Joanna Galvin
2nd Vice President
Joanna is the former Director of Reunion Development at Columbia Law School and worked in development at The Spence School and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. She has a B.A. in Political Science from Boston College and an M.S. in Nonprofit Management from Columbia University.
Joanna lives in New Canaan with her husband and four children. Their second son, Evan, was born with severe cerebral palsy. Evan received hundreds of hours of PT, OT and Speech therapies from STAR Rubino Center Pediatric Services program.
Ed Piorkowski
Past President
Ed is the Executive Director, Global Firmwide Sourcing at Morgan Stanley. He has a degree in Business from the University of Connecticut School of Business.
Ed lives in Darien with his wife and daughter, Hope, who has received early childhood pediatric services through the STAR Rubino Family Center and attends Darien High School.
Maritza Diaz
Maritza owns and operates Lavender Cleaning Services and has worked and volunteered at Norwalk Hospital and Wilton Meadows Nursing Home. She was born in Peru and emigrated to the US at the age of 16. She graduated from Norwalk Community College with a degree in Nursing.
Maritza lives in Norwalk with her husband and two children. Her daughter, Belen, has Down syndrome and receives pediatric services from STAR Rubino Center.
Victoria Muñoz
Recording Secretary
Victoria Muñoz and her family are New Canaan residents. Her youngest son, Julián, has been a STAR client since 2014, when he turned 21.
Victoria has worked with special education elementary school children in New Canaan Public Schools She is a certified special education teacher, holds a Masters in Special Education from Fairfield University, and a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Miami. Her family has enjoyed living in South America, Africa, and Europe, and one of her hobbies is to travel.
Yvonne O’Kane
Yvonne is a full-time volunteer for STAR and leads weekly art and creativity classes. She was an integral part of the online zoom programming during covid. Yvonne is a trained architect, interior designer and realtor with Higgins Group. She lives in Westport with her husband. She has three grown children.
Cathleen Crowley-Piscitell
Cathleen has served on the star board since 2006. Cathleen was a Risk Management executive with GE and CIT. She currently works with the Westport Probate Court. She is alumni of Georgetown University. Cathleen lives in Fairfield with her husband, Joseph and their two children. Their son, Jack, received Birth to 3 services from STAR Rubino Family Center and STAR helped him find his first job.