Kathleen Tolli
Program Director 

Kathleen Tolli has been working with adults with developmental disabilities for close to twenty years. She began her career in New York State at an ICF group home working with folks who had come from Staten Island Developmental Center in New York City in 1986. After moving back to her home state of Connecticut in 1990 she began working at The Arc of Farmington Valley (formally FAVARH) as a direct care worker in one of FAVARH’s group homes. Over the next few years she was hired as one of four day program managers, managing some employment sites as well as FAVARH’s Opportunity for Older Adults (OOA) program. Upon leaving FAVARH, she briefly assisted her husband with his business, and then she accepted a position as an assistant manager at a group home (later in their day program) with MARC Community Resources, Inc. in Middletown. In 1999, Kathleen and her husband, Fred, moved to Bradenton, Florida where she began working for Easter Seals/MARC of Southwest Florida as a residential manager of three group homes housing 22 individuals. After only two years in Florida, the Tollis moved back to Connecticut in November, 2001, at which time Kathleen began her position as Program Director with COCO, Inc.