Justin Carbonella, Past President
Justin Carbonella has been serving as the director of the City of Middletown's Youth Services Bureau for the past 9 years. Over this time he has built the department to be the central coordinating hub around youth development, juvenile justice and mental health issues in the Middletown community.
As part of his role Justin chairs a number of community coalitions including the Greater Middletown Community Collaborative, Middletown Juvenile Review Board, Right Response coalition, and the Middletown Substance Abuse Prevention Council. He has also initiated a community wide youth engagement campaign that has been recognized multiple times as prevention program of the year on both the state and local level. Additionally, his work around social media and bullying were featured in Emily Bazelon’s “Sticks and Stones” and a related article in The Atlantic “How to Beat Bullys”.
Justin is a dual graduate of the University of Connecticut holding a bachelors in Political Science and a masters in Public Administration and is a proud product of the Middletown Public Schools system.
