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.

2024 Captains:

• Alex Zavelson
• Jacquelyn Parker
• Alivia Ciarcia
• Molly Normandin
• Alex Adamo
• Meghan MacDougall
• Kylie Barbour

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.

2024 Captains:

• Alexandra Papazian
• Julia Noye
• Jackson Greaney
• Christina Beaulieu
• Gabby Tullock
• Laura Congiu (Waterbury campus)

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.

2024 Captains:

• Amanda Stowe
• Emily Pesce
• Ava Abruzzese
• Ali Villano

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!

2024 Captains:

• Hailey Russell
• Carson Kelley
• Meghan Koziolkowsky
• Suhaas Nadella
• Nicholas Murphy
• Kathryn Hanrahan
• Jack Bugaj
• Brandon Manka
• Riley Harmon
• Kaitlyn Ligouri
• John Cotter-Swetz

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.

2024 Captains:

• Liam Farrell
• Finn Koehler
• JP Capodanno
• Anthony Gili

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.

2024 Captains:

• Jessica Lewis
• Rachel Praus

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.

2024 Captains:

• Emma Roski
• Ingrid Santos Rivera
• Infanta Antony
• Lauren Matthews
• Josh Maccione
• Georgia Mikan
• Daniella Squillini
• Abbie Robinson
• Sophia Menoutis

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.

2024 Captains:

• Arianna Landesbaum
• Isabella Williams
• Erin Heslop
• Ciara DeMott

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!

2024 Captains:

• Lenie Urbina
• Paige Foerter
• Olivia Turnbull
• Nicky Amter
• Jessica Lewis

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.

2024 Captains:

• Mason Ferry
• Osir Adu-Maafo
• Kayla Brand
• Emily Oliveira

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.

2024 Captains:

• Alexandra Podgorska
• Grace Bilodeau
• Julia Brunetti
• Abigail Boria
• Maria Klosowski
• Shea Tirendi
• Paige O’Keeffe
• Mikayla Mansfield
• Benjamin Waldo
• Katelyn Abel
• Lila Pinho
• Julia Delgrego
• Nicole Strickland
• Taylor Coonan
• Shaunak Shinde
• Nathan Zimbelman

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.

2024 Captains:

• Matthew LaCroix
• Emily Dimino
• Tara Sperry
• Katherine Getman
• Hailey Wanamaker
• Jennifer Alaska
• Emma Legg
• Hailey Nardelli

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.

2024 Captains:

• Matthew Heinlein
• Cameron Schwartz
• Lindsey Adamou

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.

2024 Captains:

• Shawn Casey
• Sumedha Sabbani
• Eunice Kim
• Nina Passaro
• Om Ghetia

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.

2024 Captains:

• Isabella Cola
• Tom Kuriakose
• Kiley Creed
• Katherine Corbett

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.

2024 Captains:

• Elizabeth Sullivan
• Isabelle Fenn
• Joseph DeLucia
• Sidharth Masarur
• Simran Sidhu
• Caroline Dighello
• CJ Ryan

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

2024 Captains:

• Briana Bonardi
• Alyssa Piccoli
• Nora Casey
• Katelyn Leonard

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.

2024 Captains:

• Jenna Migliaccio
• Dylan Kindle
• Zachary Young
• Sam Ceravolo
• Helen Gross