The Connecticut Holocaust and Genocide Education Advisory Committee is an autonomous voluntary body operating under its own policies and positions. It provides guidance, including suggested curriculum materials and resources, to the Connecticut Department of Education to assist schools with implementing the Connecticut Holocaust and Genocide Education and Awareness Act (Public Act 18-24 of 2018).
Stu Abrams: Voices Of Hope Board Member and Social Studies Teacher Avon High
Steve Armstrong: CT Dept. of Education Social Studies Consultant
Kimberly Ballaro: Voices Of Hope, Holocaust Education Resource and Outreach (HERO) Center Director
Alan Berkowitz: Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Education Advocate
Gail Blanc: Executive Assistant, LAZ Parking
Michael Bloom: JFACT, Executive Director
Kate Field: Connecticut Educational Association
Mari Firkatian: University of Hartford
Bob Fishman: CT Immigrant and Refugee Coalition (CIRC)
Kathy Fishman: Voices Of Hope, Director of Operations
Peter Fishman: Voices Of Hope, President
Andy Fleischmann: Chairman of Education Committee
Steve Ginsburg: Anti-Defamation League, Director of the CT Regional Office
Melissa Hickey: CT Department of Education Director of Literacy
Robin Landau: Voices Of Hope, Director of Programming and Development
Adele Jacobs: Voices Of Hope, Vice President
Sam Kassow: Trinity College Professor, Author
Yesenia Karas: CT Department of Education Intern
Alan Lazowski: Voices Of Hope, Chairman
Rabbi Phillip Lazowski: Holocaust Survivor
Peter Lilianthal: United Jewish Federation of Stamford
Marji Lipshez-Shapiro Senior: Associate Director, Connecticut Region Anti Defamation League
Jason Mancini: Akomawt Educational Initiative
Alan Marcus: Head of Secondary Social Studies Education UCONN
Armen Marsoobian: Southern CT State University Professor
Glenn Mitoma: Director, Thomas J. Dodd Research Center
Chris Newell: Akomawt Educational Initiative
Allison Norrie: Teacher, Fairfield Warde High School
Joe Olzacki: Voices of Hope Board Member
Jessica Palliardi: Teacher, Hall High School
Avinoam Patt: Director of the Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life, UCONN
Sydney Perry: JFACT, President
David Pettigrew: Southern CT State University Professor
Ray Rossomando: Connecticut Education Association
Jane Schreiber: Temple B’nai Israel
David Simon: Professor, Genocide Studies Program at Yale
Endawnis Spears: Director of Programming and Outreach for the Akomawt Educational Initiative
Laura Stefon: CT Department of Education Chief of Staff to Commissioner
Ann Tucci: Social Studies Department Head, Danbury High School
Dan Weiner: UCONN – Vice President for Global Affairs
Ruth Weiner: Holocaust Survivor
Dianna Wentzell: CT Department of Education