Who We Are

Dawn Egan has lived in Weston for 27 years with her husband and three children. Dawn worked as an executive assistant for executive level staff at Goldman, Sachs, Morgan Stanley, PaineWebber and Columbia Tri-Star pictures for many years before embarking on a 20 year community service and philanthropic path, both locally and abroad. Having served many roles for UNICEF, Norwalk Hospital Foundation and United Way she learned best practices and ways to proactively contribute toward Weston organizations. As an 18 year chairman of Weston Warm-Up Fund, a five time PTO President, current chair of the newly formed Weston Community Fund, she has a proven track record of commitment, integrity and success on projects she accepts. Dawn values teamwork and worked collaboratively on many town projects such as the Lyons Plain Fire station, Morehouse Farm fields, school road turf fields and lighting. She currently works at Weston High School in the Athletic office where she manages a multitude of programs. As a five year member of Weston Police Commission, she is most proud of being a partner in the approval of the JRB (Juvenile Review Board) and the success of its program which benefits our young adults and the restructuring of the overtime practices and policies.

Taffy (Stephanie) Miller has spent most of the last 25 years working in the field of strategic philanthropy, as a grant seeker, grantmaker, and on the ground as a local and national community worker in Canada, the U.S. and overseas. She spent ten years as Executive Director for Trust for Learning, a national grantmaking foundation focused on early childhood education. She then founded a philanthropic advising firm, consulting with a wide range of private grantmakers in areas such as education, wrongful conviction, children of war, gun control, and the environment.

For the last few years, along with her husband (and Homefront Farmers owner) John Carlson, she dedicated her time to the family business, building and maintain organic vegetable gardens across Fairfield County, helping people to understand the value of growing their own food.  

Raised in Montreal, Taffy is a proud Canadian and received a graduate degree from McGill University. She is a former member of Weston’s Board of Education and served on the Board Outreach and Social Action Committee at Norfield Congregational Church for over ten years. Taffy and John have 5 children and have lived in Weston for 18 years.

Reverend Dr. Bernard Wilson is the Senior Minister at Norfield Congregational Church in Weston and has served there for over 17 years.  Dr. Wilson is a retired Navy Chaplain who received numerous awards, medals and citations for his stellar military career of 22 years. He served as the Executive Minister of The Riverside Church in New York City, and as the Interim Minister of the Briarcliff Manor Congregational Church in New York. Dr. Wilson served as an Adjunct Preaching Professor at The New Brunswick Theological Seminary and at the Howard University School of Divinity for Continuing Education.

He serves on the Board of Directors of the David and Dovetta Wilson Scholarship Fund, a non-profit organization with his siblings which awards awarded nine scholarships annually.

The Wilson Family was named “Family of the Year” by USA Today, “Heroes for America” by Reader’s Digest and the Wilsons were featured in the NBC special: Images and Realities the African-American Family.

Dr. Wilson served as the first Chair of the United Church of Christ Board, and he serves as the Police Chaplain for the Town of Weston. Dr. Wilson holds numerous degrees: a Masters and Doctorate in Divinity and Ministry including an MBA. 

Rev. Dr. Bernard Wilson is the author of “Meditations for Tough and Testing Times.” 

Rev. Wilson is married to Nereida Torres and have two sons and six grandchildren.

Kristana has lived with her family in Weston for 22 years.  Along with her husband, she has 2 children, one in college and one in high school, and they adore their rescue dog Lucy. 

Professionally, Kristana spent 31 years with Accenture, a global professional services company that specializes in IT services and consulting, with 25 of those years as a Senior Human Resources Executive after receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial and Management Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She is now working at a national HR Consulting firm focused on small to medium sized businesses across the U.S.

When her children were younger she was a Youth Soccer and Lacrosse Manager. Since then she has found other ways to be an active part of the community. Currently she serves on the Weston Survey Research Committee, is the President of the Weston High School Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) and is a board member of the Save the Children Fairfield County Leadership Council. In addition, she is engaged with other local non-profits such as Food Rescue US and The County Assemblies.

Kristana loves the small town feel of Weston and knows the Weston Community Fund will make a difference – in both big and small ways.