board director & president
KATHIE HEBERT has lived in West Haven for 18 years. Kathie is a retired RN and has worked in various healthcare settings. After Hurricane Sandy in 2012, she became involved in the West Haven Watershed Restoration Committee, volunteering many hours doing beach cleanups, planting, and maintaining Sandy Point. She is also a member of the West River Watershed Coalition, which partners with the Sandy Point Bird Sanctuary on various projects. Kathie also serves on the Board of the West Haven Land Trust and devotes countless hours toward the betterment of West Haven in various capacities.
Chair: Beautification Committee
BOARD DIRECTOR & vice PRESIDENT
THOMAS 'TOMMY' GREEN has lived at Sandy Point for almost eight years. He has been working in the residential and commercial roofing industry for over 25 years both in CT & MA. He is an Executive Director for the nonprofit organization Green Fur Kidz, Inc. and has been a volunteer within the organization since 2014. Tommy loves Sandy Point for its natural ecosystems and the surrounding wildlife and is passionate about protecting it. The Sandy Point neighborhood is built with a fabulous grassroots committed community and Tommy looks forward to strengthening it with continued education to community visitors and providing community outreach.
Chair: Neighborhood Safety Committee
board director & treasurer
RICH HEBERT has lived in West Haven for the last 19 years.
He became involved with the Sandy Point area some 10 years ago. He has always been the first to volunteer his time, energy, passion, and his own equipment in order to provide landscaping and maintenance to Sandy Point Bird Sanctuary. He has also volunteered with beautification projects such as the installation of the butterfly garden and the planters. He has attended and helped to lead every single monthly SPNA neighborhood clean-up since inception. Rich enjoyed 33 years of employment at the telephone company as an engineer. He and his wife have helped to build homes in Mexico in concert with their church for over 13 years. They are incredibly active in keeping our neighborhood clean, safe and inviting.
board director & secretary
BONNIE POSICK moved to West Haven from Hamden with her children nearly 15 years ago to be closer to the beach. While she was a resident of Hamden, Bonnie served on the town's Natural Resources and Open Space Commission. Bonnie was employed by the City of New Haven for 20+ years, and worked as public information officer for the Board of Education, the Department of Parks, Recreation and Trees, and the Department of Police Service. She was a board member of the Faxon Law New Haven Road Race, and a volunteer for Goodwill of Southern New England's Fantasy of Lights. Following her retirement from Yale Law School in 2021, she has spent her free time picking up litter in the Sandy Point neighborhood, often accompanied by her autistic nephew. She also volunteers her time at a local animal rescue.
Chair: Publicity/Media Committee
board director
NEIL CIULLO has lived in West Haven for eight years now and really enjoys it. The neighborhood is a great place, and there is so much to do. He is very fortunate to have an ocean
view from his unit. He is a retired Mechanical Engineer who worked for General Electric designing machines that assemble residential circuit breakers like the ones you have in your home. Another job that he really enjoyed was for a company called Beiersdorf; that facility manufactured all of the Nivea and
Aquaphor skin product for the USA. Neil has five years of prior Board experience with the Governors Ridge Condo association, two as president. He looks forward to working with the Sandy Point team.
board director
RONY KANYIMBU MANDJATA has lived in West Haven since 2017 and in the Sandy Point neighborhood since 2020. He studied electrical engineering tech and works as a locomotive inspector. Rony really enjoys being involved in the community and helping to improve our neighborhood. He recently joined SPNA and he is very proud to be a new member of the board.
Chair: Membership Committee