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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Since its inception, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Trust Fund has extended it's reach to hundreds of scholars thanks in large part to its dedicated group of volunteer Board Members.  The current board has combined over 120  years of service to the organization with tenure ranging from 47 years to under one year.

PRESIDENT
Birse Timmons
Head, Engineering and Fleet Support Division, Naval Undersea Warfare Center
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VICE PRESIDENT
Rachelle Saliki 
Associate Director Quality Assurance, Taconic Biosciences
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TREASURER
Marie Carmenati
First Vice President/ Retail Lending Underwriting Manager, 
Chelsea Groton Bank
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FINANCIAL SECRETARY
Christine Conley
Attorney, McGann, Bartlett & Brown, LLC
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RECORDING SECRETARY

Zakkyya Williams

Founder & Principal Consultant, Main Street Creative

TRUSTEE
James E. Mitchell, PhD

Superintendent, Groton Public Schools, Retired

TRUSTEE
Andrea Ackerman, EdD
Principal, Cutler Middle School, Retired
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TRUSTEE
Joe Garcia
Manager of Engineering, Ship Control and Monitoring Systems, General Dynamics Electric Boat
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TRUSTEE
Megan Gilbert
Vice President, Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut
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TRUSTEE
Henry Kydd
Assistant Principal, East Lyme High School
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TRUSTEE
Margaret Milnes
Director of Special Projects and Membership, Mystic Seaport Museum
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TRUSTEE

Karen Walters, PhD

Associate Research Fellow, Pfizer Global Research and Development

TRUSTEE
Michael Shapiro
Attorney, Founding Member

EMERITI BOARD MEMBERS

Dr. David Blackwell, Director, Safety Sciences, Pfizer, Inc.

Jane Lassen Bobruff, Community Volunteer

Ulysses B. Hammond, Vice President of Administration, Connecticut College, Retired

Donetta Hodge, Compliance Officer, Sonalysts, Inc., Retired

Reid MacCluggage, Editor & Publisher, The Day, Retired

Marge Poulios, Regional Manager, VP, Chelsea Groton Bank, Retired

Verna Swann, Patient Relations Manager, L+M Hospital, Retired

James R. Vest, D.D.S., Retired

Ronald Williams, VP, MetLife Auto/Home, Retired

Marilyn Percy, United Technologies Corporation, Retired

Mary Jane McLaughlin, Interim Chief Human Resources Officer, Lesley University

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