Board President Carrie Berman holds a BA degree in History from Bates College in Maine and an M.Ed from Teachers College of Columbia University in New York. She is a founding member and former president of the West Hartford Special Education PTA. She participated in LDA-CT's Parent Advisory Training program and currently serves as a Parent Advisor. Carrie resides in West Hartford with her husband and three children, one whom is significantly disabled. She is passionate about supporting families with children who have special needs.

Board Treasurer William J. Bossi, FSA, MAAA, is the president and managing member of Disability Insurance Specialists LLC, an insurance consulting and third-party administration firm. Prior to founding DISpecialists in 1996, Mr. Bossi served three years as an independent actuarial consultant and 16 years with The Prudential Insurance Company, Connecticut General Life Insurance Company/CIGNA, Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company, and Monarch Life Insurance Company. He received a bachelor of science degree in mathematics from Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh. He received his fellowship in the Society of Actuaries in 1983 and became a member of the American Academy of Actuaries in 1985. He has served on the Society of Actuaries Subcommittee for Minority Recruiting and has been a speaker at industry meetings. He is a past president of the LDA-CT board.

Colleen Masse, Vice President of Programs, became involved in LDA-CT when she articipated in the parent advisor training in 2007. She graduated from Bates College in 1992 and University of Connecticut School of Law in 1995. A West Hartford resident, she is the mother of two boys, including one with learning disabilities. Colleen has volunteered as a parent advisor and organized a monthly meeting where parent advisors can share information and support.

Judi Bunker is a retired special-education teacher for the Capitol Region Education Council (CREC), where she taught children with severe developmental disabilities at River Street School in Windsor. She was a consultant for the school in 2006-2007 and currently serves as a substitute teacher. She has a master's degree in preschool special education from the University of Hartford and certification in special education from Southern Connecticut State College. In addition to her parent-advisor work with LDA-CT, she volunteers as a tutor with Catholic Charities Refugee Program, also serving on the board of that program. She also volunteers with the Covenant to Care for Children, giving support to teen mothers and their infants. Her husband, Roger, is a special education lawyer. She has four children and nine grandchildren.

Harriet "Jeff" Clark graduated from Oberlin College with a bachelor's degree in psychology and from Central Connecticut State University with a master's degree in special education. She was a special education teacher in the Southington school system for 26 years, serving students in grades K through 12. Her specialty is reading disabilities, including dyslexia. Jeff has been active in LDA since the late 1970s, serving as a board member, newsletter editor, annual conference planner, and president. Since retirement, she has been a parent advisor and, most recently, coordinator of the parent-advisor training, recruiter of new PAs, and conference planner.

 

Ann Seigel is a retired special educator who has an adult son with learning disabilities, attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and Asperger's syndrome. She has been on the LDA of Connecticut board for many years and was president during the late 1980s. She continues to volunteer as a parent advisor for the organization and represents it on many statewide councils. She lives in West Hartford.