Hartford Business Journal

18 Hartford Business Journal • September 10, 2018 • www.HartfordBusiness.com Hartford nonprofit Community Renewal Team said it has dissolved its 50-year federal contract to operate a child readiness program serving 300- plus individuals as a result of former employees' behavior that didn't uphold "high quality standards." CRT's board of trustees recently "reluctantly" voted to end its contract with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to run Head Start and Early Head Start programs in Hartford and Middlesex counties. The CRT-contracted program, funded by a Head Start grant of $9.9 million, served over 300 kids in Hartford, Bloomfield, Bristol, Clinton, Middletown and Portland, a CRT spokesman said. "Due to the recent actions by a few now-former staff members who did not uphold the high quality standards in our classrooms that CRT has upheld for over 50 years, we find ourselves forced to make this difficult decision," said CRT Chairman Fernando Betancourt. A CRT spokesman could not elaborate on how many employees were disciplined or what they did to force the split. Connecticut's Head Start program is now being operated by the Community Development Institute. The Mandell Jewish Community Center received a grant from the Cigna Foundation, as well as additional support from Cigna, to support its Youth Mental Health First Aid Training. The program will teach individuals how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders. The Community Foundation of Greater New Britain awarded $5,000 grants from its Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico Relief Fund to two organizations in New Britain. The grant recipients include The Salvation Army's Emergency Services Program and Community Mental Health Affiliates' Our Community is Family Program. FY 2016 SUMMARY 2015 2016 Total Employees 59 66 Total Assets $845,809 $945,640 Total Liabilities $95,344 $198,095 REVENUES Contributions & Grants $1,101,589 $1,291,519 Program Service Revenue $766,811 $835,931 Investment Income $101 $2 Other $(22,056) $(51,543) Total $1,846,445 $2,075,909 EXPENSES Grants $0 $0 Member Benefits $0 $0 Salaries/Employee Benefits $1,094,663 $1,096,006 Fundraising Fees $0 $0 Other $908,684 $982,823 Total $2,003,347 $2,078,829 Margin $(156,902) $(2,920) TOP PAID EXECUTIVES (FY 2016) Base salary Comp. & Benef. Cary Wheaton, Executive Director $154,090 $174,870 Source: Guidestar IRS 990 Tax Form Nonprofit Notebook NONPROFIT PROFILE Billings Forge Community Works 227 Lawrence St., Hartford | billingsforgeworks.org Mission To provide job training, food access, and sustainable social enterprises to help people change their lives. Top Executive: Cary Wheaton, Executive Director Services: Job training, food access, and sus- tainable social enterprises. Movers & Shakers Bimal Patel has been named chair of United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut's 2018 Community Campaign. Patel is president of Hartford Hospital/ Hartford Region and senior vice president of Hartford HealthCare. As chair, Patel will serve on United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut's board of directors. Michelle Rakebrand has been hired as a lobbyist by the Connecticut Business & Industry Association, Connecticut's largest business organization. Rakebrand previously worked as a nonpartisan legislative attorney for the Connecticut General Assembly. At CBIA, she will work as an assistant counsel and lobbyist. Dr. Justin Goralnik was hired at Middlesex Hospital in Middletown as a pulmonologist. Goralnik earned his medical degree from St. George's University School of Medicine, holds a master's degree in biomolecular science from Central Connecticut State University, and completed his internal medicine residency and pulmonary critical care fellowship at the University of Connecticut. Dr. Syed A. Hussain has joined Trinity Health Of New England as senior vice president and chief medical officer. Hussain previously served as chief medical officer at both the regional and hospital level. In his new role, he will be responsible for the oversight and direction of the clinical and medical aspects of the Regional Health Ministry within Trinity Health Of New England. MassMutual has hired Morgan Ferrarotti as senior director of integrated marketing. Ferrarotti previously worked at Aetna as integrated marketing director. Prior to that, she was director of community investments at The Hartford. In her new role at MassMutual, Morgan will lead integrated marketing campaign planning at the enterprise level to ensure brand and customer experience consistency. Ferrarotti was recently named a Hartford Business Journal 40 Under 40 winner. ADNET Technologies, a Farmington technology consulting firm, has appointed Tim Weber as director of security services. Weber will lead the firm's security services division. He joined ADNET in 1994, and has nearly 25 years of experience in IT systems security, design and implementation. Anthony Caiafa was appointed to the position of chief technology officer at SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc., a Winsor-based financial services software and software-enabled services provider. In his new position, Caiafa's responsibilities will include overseeing SS&C's infrastructure technology and taking a senior role in vision and strategy. Before this position, Caiafa was part of Bloomberg's CTO office, where he led efforts in infrastructure, automation, monitoring and security. Tim Patneaude has been promoted to executive vice president at Waterbury- based Webster Bank. Patneaude last worked as chief operating officer and chief information officer for HSA Bank, a division of Webster. Elisha Defeo and Anne A. Space were hired as senior portfolio managers at YHB Investment Advisors Inc., an independent investment advisory firm based in West Hartford. Defeo and Space each have years of diverse investment experience. Michael C. Myers was named vice president of sales and marketing at Bloomfield retirement community Duncaster. Myers previously served as regional director of sales and marketing for Benchmark Senior Living in Waltham, Mass. Roxanne Perugino was appointed president of the board of directors of the Professional Women in Construction's (PWC) Connecticut chapter. Perugino works as a project planner at the Hartford office of STV|DPM, an engineering, architectural, planning, environmental and construction management services firm. She previously served on PWC's board as vice president and chair of the scholarship and awards committees. Dr. Justin Goralnik Tim Patneaude Elisha Defeo Michael C. Myers Roxanne Perugino Anne A. Space

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