About Us

Board of Directors

Lili A. Vasileff
President

Shari Lariviere
Vice-President and Treasurer

Lianne S. Escher
Secretary

Robert W. H. Wilkins (Woody)
Executive Director

Council of Advisors

Eileen R. Gillan, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Dept. of Hematology/Oncology
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
Hartford, CT

Robin R. Leger, RN, MS, PhD
Associate Professor
Salem State University
Salem, MA

Stacey Schneider MA, ATR, CCLS, LCAT
Senior Child Life SpecialistPediatrics
Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital
New York, NY

H. Willow Troy ATR-BC, CCLS, LCAT
Creative Arts Therapist
Children’s Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL

Priya S. Morganstern, Esq.
Director, Hartford Program
Pro Bono Partnership, Inc.
Hartford, CT

Theresa Laggis, PMHNP-BC
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
New Road Wellness
Madison, CT

Janice Baker, MA, CTRS
Manager, Arts for Healing
Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital
Child Life Program, 20 York Street
New Haven, CT 06510

Susanne M. Bifano MPS, ATR-BC, LCAT, MSEd
Art Therapist
NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
New York, NY

Danna Merritt, MSW
Executive Director
Energizing and Empowering Minds-
Programs for Parents of Children With Special Needs
Indianapolis, IN