Former Greenwich legislator named to board of trustees at Smith College - Greenwich Time

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  Lile Gibbons of Greenwich has joined the board of trustees at her alma mater, Smith College.

  Lile Gibbons of Greenwich has joined the board of trustees at her alma mater, Smith College.

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Lile Gibbons of Greenwich has joined the board of trustees at her alma mater, Smith College.

Lile Gibbons of Greenwich has joined the board of trustees at her alma mater, Smith College.

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Former Greenwich legislator named to board of trustees at Smith College

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Gibbons joins board of trustees at Smith

GREENWICH — Greenwich resident Lile Gibbons has been elected to serve a four-year term on the Board of Trustees at Smith College in Northampton, Mass. Gibbons and other six new members began their duties on July 1.

Gibbons describes the four prongs of her adult life as “family, community, politics and Smith,” according to the college.

Gibbons was elected to the Connecticut General Assembly six times and served for 12 years as a state legislator from Greenwich, retiring as an assistant minority leader in 2013. Before that, Gibbons was active in both local and state education, chairing the Greenwich Board of Education and serving as a member of the Connecticut Board of Higher Education.

She also served on numerous nonprofit boards in Greenwich and continues as a board member for Audubon Connecticut. A 1964 graduate of Smith, Gibbons remains active with the college as past president of her local Smith Club; a past director of Smith’s Alumnae Association; and as a panelist at Smith’s Women’s Global Leadership forum in October 2012.

Gibbons is currently co-chair of the President’s Library Roundtable at Smith. Gibbons is a retired trustee of the John A. Hartford Foundation in New York City and is on the board of the Rasmuson Foundation in Anchorage, Alaska.

The other new four-year board members are Anu Aiyengar, Class of 1991, global co-head of mergers and acquisitions at J.P. Morgan; Andrea Auerbach, Class of 1991, a partner and head of the private investment practice at Cambridge Associates; Pamela J. Craig, Class of 1979, who held many leadership roles in a 34-year career at Accenture, before retiring in 2013 as the company’s chief financial officer; Terry W. Hartle, senior vice president for government and public affairs at the American Council on Education; and Kimberly A. Scott, Class of 1991, a professor of women and gender studies in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University.

Joining the board for one year is Abigail Edwards, who graduated from Smith magna cum laude in May 2020 with a self-designed major in race, health and society. She was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa honor society upon commencement.

Kids In Crisis receives $15K grant

SafeHaven for Kids, a core program of Kids In Crisis in Greenwich has received a $15,000 grant from the New Canaan Community Foundation.

SafeHaven for Kids provides 24-hour crisis helpline counseling and referrals, in-person crisis intervention and a comprehensive emergency shelter program for Connecticut children — from newborn to age 18 — of any race, ethnicity, religion, community of origin, socio-economic status, gender identity or sexual orientation.

Anyone concerned about the safety and well-being of a child can call the SafeHaven for Kids Crisis Helpline at 203-661-1911 and receive immediate help. Many issues can be resolved with SafeHaven’s immediate and ongoing counseling and intervention. For those that can’t, children may enter its emergency shelter program — a safe, nurturing and therapeutic environment that provides individualized care to meet the physical and mental health needs of the children, and works to safely reunite them with their families.

“We are enormously grateful for this new funding from the New Canaan Community Foundation,” said Shari L. Shapiro, executive director of Kids In Crisis. “The steadfast support it has shown us over the years has been generous and essential to our ability to provide critically needed services to children and families.”

For more information about SafeHaven for Kids, visit www.kidsincrisis.org.

UDel honors local students

A number of local students have been named to the Dean’s List for the Spring 2020 semester at the University of Delaware in Newark, Del.

The honored students are Dylan Dreher of Greenwich, Melissa Fraioli of Greenwich,Jacob Miller of Greenwich, Amanda Nielsen of Riverside, Mallory Reinken of Greenwich and Erica Vigliano of Old Greenwich.

To make the Dean’s List, a student must be enrolled full-time and earn a GPA of 3.5 or above.

GHS students ride for pride

In celebration of Pride Month, the Greenwich Democracy In Action club from Greenwich High is raising awareness and money through a virtual event and fundraiser in support of Kids In Crisis Lighthouse.

The students sponsored “Pride Ride” throughout June by setting exercise goals for themselves and raising funds for Lighthouse, a program acquired by Kids In Crisis in 2018 to support LGBTQ+ youth in Fairfield County. It provides a safe and confidential space to encourage all LGBTQ+ young people to live their best, healthiest, and most authentic lives.

“While many of the community events have been canceled due to social distancing, our pride is not canceled and we can celebrate virtually. It is more important than ever to bring the community together, so we invite everyone to exercise daily and share yourself in action on our Facebook page,” says Andrew Bailey, a rising senior at GHS and co-president of the Democracy In Action club. “Ride your bike outside, or a stationary bike indoors, run around your neighborhood, or on a treadmill, take your mom, dad, or dog for a walk. Do whatever exercise you want, whenever you want, wherever you want, and please donate to our Gofundme.”

“I am so thrilled to be working with Andrew and the Democracy in Action group on this Pride Ride initiative,” said Joe Belisle, Lighthouse coordinator of Kids In Crisis LGBTQ+ Teen Group. “We are honored that they chose us to be the beneficiaries of their efforts as we celebrate Pride Month this June.”

To support Pride Ride, visit www.facebook.com/Pride-Ride-to-benefit-Kids-in-Crisis-Lighthouse-114071647006064/ or gf.me/u/x8ukw7

Greenwich Democracy In Action club seeks to empower youth to get involved in their community and bring awareness to issues that they are passionate about.

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