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Committees
Committee membership is an excellent way to get involved with the
chamber, and the Milford Community. It's another method of networking.
Contact the office to find out how you can get involved.
The
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee is
comprised of members of the Board of Directors. They meet monthly to advise on
organizational, administrative and policy issues. This is an elected-position.
CHAIRPERSON
Tracy O'Brien
Marvin Display
58-B Research Drive
Milford, CT 06460
877-8587 |
PRESIDENT & CEO
Kathleen
Alagno
Chamber of Commerce
5 Broad Street
Milford, CT 06460
878-0681
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IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRPERSON
Donald Kanoff
The Milford Bank
33 Broad Street
Milford, CT 06460-3349
783-5700 |
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FIRST VICE CHAIRPERSON
Stephen Studer, Esq.
Berchem, Moses
& Devlin, P.C.
77 Broad Street
Milford, CT 06460-3352
783-1200 |
SECOND VICE CHAIRPERSON
Michael Guaglianone
Regional Water Authority
90 Sargent Drive
New Haven, CT 06511
624-6671
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THIRD VICE
CHAIRPERSON
Atty. David Slossberg
Law Firm of Hurwitz & Sagarin
147 Broad Street
Milford, CT 06460
877-8000 |
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SECRETARY
Peter Lee
BIC
Corporation
500
Bic Drive
Milford,
CT 06460
783-2032 |
ASSISTANT
TREASURER
Glenn D. Beck, CPA
Glenn D. Beck & Co.
73 Golden Hill Street
Milford, CT 06460
877-8401
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TREASURER
Donna Crandley
Smith Craft Real Estate
60 Commerce Park
Milford, Connecticut 06460
203-878-2193 |
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Board
of Directors
Meet
monthly to make policy decisions concerning the direction and
focus of the chamber. This includes financial, positional or policy
statements. This is an elected-position.
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Vincent Averaimo
Kapusta
& Otzel
250 Broad Street
Milford, CT 06460
874-6773
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John
Bergin
George J. Smith & Son Realtors
247 Broad Street
Milford, CT 06460
783-9999
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Michael
Boyle
Boyle
Insurance Services, LLC
288
Broad Street
Milford,
CT 06460
882-1985
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Robert Chesson
The
Landlord Law Firm
215
Broad Street,
Suite 100
Milford,
CT 06460
874-4747
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Richard
Conine
Stonebridge
Restaurant
50
Daniel Street
Milford,
CT 06460
874-7947 |
Ken Cowden
Connecti-Scape, Inc.
312 West River Street
Milford, CT 06460
878-6145 |
Jody
Culmone
Milford
Consortium for Child Care Initiatives
65
Peck Hill Road
Woodbridge,
CT 06525
387-4182
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Dennis Fendo
AFLAC
731 Main Street, Suite B3
Lantern Ridge
Professional Park
Monroe, CT 06468
203-452-1277
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Bryan Gaus
Westfield
Connecticut Post
1201 Boston Post Road
Milford, CT 06460
878-6837
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Christine
Gonillo
Cody
& Gonillo, LLP, Attorney’s at Law
185
Broad Street
Milford,
CT 06460
878-7491 |
Robert Gregory
City of Milford
70 West River Street
Milford, CT 06460
783-3230 |
Mary
Pat Healy
SBC
430 John Street
Bridgeport, CT 06604
382-6101 |
Louise Hebert
Hebert Jewelers
14 Broad Street
Milford, CT 06460
874-3164 |
Gary Johnson
United
Way of Milford
54 Darina Place
Milford, CT 06460
874-6791 |
Paula Kranyak
Subway Franchise World Headquarters
325 Bic Drive
Milford, CT 06460
877-4281 |
Tessa Marquis
New Standard Institute
84 Broad Street
Milford, Ct 06460
783-1582 |
Scott
Moulton
AXA Advisors, LLC – Scott Moulton
612 Wheelers Farms Road
Milford, CT 06460
877-6556 |
Peter Murray
Schick
10 Leighton Road
Milford, CT 06460
882-2100 |
Leonard Napoli, Jr.
Napoli Nissan
688 Bridgeport Avenue
Milford, CT 06460
877-5141 |
Buddy
Prete
Ultimate Interiors, Inc.
