Kate Gill, Board Member

Kate Grew up in Hartford and worked 30+ years in advertising in NYC. She bought her home in Guilford 25 years ago and always planned to retire here. Since moving full time to Guilford, she discovered the Village and how it redefines the way people can age in their homes in a supportive community. She wants to do all she can to keep the Shoreline Village flourishing as a strong social network of support for older people at home.

Kate is also on the Board of the WB Yeats Society of NYC plus a professional playwright and member of the Dramatists Guild.

The New York Times endorses the expansion of the Village movement as one way to fill the void left by the absence of a broad public program to help kinless seniors age at home.

“In the absence of any broad public program, experts suggest a variety of smaller solutions to support kinless seniors…the Village movement, which helps seniors age in place, might (similarly) expand.” (The New York Times, 12/3/22)

Board Members and Officers

Kate Gill, Co-President

Camille Solbrig, Co-Presidient

George DuPont, Director

Anne Gould, Treasurer

Board Members

Maryann Bracken

Bruce Linkov

Camille Solbrig, Board Member

Born in Chicago, but attending high school and college in PA, Camille has resided in Guilford now for over 20 years. She is a chemist married to a biologist with 2 grown sons, one of which is a new parent.



Camille’s work-life was spent as a researcher/product engineer before transitioning to her current work as an adjunct professor.  She chaired the New Haven Section of the American Chemical Society and has served on the boards of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Madison and the Guilford Newcomers Club. 

 “It is my hope that strategies learned through experiences helping my parents through the aging process may be used to help others. I am also looking to participate in community with others going through this final stage of life.”

Maryann Bracken, Co-President

A long-time Guilford resident and Massachusetts native, Maryann Bracken taught in Ghana as a member of the Peace Corps, and at an American Air Force school in England, as well as in New Hampshire. Maryann was executive director of the Women & Family Life Center in Guilford. In her retirement, she teaches yoga, and serves as a volunteer for, among other organizations, Meals on Wheels and the Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services (IRIS.) She and her husband have two children and four grandchildren who live in Seattle and in Argentina.

“Older adults may recognize they are in need of assistance but they often hesitate to ‘burden’ family and friends,” she says. “SVCT provides that assistance while also offering connection and community.”

George duPont, Director

George and his wife Patricia moved to Guilford 19 years ago. He has been helping local businesses with employee benefits. George believes " humor is the best medicine" and has been avidly practicing without a license for eight decades. As an ambassador for the Shoreline Chamber of Commerce and The Jordan Porco, youth suicide prevention, Foundation, he has used his diverse marketing background to help grow and strengthen those organizations. George feels blessed and humbled by his circumstances and wants to help grow the Shoreline Village Community. As a lifelong learner, he is intrigued by all the possibilities offered to our children and grandchildren by the burgeoning capabilities of Artificial Intelligence.  

" Youth is a gift of nature, but age is a work of art."

Bruce Linkov, Board Member

Bruce and his wife Teri have lived in Guilford since 2006.

Prior to Bruce’s retirement in 2019, he was employed by Pfizer Inc for 24 years. During his time there, he was a Director, working in various aspects of Clinical Research. Since retiring, Bruce has worked as a substitute teacher in the Guilford and Madison public school systems. He has also volunteered at the Guilford Food Bank and worked as a Friendly Visitor for the Guilford Interfaith Ministry. He currently volunteers at Yale Hospital in the Infusion Unit and serves as a Mentor in the Guilford Public School System as well as volunteering with Shoreline Village CT. He also has served on the Guilford Conservation Committee.

Bruce and Teri travel and visit with their children and grandchildren.