MEMBERS OF THE TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE STATEWIDE RESPONSE TO MINORS EXPOSED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE!

Task Force to Study the Statewide Response to Minors Exposed to Domestic Violence

Appointing Authority Designation Name/Organization
DCF Commissioner	Same or designee	Mary Painter
DMHAS Commissioner	Same or designee	Cheryl Jacques
Early Childhood Commissioner	Same or designee	Linda Harris OEC Program Director
DESPP Commissioner	Same or designee	Karen O’Connor State Trooper
Child Advocate	Same or designee	Sarah Eagan Child Advocate
Chief Public Defender	Same or designee	Christine Rapillo
Chief State’s Attorney	Same or designee	Laura DeLeo, Senior Assistant State’s Attorney New Haven Judicial District
Chairperson of the Joint Standing Committee on Children	Same	Representative Diana Urban
Chairperson of the Joint Standing Committee on Human Services	Same	Senator Marilyn Moore
President Pro Tempore of the Senate	Representative of CCADV Task Force Chair	Karen Jarmoc CEO, CCADV
President Pro Tempore of the Senate	Attorney licensed to practice law in CT	Joel Rudikoff Connecticut General Assembly
Speaker of the House	Representative of CT Children’s Medical Center Task Force Chair	Garry Lapidus Director, Injury Prevention Center
Speaker of the House	Representative of a multidisciplinary team established pursuant to 17a- 106a	Cynthia E. Mahon
Senate Majority Leader	Representative of the CT Police Chiefs Association	Chief Jon Fontneau Chief of Police, Stamford
Senate Majority Leader	Adult victim of domestic violence	Jessica Veilleux
House Majority Leader	Representative of a designated child advocacy center	Kayte Cwikla-Masas Assistant Director of Programs The Center for Family Justice
House Majority Leader	Medical doctor specializing in the care of children exposed to	Dr. Nina Livingston Medical Director, SCAN

	family violence	Program CCMC
Senate Minority Leader	Currently appointed Guardian ad litem	Jennifer M. Celentano, Esq.
Senate Minority Leader	Psychiatrist or psychologist specializing in the mental health of children exposed to family violence	Damion Grasso, PhD Department of Psychiatry University of Connecticut School of Medicine
House Minority Leader	Youth victim exposed to family violence	Rachel Pawloski
House Minority Leader	Currently appointed attorney for the minor child	Donald Frechette
Chief Court Administrator	Judge of the Superior Court assigned to hear family matters	Judge Elizabeth Bozzuto
Chief Court Administrator	Representative of Judicial Branch Court Support Services Division	Stephen Grant Executive Director Court Support Services Division