2011 Polaris Award Recipients
(From left) Pamela Trotman Reid, Anthony “Joe the Barber” Cymerys, Patricia Kelly.
(Photo by Brian Ambrose)
Cheeneah M. Armstrong, Alumni
Executive Orientation Program 2006
Timothy R. Bebout, Alumni
Quest 2010
RozeLyn Beck, Alumni
Encore!Hartford 2011
Monica Bissonnette, Affiliate
Chester Brodnicki, LCSW, Affiliate
Larry C. Brown, Alumni
Quest 1990
Kathleen Buckley, Alumni
Quest 2010
Jay S. Buth, Alumni
Executive Orientation Program 2010
Neil Caron, Affiliate
Yvonne Deal Chandler, Alumni
Quest 2002
Stephen O. Clancy, Affiliate
Jennifer M. Egan, Alumni
Quest 2009
David R. Fay, Affiliate
Russell Feroe, Golden
Executive Orientation Program 2010
John F. Foley, Alumni
Quest 2002
Andrew Forbes, Affiliate
Charles Fortune, Alumni
Quest 1999
Gretchen Fountain, Alumni
Quest 2001
Richard Frieder, Alumni
Executive Orientation Program 1999
Patrick Gilland, Alumni
Quest 2002
Mitchell Gross, Alumni
Quest 2004
Nathan J. Hagstrom, Alumni
Executive Orientation Program 2010
Kathryn S. Hale, Alumni
Encore!Hartford 2011
Samuel C. Hamilton, Affiliate
Renata P. Hayes, Alumni
Executive Orientation Program 1997
Nahkia S. Henry, Affiliate
Rich Hubbard, Affiliate
John Karrer, Golden
Third Age Initiative Class 4
Ronald L. Katz, Alumni
Quest 1993
Beth Kenworthy, Alumni
Quest 1989
Douglas Kerr, Alumni
Quest 2010
Chris Larsen Nelson, Affiliate
Thomas R. Lipscomb, PhD, Alumni
Quest 1997
Patrick Martin, Alumni
Quest 2009
Carolyn McGrattan, Affiliate
Michael Miller, Alumni
Quest 2010
Wilfredo Nieves, EdD, Alumni
Executive Orientation Program 2001
Jeffrey G. Olmstead, Alumni
Executive Orientation Program 1993
John F. Opeka, Golden
American Leadership Forum Class III
Suzanne Oslander, Alumni
Executive Orientation Program 2006
Dorothy Paleologos, Alumni
American Leadership Forum Class XXII
Lisa Petachi, Alumni
Quest 2009
Dawn Peterson Jones, Alumni
Executive Orientation Program 2005
Rick Pfohl, Affiliate
Elizabeth Phelan, Golden
Third Age Initiative Class 9
Jacqueline Phillips, Alumni
Quest 2005
Gilbert Pizano, Jr., Alumni
Quest 2010
Robert Rader, Alumni
Executive Orientation Program 1996
Sara Salomons, Affiliate
Kenneth G. Schultz, Alumni
Quest 1995 & American Leadership Forum Class XXIII
Martha A. Shaw, Alumni
Quest 1999
Joan Shoemaker, Golden
Third Age Initiative Class 6
Angelo Simoni, Alumni
Quest 2010
Camille Stinton, Alumni
Quest 2010
Kelly Styles, Alumni
Executive Orientation Program 2010
Jay Therrien, Alumni
Quest 2010
Sharon A. Tripp, Alumni
Executive Orientation Program 2002
Andrew T. Tyskiewicz, Alumni
Quest 1997
Sally Whipple, Alumni
Executive Orientation Program 2010 & Stretch 2
Lyle D. Wray, PhD, Alumni
Executive Orientation Program 2004
Philip F. Wyzik, Affiliate
Nancy Taylor (Quest 2010)

Nancy Taylor (Quest 2010) has assumed the post of assistant director of Alumni Relations and Corporate Recruitment at Charter Oak State College, Connecticut’s only public online college.
Most recently, she was the owner of a local consulting firm that assisted nonprofit organizations in advancing their missions. She brings to Charter Oak lengthy experience in both non-profit and corporate management and community outreach. In her new position, she will be responsible for generating student enrollment by enhancing ties between alumni and the College and for cultivating corporate and community relationships.
Taylor, who served for 14 years as Aetna, Inc’s vice president for Public Affairs, holds a BA in economics from Fairfield University, an MA in economics from Indiana University and an MPA from the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. She is an advocate for people with disabilities and was appointed by Gov. M. Jodi Rell to serve on the Connecticut Council for Developmental Disabilities. She also serves on the Boards of High School, Inc. and the American Red Cross Blood Services Division. She and her family reside in Canton.
