Board of Trustees

Members of the Greater New Haven community; who understand and support the mission of CMHC, who want to give their time, their financial support, their community outreach in support the Foundation, and who are proven or upcoming area leaders and mental health advocates, are invited to seek nomination as members of the Board of Trustees.

Applications, either written or verbal, can be made through the Foundation office, or through members of the Board who include:

Selby Jacobs, MD, President - Branford

Mimi Niederman, President Emeritus - Bethany

Mary Mathis, Vice President - West Haven, retired, Yale University

Herb Hardy, Treasurer - New Haven, Accountant, McGladrey & Pullen

Jeffrey Euben, Wallingford, Yale University

William Farrell, Secretary - Madison, Retired Chief of Police, City of New Haven

Harriet Cooper, Woodbridge, Realtor/Broker

Lynne Farrell, PhD, JD, Huntington, Attorney, Farrell, Leslie & Grochowski

Michael Hotchkiss, Orange, InterFace Devices, Inc.

Raymond Sanchez, Jr. MD, Princeton, NJ, Otsuka Pharmaceuticals

Reverend Owen Sanderson, Hamden, Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church

Valerie LeShane, MS, Guilford, Yale New Haven Hospital

Paula O'Mara, East Haven, Yale University

Constance Royster, JD, Bethany, Yale Divinity School

Frances Clark, New Haven

Debra Hauser, New Haven

Laura Goldblum, New Haven

Ex Officio:
Robert Cole, MHSA
Michael Sernyak, MD