The Denise D’Ascenzo Foundation
2026 Board of Directors
Dennis House
President & Founding Board Member
WTNH-TV 8 | New Haven, CT
John Salemi
Treasurer
UHY Advisors | Farmington, CT
Kara Sundlun
Vice President & Founding Board Member
WFSB-TV-3 | Rocky Hill, CT
Wayne Cooke
Founding Board Member & Fundraising Committee Chair
Denise’s Husband | Branford, CT
Kathryn Cooke
Founding Board Member & Secretary
Denise’s Daughter | Boston, MA
Laura Soll-Broxterman
Communications & PR Committee Chair
Laura Soll Public Relations, LLC | Windsor, CT
Dana Neves
WFSB-TV-3 | Rocky Hill, CT
William Hall
Director of Marketing & Communications for Middlesex United Way | Durham, CT
Former Executive Producer for WTNH & WFSB
Lesley Bennett
CT Rare Disease Advisory Committee Member and Rare Disease Patient Advocate | Branford, CT
David Stevens
Motivational Speaker, Founder of Ability Media & Adjunct Faculty at the University of New Haven | Bristol, CT
Marc Montini
Fundraising Committee Chair
Businessman & Family Friend | Derby, CT
Tomeka Cole
Vice President of Development & Communications at the Boys & Girls Club of Hartford | West Hartford, CT
2026 Advisory Board
Leonard Fasano
Fasano, Ippolito & Lee, LLC | New Haven, CT
Ed Pratesi
CPA, CFF of Kosovsky, Pratesi & Co. | Farmington, CT
Robert Mauceri
Counselor at Law | Stamford, CT
Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz
State of Connecticut | Hartford, CT
Todd Sloan
Princeton Theological Seminary | Princeton, NJ