Stephanie Calhoun
Trustee - President 
Appointed to LEAF in 2012, Stephanie is the newest president, having served three years as LEAF’s treasurer. Stephanie is currently the Vice-Chair of the Ledyard Board of Education, serving on the Finance, Negotiations, and Strategic Planning committees, and acts as the BOE liaison to Instructional Council. She also serves as Ledyard's representative to LEARN Board of Directors. She has been involved with volunteer work for over twenty-five years. She has been active in many Navy Family Readiness Groups, coached for several youth sports organizations, was the volunteer coordinator with a community built playground, served as the parent representative on the policy committee of the Ledyard Board of Education, served as a past president of the Gallup Hill School PTO, and an Economic Development Commissioner for the town of Ledyard. Stephanie has been married to Chris Calhoun for 19 years and is the mother of four children that attend Ledyard Public Schools. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Community Development and a Master of Administration with a concentration in Philanthropy and Fundraising from Central Michigan University

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Barbara Leandri
Trustee - Vice-President 
LEAF’s Vice President, Barbara Leandri, is a past president of LEAF.  She has been active both on the LEAF Board and in the Ledyard education system since 2005. She is currently active in Ledyard High School Sports Boosters and Music Boosters. Barbara formerly was the president of the GFS/ JWL School Parent Teacher Organization and was involved with Ledyard Middle School PTC.  Barbara is highly effective at motivation and fundraising.  Her commitment and dedication to our community is far reaching. Barbara graduated from Ledyard High School and chose to raise her family here with her husband John for the past 16 years.  They have three children: Steven, Michael, and Anna.

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John Cusmano
Trustee - Secretary 
John has been a dedicated trustee since LEAF's inception in 2003.  

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Krista Sabilia
Treasurer
Krista has been a trustee since 2015 and has served as treasurer since 2016.  

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Angela Cassidy
Trustee
Angela has been a trustee since 2016. She graduated from Cornell with a BS degree in 1991 where she attended the ALS College majoring in Economics, specializing in Marketing and Management. She has 20 years of experience in marketing and public relations and has always worked with non-profit companies through events and community outreach whether from the corporate side or directly for the non-profit. Angela organized, conducted and hosted events and conventions for up to 3,000 people. She also acted as spokesperson for all regional press doing television, radio and newspaper interviews around the U.S. She has developed and conducted four-hour training seminars for 50-150 people. Angela has also worked as an Education Consultant where she conducted professional development workshops for school systems in the Eastern US involving the implementation of software to assist in assessment and compilation of individualized education plans (IEP’s). She has worked in development and community outreach with many nonprofit companies representing the company or donor, and eventually solely moved into development, working for the non-profit company, Easter Seals where she planned, organized and implemented the annual appeal, stewarded major donors, and secured individual and corporate contributions. She also planned and executed the first Easter Seals “Walk With Me” event in southeastern Connecticut.

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Lisa Chesnut
Trustee
​Lisa has resided in Gales Ferry for twenty years, she has three children, two are Ledyard High School graduates and her last one is currently a junior. She ran a CT State Licensed Home Daycare for eight years before becoming a Paraprofessional for Ledyard Public Schools. Since 2006 she has had the opportunity to work with students from pre-school to eighth grade at several of our Ledyard Schools. She is currently at LMS as the SSC Para. Throughout her children’s school years, she has been a parent volunteer for our PTO/PTC along with Vice President and Treasurer for GFS/JWL PTO and PTC Co-President for LMS. She has chaired several fundraisers over the years working closely with other parents. She truly believes in doing what we can to keep and bring educational programs and supplies for our schools. She has enjoyed coaching T-ball and being T-ball Commissioner for two years and coaching basketball through our Ledyard Parks and Rec programs. She was a Girl Scout co-leader for two years. She has been a gate volunteer for the Ledyard Fair and co-chaired the 2016 Ledyard Fair pageant. She is a committee member at St. Luke’s for the Mental Health Ministry, and currently is a member of the Ledyard Prevention Coalition.

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Randy Craig
Trustee - Grant Chair
​Grant Chair Randy Craig generously continues to support LEAF year after year.  He strives to give every Ledyard student the opportunity to get into the college of their choice. He believes that is only possible with a quality high school education and that a quality education is only possible when great teachers are combined with the resources they need to make a difference. LEAF is a part of that equation. 
Randy enlisted in the Navy in 1983 and was selected for the 1985 Nuclear Enlisted Commissioning Program.  He was commissioned in 1989 and served on USS Von Steuben (SSBN 632), USS Sand Lance (SSN 660), USS Seawolf (SSN 21), and USS Miami (SSN 755) as well as shore assignments at Penn State University, the Pentagon, and the Naval Submarine School. Randy retired in 2007 after 24 years of service. Currently, he is the Modernization Training Director for the Submarine Learning Center training crews from submarines in all seven homeports in the operation and employment of modern combat and communication systems.  Randy has a distinguished educational legacy earning a BS in Engineering Science from the University of Texas at Austin, MEng in Acoustics from Penn State University, and an MA in National Security Policy from the Naval War College. 
Kathi and Randy Craig have raised three children who all graduated from LHS: Cameron (LHS 2006), Colton (LHS 2010), and Katelyn (LHS 2012).

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Kate DiPalma-Herb
Trustee 
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Ellin Grenger
Trustee
Attorney Ellin Grenger has lived in Ledyard since 1993, and practices law in Mystic.  Her practice is limited to real estate transactions, estate planning and settlement, and Probate and Juvenile Court matters.  A nationally certified Child Welfare Law Specialist, she also served as Ledyard’s final Judge of Probate, due to the consolidation of the Probate Courts.  She is proud to be a LEAF founding Trustee, and has been involved with many other local non-profit organizations, as well.  She has two children; one enrolled in Ledyard Public Schools and one that is a proud alum of Ledyard High School. 
 
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Meredith Robinson
Trustee
Meredith Robinson is a retired naval officer and attorney. She retired from the Navy JAG Corps as a Commander in 2011, after 20 years of service. An active volunteer within the community, she served as president of the Parent Teacher Organization at Gales Ferry School and Juliet W. Long School for 3 years and presently serves on a number of committees and boards within Ledyard. She is currently a federally certified EEO Investigator and Final Agency Decision Writer. Meredith and her husband Greg, a science teacher at Ledyard High School, have two children proudly attending Ledyard Public Schools. ​
 
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Naomi Rodriguez
Trustee
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Doreen Szollosi
Trustee
​Dr. Doreen Szollosi has been a Ledyard resident since 1984, graduating from Ledyard High School in 1999. Originally wanting to be a veterinarian, Dr. Szollosi earned a B.S. in Animal & Veterinary Science from the University of Rhode Island in 2002 and a Ph.D. in Pathobiology from Brown University School of Medicine in 2007, specializing in the field of inflammation and immunosuppression. In 2010, Dr. Szollosi joined the University of Saint Joseph School of Pharmacy in Hartford, CT as a founding faculty member, teaching infectious disease, immunology, and scientific writing to first and second year pharmacy students. She frequently includes students in her research on novel anti-inflammatories. In wanting to give back to her alma mater, Dr. Szollosi served on the Ledyard Board of Education from 2014- 2016, and has a son who attends Gallup Hill School.​
 
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Ex Officio Members
Jason Hartling - Ledyard Superintendent
Anthony Favry – Ledyard Board of Education Chair