Board of Directors
LEARN, a Regional Educational Service Center (RESC), services 21 school districts in southeastern/shoreline Connecticut. Federal funding and local support led to the creation of LEARN as an entity to provide services to students in August 1967. State Statutes (section 10-66) authorized the establishment of RESC's and LEARN became one of six in the state effective July 1, 1968. LEARN is a public educational agency governed by a Board of Directors. The Board of Directors consists of members who are elected to a local Board of Education and are then appointed by that Board to serve on the LEARN Board.
Board Members
Chester (Grades K-6)
Dale Bernardoni
Chester, Deep River, Essex (Reg. 4, Grades 7-12)
Vacant
Clinton
Thomas Danehy
Deep River (Grades K-6)
Vacant
East Haddam
Terri Garrity
East Hampton
Vacant
East Lyme
Eric Bauman
Essex (Grades K-6)
Nancy Johnston
Groton
Beverly Washington
Guilford
Vacant
Haddam & Killingworth (Reg. 17)
Jennifer Favalora
Ledyard
Mary Harris
Lyme - Old Lyme
(Reg. 18)
Scott Brown
Madison
Galen Cawley
Montville
Robert Mitchell
New London
Scott Garbini
North Stonington
Chet Stefanowicz
Norwich
Gregory Perry
Old Saybrook
Marijke Kehrhahn
Preston
Vacant
Salem
Vacant
Stonington
Katie Gauthier
Waterford
Laurie Wolfley
Westbrook
Elizabeth Fernandes
Board Meeting Agendas, Minutes, and Budgets
2025-2026
- September 2025
- Special Business Meeting Oct. 2025
- October 2025
- November 2025
- December 2025
- January 2026
- February 2026
- March 2026
- April 2026
- May 2026
- June 2026
September 2025
Special Business Meeting Oct. 2025
October 2025
November 2025
December 2025
January 2026
February 2026
March 2026
April 2026
May 2026
June 2026
2024-2025
- July 2024
- September 2024
- October 2024
- November 2024
- December 2024
- January 2025
- February 2025
- March 2025
- April 2025
- May 2025
- June 2025
- Cancelled -June 18, 2025 Special Meeting
July 2024
September 2024
October 2024
November 2024
December 2024
January 2025
February 2025
March 2025
April 2025
May 2025
June 2025
Cancelled -June 18, 2025 Special Meeting

2025-2026 Officers
Board Chair
Robert Mitchell
Vice Chair
Dale Bernardoni
Fiscal Officer
Jennifer Favalora
Secretary
Beverly Washington
