Dancer Relations Captains will help the Co-Directors of Dancer Relations to brainstorm and carry out creative initiatives including Color Wars, Dancer Representative pairings, and Dancer Representative special events.

2026 Captains:

• Bianca Nace
• Emerson Przybylski
• Sara Mustafi
• Filip Piorko
• Morgan DeAngelo
• Devin Keith
• Jenna Coplon
• Annabelle Slaughterbeck
• Drew Stranko

Campus Affairs Captains are integral in expanding and diversifying HuskyTHON by reaching out to all corners of UConn to promote involvement For The Kids at Connecticut Children’s! Campus Affairs Captains will work hard to spread awareness to different organizations and encourage the UConn community to join HuskyTHON. Some of our duties include presenting in lectures about HuskyTHON, reaching out and working with various organizations on their involvement, and spreading awareness at events through tabling.

2026 Captains:

• Olivia Gumula

• Giana Vicki

• Anita Chen

• Shane Sullivan

• Aiden Geiver

• Julia Forman

HuskyTHON Rising Leaders is a leadership development program for First Time Dancers. It provides a change to go Behind-the-Scenes and experience the planning that goes into HuskyTHON! This engagement program includes orientation, meet & greets, workshops, and shadowing opportunities to get further involved while maintaining a lower level of responsibility. HuskyTHON Rising Leaders Captains will brainstorm ways for the newfound members to learn the meaning of HuskyTHON, provide insight about their own experience, create a welcoming environment, cultivate the leadership skills of the new members, and mentor the next generation of leaders.

2026 Captains:

• Aryanna DeBenedetto

• Gabriella Deslauriers

• Simran Sidhu

• Julia Deane

As a Donation Management Captain, your role will include counting any physical money coming to the office as well as supporting the Co-Directors of Donation Management. You will fill a crucial role within the organization. Without Donation Management Captain’s, physical monetary donations would not be able to make it into the Donor Drive system. You will be working alongside the management team and be more involved in the HuskyTHON year-round efforts!

2026 Captains:

• Matthew McBarron

• Kaleigh Andrew

• Thompson Renshaw

• William Schiappa

• Hannah Lin

• Maya Cohen

• Michael Marino

• McKenna Boisvert

• Ava Tuzzolino

• Nicholas Hakanson

• Tony DeMartino

• Will Boswell

• Nathaniel Vail

• Kendyl Roelofsen

• Madeline Midolo

• Riley Studley

• Natalia Cardarelli

• Julia Dacosta

Strategic Fundraising Captains will help the Director of Strategic Fundraising with various fundraising initiatives. This includes promoting fundraising ideas, reaching out to businesses and different sectors on campus, and spearheading fundraisers in various residence halls.

2026 Captains:

• Becca Padron

• Alexandra Welcome

• Kevin O’Neill

• Ella Noon

• Maggie Sullivan

• Victoria Matkowski

As a team, the Director of Corporate Partnership and the Captains will work to further build relationships with companies who have previously supported HuskyTHON and connect with new partners interested in joining our efforts. This will include researching to find companies that align with HuskyTHON’s values and supporting on-campus partnership initiatives when needed. This position is a great opportunity to grow leadership, professionalism, communication skills, and interpersonal skills while making a greater impact for our cause.

2026 Captains:

• Teagan Price

• Isabelle Cola

Canning Captains will help make the Fall and Spring Canning Docs. Your job as a Canning Captain will be to help the Director of Canning to create canning opportunities for a larger number of people. You should feel comfortable, or be willing to learn how to reach out to stores and talk to managers to set up dates.

2026 Captains:

• Karlisse Wills

• Ryan Gerardi

• Daniel Weyhrauch

Media Captains are responsible for taking pictures and videos throughout the year. They will help to edit and produce videos and media content for HuskyTHON. There will be an emphasis on collaboration with other positions and Captains, since media can be a part of nearly every aspect of HuskyTHON.

2026 Captains:

• Hannah Grimes

• Abby Paschal

• Grace Andrea

• Aishwarya Rajendran

• Daniella Squillini

• Keyra (KJ) Huaman

• Luisa Massasso

• Max Coles

• Braden Hynes

• Jill Suchodolski

• Taedra Tsecaris

These Captains will help to oversee social media posts, especially committing to diversifying our media to engage the entire HuskyTHON community. This will include brainstorming for captions, and providing assistance for participants in branding of their personal pages.

2026 Captains:

• Charlotte Brenner
• Jillian Grustas
• Braedy McGuire

These Captains will work together to collaborate graphic design ideas to create new and exciting HuskyTHON 2024 apparel. In addition, the team will work together to decide units and pricing of merchandise, as well as the distribution of these items at pop up shops and Night Of!

