Cinda Cash, Executive Director

Cinda Cash, MHSA, has over 30 years of experience as a clinician, consultant, advocate and administrator in the behavioral health field, including seventeen years as Executive Director of Alcohol Services Organization (ALSO) of South Central Connecticut. Immediately prior to becoming CWC’s executive director, Cash was the Consortium’s Director of Community and Provider Relations. She has worked on legislative issues related to behavioral health and addiction services, taught public health courses at area colleges, and serves on numerous boards and task forces.

Gloria Epps, Director of Administration

Gloria Epps has been with CWC since 2002. As the Director of Administration, she manages the day-to-day fiscal, budgetary, human resources, technology, and administrative operation of the organization: “Everything from keeping track of vendors to dealing with property management to submitting quarterly grant reports,” she says. Prior to joining the CWC staff, Epps worked for over ten years at SNET, in the the areas of customer service, marketing, communications, and quality analysis.

Monica Gavin, Administrative Training Specialist

Monica Gavin, a CWC’s Administrative Training Specialist since spring of 2008, has worked in clerical and administrative positions in the industrial, medical, restaurant and banking fields. In her current capacity, she provides administrative support to the director of training: data entry; coordinating training activities; compiling reports; mailing materials; and processing CEU applications and other documents.

Carol Huckaby, Director of Education and Training

Carol Huckaby, MACP has been CWC’s Director of Education and Training since 2002. Previously, she was the director of program operations for the Welfare to Work program at the Connecticut Council of Family Service Agencies. She has over 30 years of experience training adults in areas including: consumer relations; cultural diversity; employment readiness; assessing mental health and substance abuse barriers among low-income women; and strength-based assessment and treatment. She is an adjunct professor in the Psychology Department at Albertus Magnus College.

Maria Ramos, Director of Community Projects

Maria F. Ramos, M.Ed, joined the staff of CWC in 2000 as a Behavioral Health Consultant. As the Consortium’s Director of Community Projects, a position she has held since 2004, Ramos is responsible for implementing initiatives that affect women with mental health and substance abuse disorders, and serving as a resource for substance abuse and mental health providers. Her past experience includes directing teen services for an adolescent family life program in Oakland, California, and positions as an HIV counselor, a hospital client advocate, and a state social worker in Massachusetts.

Sharon Reynolds, Administrative Training Coordinator

Sharon Reynolds, CWC’s Administrative Training Coordinator, has her B.A. in business and economics from Albertus Magnus College. She joined the CWC staff in October of 2007 after working for five years as a human resources manager for a property management firm and then holding several senior administrative assistant positions at Yale. In her current position, she oversees and coordinates all CWC trainings. Reynolds volunteers as chairperson for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life in Hamden, with overall responsibility for promoting the event. 

Eileen Russo, Director of Trauma Services

Eileen M. Russo, MA, LADC, is the Director of Trauma Services. She is a licensed addiction counselor, certified Clinical Supervisor and certified co-occurring disorder professional who has worked in the addiction and mental health field for nearly 23 years. Her experience includes developing and serving as the clinical director for programs that serve clients with mental health and/or substance use disorders. Russo is the trainer and consultant for the DMHAS Trauma Center of Excellence and the DMHAS Trauma Expansion Initiative. She is also an adjunct faculty member at University of Bridgeport and Gateway Community College.

Olivia Yetter, Executive Administrative Assistant

A recent honors graduate of Eastern Connecticut State University, where she majored in the psychology of work, Yetter joined the CWC staff in April of 2008 as Executive Administrative Assistant. Her responsibilities include organization, scheduling, technological assistance, as well as coordinating committee work, with a particular focus on the activities of WSPIC (Women’s Services Practice Improvement Collaborative).