PRESIDENT
James H. Maloney, JD is President and CEO of Commonweal Services Corporation, a consulting firm specializing in strategic planning and organizational development for non-profit and public agencies. He previously served as the founder and long-time President/CEO of the Connecticut Institute For Communities, Inc. (CIFC), a regional non-profit community development organization that sponsors a portfolio of human service, health, education, housing, and economic development programs and projects. Prior to his work with CIFC, he represented Connecticut’s Fifth Congressional District for three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives (1997-2003); and served for eight years in the Connecticut State Senate (1987-1995) representing the greater Danbury area. In more recent years, as CIFC CEO he served as Board Chair of the Community Health Center Association of Connecticut, Inc. (CHCACT), the alliance of Community Health Centers in Connecticut, and as member of Connecticut’s “Non-Profit Cabinet on Health and Human Services,” the Governor’s senior advisory panel on non-profit issues. In addition, he was a founding member of the American Association of Teaching Health Centers (AATHC). In prior years, he also served on many other nonprofit and public boards and commissions, including the Danbury Commission for the Elderly, the Board of Directors of Danbury Hospital, and Executive Director of a regional anti-poverty agency. From 1980-1997 he engaged in the private practice of law (concentrating in real estate and administrative/regulatory law). He resides in Danbury and Sherman, Connecticut, with his wife, Mary, and two of their three daughters (his eldest daughter lives with her family and practices law in New York). He is an honors graduate of Harvard College and holds a Juris Doctor degree from the Boston University School of Law, where he concentrated in administrative law and the law of public finance. He is a dedicated environmentalist (a 40+ year member of the Sierra Club) and an avid lake, coastal, and blue water sailor.
VICE PRESIDENT
Anthony Zunino is an AIA Architect and founding partner of Zuberry Associates (a New York based real estate firm specializing in the purchase and adaptive reuse of 19th Century commercial buildings in NY and surrounding communities); former chairman of the Board of Trustees of Grace Church School, former chair of the Board of Directors of the Greenwich Village Society of Historic Protection, and former board member of The Classic Stage Company; adviser of the Kent Land Trust, board chair of The New York Studio School, on the board of The Greenwich Village Society of Historic Preservation and is an adviser of the Kent Center School Scholarship Fund; resides with his wife Sally Auer in Kent, Connecticut.
TREASURER
Rosemary Gallant recently retired from the Senior Foreign Service in the U.S. Department of Commerce. She served as a diplomat in China, Indonesia and Belgium promoting trade and economic development. Her last posting was at the U.S. Embassy London where she was the Regional Senior Commercial Officer covering UK, Ireland and the Nordics. She graduated from Wellesley College with a degree in Chinese and Economics and did graduate work in Nanjing, China with Johns Hopkins. A native of Newtown CT, she and her husband Jonathan reside on Taunton Lake where she is an avid swimmer and boater. She and Jonathan have two daughters and two grandsons.
DIRECTORS
Christine Baranski achieves acclaim for her performances in film, television and theater; the two-time Tony Award, Emmy Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and American Comedy Award winner’s feature film credits include “Mama Mia,” “Chicago,” “How The Grinch Stole Christmas,” “Bowfinger,” “Bulworth,” “Cruel Intentions,” “Jeffrey,” “Reversal of Fortune,” “The Ref,” “9 1⁄2 Weeks,” and “The Birdcage” (for which she received a Screen Actors Guild Award), and recently was in “Into The Woods”; a graduate of Juilliard, she received her big break when she was cast in Tom Stoppard’s comedy “The Real Thing,” directed by Mike Nichols; within the same year, she was married, gave birth to her first child and won a Tony Award and Drama Desk Award; then earned a second Tony Award for her performance in Neil Simon’s “Rumors” and a Drama Desk Award for “Lips Together, Teeth Apart”; her last Broadway performance was in “Boeing, Boeing”; received an Emmy Award for her role in the CBS television comedy “Cybill,” an American Comedy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy, a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy, two Golden Globe Award nominations and 11 additional Emmy nominations, five of which were for her role on “The Good Wife” and two for her role in “The Big Bang Theory”; She is a native of Buffalo, N.Y., has two children and lives in Connecticut.
