Focus Group Participants
| Mary Ann | Baldwin | Director of Social Services, Ridgefield |
| Judy | Blanchard | Housatonic Valley Coalition Against Substance Abuse |
| LouAnn | Bloomer | Executive Director, TBICO |
| Edward L. | Briggs | Director of Health, Ridgefield |
| Eva | Colon | Executive Director, Hispanic Center |
| Mike | Crespan | Director of Health, New Milford |
| Iraida | Crespo | Health Advisor, Hsipanic Center of Greater Danbury |
| Allen | Fossbender | Superintendent, Regional School District 9 |
| Allison | Fulton | Executive Director, Housatonic Valley Coalition Against Substance Abuse |
| Susan | Giglio | Executive Director, Families Network of Western Connecticut |
| Elizabeth | Goehring | Executive Vice President, Community Building, United Way of Western Connecticut |
| Karen | Gottlieb | Executive Director, Americares Free Clinic, Danbury |
| Carolyn | Haglund | New Milford Health Department |
| Ann | Hartman | New Milford Health Department |
| Anne | Hines | Execuive Director, Hanahoe Memorial Children's Clinic |
| Paula | Jackson | Community Awareness Director, Regional YMCA of Western CT |
| Janice | Jordan | Associate Superintendent, Bethel School System |
| Linda | Kosko | Executive Director, Danbury Children First |
| Caroline | LaFleur | Communications Coordinator, Danbury Children First |
| Melissa | Lang | Regional Hospice of Western Connecticut |
| Scott | LeRoy | Director of Health, Housing and Welfare, City of Danbury |
| Debbie | MacKenzie | Housing Development Fund of Lower Fairfield County |
| James | Maloney | CEO, Connecticut Institute for Communities |
| Sherry | Mastrioani | Director of Development, Connecitcut Counseling Centers |
| Calliope | Michard | New Milford Social Services intern |
| Peg | Molina | Director of Social Services, New Milford |
| Tom | Mulvihill | Assistant Superintendent, New Milford |
| Marie | O'Neill | Senior Vice President, Retail Banking, Marketing and Sales, Union Savings Bank |
| Danielle | Persico | Danbury Health Department |
| Bobby | Poole | Executive Director, Community Action Committee of Danbury |
| Linda | Rinker | Provost, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Western Connecticut State University |
| Andrea | Rynn | Director, Public and Government Relations, Danbury Hospital |
| Teresa | Santoro | Visiting Nurse Association, Ridgefield |
| Julie | Schmitter | Danbury Youth Services |
| Susan | Thomas | Executive Director, Danbury Regional Child Adovcacy Center |
| Pat | Tomka | Executive Director, WeCAHR |
| Marcelo | Tortoriello | Vice President, Hispanic Center of Greater Danbury Bd. of Directors |
| Dina | Valenti | Clinic Director, Americares Free Clinic, Danbury |
| Laura | Vasile | Director of Health, Bethel |
| Linda | Wiseman | Marketing Director, New Milford Hospital |
| Stephen | Woods | Executive Director, American Red Cross of Western Connecticut |
| Liliane | Yelin | Hispanic Center of Greater Danbury |





