I love the moment you see when the weekend really clicks for an ambassador! When they leave the seminar, you know that they’re leaving knowing what kind of leader they are and how they can use their leadership style to make change in their community. As a hobby, I LOVE talking politics and engaging in discussions about current issues!