FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Donna L. Pfrommer,
EVP, Brand Management & Volunteer Engagement
(203) 339- 6312
dpfrommer@unitedwaycfc.org
Norwalk Resident Announced as
United Way of Coastal Fairfield County Board Member
Norwalk, Conn. - September 9, 2015 - Merle Berke-Schlessel, Esq., President & CEO of United Way of
Coastal Fairfield County announces the Board of Directors that will lead the organization during the
2015-16 fiscal year, including Norwalk resident Tameika G. Miller, Senior Brand Manager for Alouette
Cheese USA, and American subsidiary of French based Savencia Fromage & Dairy.
"We are fortunate to welcome Ms. Miller to our board of directors,” stated Merle Berke-Schlessel, Esq.,
President & CEO, United Way of Coastal Fairfield County. “We are confident her expertise and
leadership skills will be tremendous assets to the organization.”
Tameika’s career has spanned premier Fortune 500 companies from PepsiCo, Inc. to Campbell Soup,
where she was employed most recently. At Campbell Soup, she led the Marketing efforts for Norwalk
based, Pepperidge Farm Foodservice and was the P&L lead for an $80 MM portfolio, an integral part of
Campbell Soup’s $500MM Away From Home division.
Prior to Campbell Soup, Ms. Miller worked for Hostess Brands as a Brand Manager of Wonder & Merita
Brands, creating cause marketing campaigns to evolve the iconic, household brands in the Northeast
and Western United States. Before Hostess, she worked as a Senior Product Manager at SuperMedia,
helping small to medium business owners fine tune their marketing and advertising strategies, leveraging
the company’s internet marketing tools. Previous to SuperMedia, Tameika held a variety of positions
within Brand Management, Consumer & Customer Marketing, and Business to Business Sales for
PepsiCo, Inc. and Nestle USA.
In addition to serving on the Board of Directors for United Way of Coastal Fairfield County, she serves as
Treasurer for the Fairfield County Alumnae chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, is a board member of
her neighborhood association, is a member of the Westchester / Greater Connecticut chapter of the
National Black MBA Association and is the Scholarship Chair for the First Baptist Church of Greenwich,
Connecticut.
Tameika is joined on the Board of Directors by:
United Way of Coastal Fairfield County 2015 - 2016 Officers:
Officers
Robert J. Trefry – Chair
PathQuest Coaching and Consulting, LLC
Samuel B. Tingley – Vice Chair
M&T Bank
Mark S. Barnhart – Secretary
Town of Fairfield
Thomas C. Gentile, III – Treasurer
GE Capital
Merle Berke-Schlessel, Esq.
President and Chief Executive Officer, United Way of Coastal Fairfield County
United Way of Coastal Fairfield County Board of Directors:
Manuel Andrade, JD, LLM, CMFC
People’s United Bank
Judith E. Bankowski
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
Collin P. Baron, Esq.
Pullman & Comley, LLC
Christina Bodine-Aysseh
Fairfield County Bank
Paul Broadie II, Ph.D
Housatonic Community College
Joseph R. Catapano
Pitney Bowes Inc.
George A. Coleman
Educational Consultant
Pablo ColÓn III
Radio Cumbre Broadcasting Inc.
Tom Green
Retired Educator
Brian Griffin
Norwalk Chamber of Commerce
Robert Hendrick
R.C. Bigelow, Inc.
Doreen Madden
Connecticut Post
Thomas McCarthy
Bridgeport City Council
Anne McCrory, Esq.
Diocese of Bridgeport
Tameika G. Miller
Alouette Cheese USA
S. Giles Payne
Brody Wilkinson PC
Valerie Shultz-Wilson
Urban League of Southern Connecticut
Eric Stone
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Medha Thomas (Leave of Absence 2015-16)
Lucia Teixeira
Aquarion Company
Honorable Stephen Vavrek
Town of Monroe
Reverend Jeffrey P. von Arx, S.J.
Fairfield University
Susan Weinberger, Ed. D
Mentor Consulting Group
Emeritus
Lynn Abramson
Women’s Mentoring Initiative
Barbara Butler
Town of Westport
Anita Gliniecki
Housatonic Community College - Retired
Tracey Golden
Deloitte
Carlos Mello
Finance Authority of Maine
John Moody
Pitney Bowes - Retired
August F. Serra
GE - Retired
Paul Timpanelli
Bridgeport Regional Business Council
United Way of Coastal Fairfield County’s mission is: “Together, we mobilize our communities to improve
people’s lives”. Our vision is that all at risk children in Coastal Fairfield County are successful in school
and prepared for success in life. United Way of Coastal Fairfield County serves the towns of Fairfield,
Bridgeport, Stratford, Westport, Trumbull, Easton, Monroe, Weston, Norwalk, Wilton, New Canaan and
Darien. Find out more at our website at www.unitedwaycfc.org, and follow us on social media
@UWCFC.
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