45 1/2 River Street (Rear)
Milford, CT 06460
878-4457
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Robert
Russo
The Milford Bank
33 Broad Street
Milford, CT 06460
783-5700 |
David
Stahelski
Milford Hospital
300 Seaside Avenue
Milford, CT 06460
876-4000 |
Joanne
Walsh
Network of Executive Women
P.O. Box 3171
Milford, CT 06460
777-5521 |
Phyllis Warakomski
New
England Alliance Mortgage
49 River Street
Milford, CT 06460
878-4229 |
Darryl
T. Zebrowski
Edward Jones Investments
1376 New Haven Avenue
Milford, CT 06460
877-6144 |
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The
Ambassadors
Our ambassadors assist the membership director in various capacities,
including the following:
- Visit
new members
- Facilitate
our membership retention program through "adoption" of members.
- Act
as Marketing Consultants during Membership Drive
- Attend
functions, i.e. "Business Before/After Hours", Ribbon Cuttings &
Grand Openings as official Chamber Representatives.
Meet
the 2nd Tuesday of the month promptly at 12:00. This is a luncheon meeting. Meet
alternately in the Chamber Board Room and at a member restaurant. Back
to Top Education
Our Education Committee is comprised of both business people, educators, administrators
and student representatives. The students are on an equal footing as members of
the committee, learn to make motions and take initiative under Robert's Rules
of Order.
- Provides
Mini-grants
for student community projects.
The education committee awards mini-grants for students up to $150 for projects
that are personally rewarding to the student and benefit the Milford community. - Is
the only committee that involves students, educational professionals and business
people.
- College
and post-secondary education (including trade school) scholarships are offered
to Milford residents and employees of Milford Chamber members.
Meets
the 1st Thursday of the month promptly at 4:00 and takes approximately 1 hour.
Meeting held in Milford Chamber Board Room. Back
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Legislative
Action
The Legislative Action Committee takes initiatives and makes responses
to issues affecting our membership.
- Works
to educate and communicate to the business community on issues affecting
their bottom line.
- Advocates
and takes positions on proposed legislation.
- Participates
with eight other chambers to promote business interest at the state
level.
- Employ
a professional lobbyist to keep us up to date on issues affecting business.
Meets
the 1st Thursday of the month promptly at 8:00 AM, in the Milford Chamber
Board Room.
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Committee
The Golf Committee is responsible for organizing
our annual Bic Classic Golf Tournament, which benefits the Milford Chamber of
Commerce Trust Fund. The Trust Fund distributes funds for our mini-grant program
and Scholarship program. - Plans
and produces our golf tournament to benefit our Scholarship and Mini-Grant program.
- Meets
January to July.
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Leads
Groups
The Leads Groups offer a group exchange of business leads and connections.
They are open to one person per business category. There are currently
three leads groups and all meet weekly in the Milford Chamber Board Room.
The Tuesday and Wednesday morning groups meet at 8:30 AM. The Friday leads
group meets at noon.
Tuesday
Leads Group
Wednesday
Leads Group
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Friday
Leads Group
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Associates
Additional associates working in concert
with the Milford Chamber team to better serve the community.
- Network
of Executive Women-Women Helping Women Succeed
The Network of Executive Women is an organization for the promotion
and support of women in business who are executives, professionals and
entrepreneurs in various business fields. The Network meets the first
Tuesday of each month. For information, Helen Moser at (203) 377-3036
or email her at hbmoser@webmasterwebsites.com.
- Milford
Progress, Inc.
Milford Progress, Inc. is the economic development corporation within
the chamber. It was created in 1974 and was designated by the Board
of Alderman as the official downtown development agency. The purpose
of the corporation is to promote, foster and develop the physical, natural
and economic resources of the city including, but not limited to, implementing
commercial and industrial purposes within the city. They are currently
hard at work on the downtown plan of development, which will be fed
into the overall plan soon to be adopted in the Spring of 2002. For
more information contact chamber@milfordct.com.
- Milford
Consortium for Child Care Initiatives
MCCCI is a corporate consortium providing summer day camp opportunities
for children of employees who are members. For more information contact
chamber@milfordct.com.
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Service Core of Retired Executives (SCORE)
The chamber currently houses the Milford branch of SCORE, a volunteer
organization which is part of the Small Business Administration. They
provide free counseling to business startups and existing businesses.
Their counseling includes: development of business plans; marketing
plans; access to loan programs; and one on one business counseling.
They can be reached at 865-7645.
- Milford
Chamber Trust
The Milford Chamber Trust is a bona fide 501-c(3) non-profit organization.
Their board of directors is comprised of past presidents of the Milford
Chamber of Commerce. It houses our scholarship program, mini-grant program
and various other community initiatives.
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The Milford Chamber has 3 full time staff members and 2 part time
staff members.
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