Charlie S. Champalimaud is the Director of Programming at Troutbeck, a 250-acre estate hotel in Amenia, NY, where she oversees Troutbeck’s robust arts and culture programming. Charlie is formerly a Program Officer at The Nordic World Heritage Foundation, a Category II Centre working under the auspices of the UNESCO World Heritage Center. Prior to joining the Norwegian UNESCO affiliate, she worked with protection and preservation of Cultural Heritage for a local civil Society organization in Kosovo. Early in her career Charlie lived in New York City where she worked for Human Rights Watch in outreach and development. Charlie began her career at the London office of Eurasia Group, the global political risk consultancy. Charlie holds an M.A. in International Affairs from The New School and a B.A. in War Studies from Kings College, London. She currently sits on the board of Human Rights Watch Oslo, Norway. Charlie lives in Litchfield, CT with her husband Anthony, their son Johan Carlos, daughter Freya Alexandra and dog, Raki.
Carolyn Giampe is Aquarion Water Authority’s Director of Watershed & Environmental Management. In this role she is focused on protecting and improving more than 20,000 acres of drinking water watershed in Connecticut and New York and assuring Aquarion’s compliance with environmental regulations. She provides leadership for Aquarion’s water conservation programs and sustainability reporting. Prior to her current role, she held a variety of positions at Aquarion beginning in 2002 as the environmental compliance coordinator. Carolyn’s experience includes sixteen years in the Company’s engineering department where she held roles of increasing responsibility and delivered tens of millions of dollars in infrastructure projects to ensure the reliable provision of safe water to Aquarion’s customers. Carolyn also serves on the Board of the CT-Section of the American Water Works Association. She has served that Board since 2019 and is currently its Chair for the 2026-2027 term. She lives in the lower end of the Housatonic River watershed in the town of Monroe with her husband Robert and two teenagers.
Lou Hecht 
Formerly a financial planner and advisor with Personal Capital Management in New York; 25 years as a partner in the commercial printing industry; serves as board member of Housatonic Audubon Society and os a trustee of Salisbury Association; served 20 years as board member of Salisbury Association Land Trust, 15 years as co-chairman; graduate of Carnegie Mellon University with degrees in Industrial Management and Printing Management; graduate work in business administration at Duquesne University; certification from New York University in Financial Planning; resides in New York and Salisbury.
Dan Horan 
is chairman and CEO of Five Acre Farms. He and his wife Julie and their three children have a cabin in Cornwall and live in Brooklyn, New York. Five Acre Farms was founded in 2010 to keep farmers farming and bring the best local food to more people. The business helps create jobs and promote the local economy, expand access to local food, safeguard the environment, preserve farmland, protect groundwater and foster proper animal treatment.
George S. Logan, Director, Community Relations, Aquarion Water Company; formerly responsible for leadership and support roles in all aspects of water utility engineering, supervision of Aquarion’s land survey, CAD drafting and design functions, corporate purchasing, environmental management and government relations for the company; executive officer on the boards of Griffin Health Services Corporation and Central Connecticut Coast YMCA; member of Greater Valley Chamber of Commerce and Junior Achievement of greater Fairfield County; former chair of the State of Connecticut African-American Affairs Commission; and served four years in the Connecticut State Senate (2017-2020); resides with his wife Lisa, children Hunter and Tracey in Ansonia, Connecticut.
Rebecca Neary serves as President of the Warren Land Trust, Vice-President of the Warren Historical Society, and a member of the board of the CT Land Conservation Council. She holds a PhD in Russian History from Columbia University and a BA in International Relations from Tufts University; Rebecca previously taught Russian and East European History, and European Women’s History and Gender Studies at Drew University in New Jersey. She enjoys running and biking in Warren and beyond. Rebecca and her husband Jim live on Lake Waramaug in Warren, along with their college-aged children Kira and Will.
Michael Nesbitt – Graduate of Canterbury School, New Milford and Columbia University; formerly with numerous different Wall Street firms; long-time fly fisher and canoist in the Housatonic; affiliated with Housatonic Fly Fishers, Atlantic Salmon Federation, Trout Unlimited, Ducks Unlimited; resides with his wife Martha Wendt in Lakeville, Connecticut.
HONORARY DIRECTORS
Diane von Furstenberg
Linda Allard
ADVISORY COUNCIL
D. Evan van Hook
Bob Houlihan
Ecton Manning
PAST PRESIDENTS
Robert Houlihan
Marc Taylor
Harmon Smith
Einar Lindholm
Anthony Zunino
The following will remain forever in our hearts.