2026 Captains:

• Cailyn Bruno

• Natalie Ross

• Maggie Woods

• Courtney Pizza

• Giavanna Scognamiglio

• Kylie Gavlin

These Captains will work with the Creative Director on creating graphics for HuskyTHON’s social media channels, designing stickers, pamphlets, name tags and shirts for Night-Of, and even making the reveal numbers! They will help by both brainstorming with the Communications Team and using technical skills to execute fun new initiatives.

2026 Captains:

• Ava Abruzzese

• Sarah Stuhlmiller

• Delaney Wilkins

• Sadie Lyons

The JonaTHONs program, started in 2015, is made up of elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools across Connecticut that put on a wide variety of fundraisers benefiting HuskyTHON. These range from small events put on by a few students like a potluck dinner, or large year-round fundraising programs that consist of mini dance marathons and sports competitions. The JonaTHONs Captains will be paired with one or more of these schools to help them organize, plan, and implement their event. Last year, this program raised over $36,000 for HuskyTHON 2022’s final total.

2026 Captains:

• Charlotte Daigle

• Aashritha Sathish

• Mia Wright

• Katelyn Abel

• Nicole Strickland

• Victoria Mlynarski

• Candace Walsh

• Cameran Weaver

• Himani Patel

• Amanda Wainwright

• Isabella Stevens

• Holly Benevour

• Maren Hill

• Alyssa Lopez

• Laura Munch

• Christine Link

• Katie O’Neill

• Nicole Ritigliano

• Melanie H. Wassef

• Liberty Farry

   

The role of Hospital Relations is to be the primary liaison between Connecticut Children’s and the HuskyTHON community, and to help participants find their “Why.” Captains under this division will play a key role in brainstorming ways to relay information and stories about the Miracle Families to on-campus events and social media campaigns (ex. handouts, video testimonials from families). Captains will also have the opportunity to work with the Campus Affairs, Dancer Relations, and Communications Captains to increase outreach of “Why’s” across campus. For night of, these captains will help with the development of the Kid’s Corner (an area in the Fieldhouse for the Miracle Children to do crafts and activities) and the Hallway of Hope (a hallway highlighting each of the Miracle Children), as well as accommodations for the Miracle Families.

2026 Captains:

• Kylie Barbour

• Abby Mulhern

• Jill Calistra

• Anja Kearney

• Juliana Beloin

• Anisha Kurup

• Tara Abedi

• Nicole Fedor

• Keerit Grewal

The success of HuskyTHON relies on both current and former HuskyTHON participants. With this being said the Alumni Team works together to keep the HuskyTHON alumni involved in as many ways as possible. These Captains will be planning social events to bring alumni together in the interest of HuskyTHON, crafting monthly newsletters to keep alumni informed, and reaching out to various alumni. This marks the first official year of the formation of this alumni team, therefore Captains will have the opportunity to take part in building the HuskyTHON Alumni Team into a prosperous and wholesome division of the HuskyTHON framework.

2026 Captains:

• Jordyn Butler

• Ava Hatch

• Emma Green

DEI Captains work closely with the Director of DEI and other HuskyTHON Management branches to create a diverse environment at Night-Of. The mission is to help support inclusivity and diversity at HuskyTHON by outreaching to cultural organizations, diversifying HuskyTHON social media accounts, and providing accommodations for participants at Night-Of. These captains are also responsible for spreading DEI awareness and working collaboratively with multiple organizations.

2026 Captains:

• Catherine Solloce

• Sunjeevni Patel

• Katie Ravazzini

• Alana Modi 

Hospitality Captains will play an integral role in reaching out to potential new food donors and brainstorming new ideas for HuskyTHON 2024. In addition, Captains will help run food fundraisers, such as the pasta dinner, throughout the school year. They will also play a major role in the Night-of HuskyTHON, helping to coordinate food arrivals and ensuring that food distribution runs smoothly.

2026 Captains:

• Sarah Lindquist

• Charlotte Eriksen

• Nella Chmielewski

The Special Events and Volunteers Captains will play a crucial role in planning and running HuskyTHON special events, including ZumbaTHON and the HuskyTHON Carnival. This year, we want to diversify the population that we see at these events, so we are looking to create new special events. These Captains will help with night-of volunteer organization, including checking in volunteers and explaining their roles

2026 Captains:

• Ava Galvin
• Amanda Stowe
• Ella Myers
• Gwen Takagi

Entertainment Captains will work under the Director of Entertainment to plan, book, and run all of the entertainment at HuskyTHON 2024. This includes creating and implementing new and innovative activities for participants to enjoy during Night-of, as well as booking vendors and performers. As an Entertainment Captain, one of your main responsibilities will be to oversee and run the activities we implement. This will include running the dodgeball tournaments, overseeing all back gym activities, and much more.

2026 Captains:

• Mia Tzikas

• Hannah Rodriguez

• Patricia Stephens-Burchette

• Annalise Walle