Board of Directors The members of our Board of Directors come from different towns in our service area and from different professions.  The common bond that unites them is a passion for our work.  Some of them are cancer survivors and many have seen loved ones through the cancer ordeal.  We ask for a three-year commitment and we get so much more.  We salute these women and men who help make our work possible. Board of Directors Susan Blumenthal, Vice President Publisher, The Yankee Pennysaver & The Ridgefield Paper Ed M. Boone President Branson Ultrasonics Corporation, Danbury, CT Peter Buzaid, Esq. Attorney, DeLuca & Buzaid, Danbury, CT Richard V. Cautero Business Consultant and Former Vice President of Kraft & General Foods Robert Cooper, MD, Chairman  Oncologist/Hematologist, Praxair Cancer Center, Danbury Hospital Paul P. Dinto, President                                                                               President & CEO, Paul Dinto Electrical Contractors, Inc., Middlebury, CT Wilda Morgan Hayes Executive Director, Ann’s Place, The Home of I CAN John W. Hoffer Chairman of the Board, Savings Bank of Danbury Shirley LaPine Retired Vice President, Danbury Hospital Development Fund David W. Nurnberger, Capital Campaign Chairman Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Boehringer Ingelheim USA, Ridgefield, CT Timothy B. O'Connor, Past President Retired CEO of NORCO Inc., Ridgefield Kenneth Ordway, Treasurer, Past President Regional Manager, The Madison Company Kathleen Pape, Secretary Owner: Kathleen, LTD; Retired Manager, Danbury Hospital Patricia Paquette, RN Oncology Nurse, Duracell One Day Surgery Center, Danbury Hospital Jeanne Parille Retired American Cancer Society Administrator Regina M. Platano Owner, Desktop Publishing firm, Brookfield, CT  Helen Joy Previdi, Esq. Attorney, Newtown, CT Cecelia Ruggles Owner & breeder of award winning show dogs, High Ridge Kennels, LLC, of Redding, CT and Houston, TX William D. Starbuck Executive Vice President, Ridgefield Bank/Fairfield County Bank Corp. William Totten Totten & Associates, International Marketing Consultant Directors Emeritae Patricia Bragdon, Ph.D., LCSW - FOUNDER Clinical Social Worker, John Jay High School, Cross River, NY Mary Burke - FOUNDER Facilitator, Retired Teacher and Silversmith Jeanne Parille Retired American Cancer Society Administrator