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www.HartfordBusiness.com • November 5, 2018 • Hartford Business Journal 19 Movers & Shakers Melanie Cecarelli was promoted to vice president and partner at Harvest Development Group, a Middletown business consulting rm for nonpro ts. Cecarelli joined Harvest Development Group in 2014, and most recently served as client engagement manager. Rachel Leventhal-Weiner has been named assistant director at the Connecticut Data Collaborative (CTData), a public-private partnership that advocates for the public availability of open and accessible data. At CT Data, Leventhal-Weiner has been developing and overseeing the CT Data Academy, a comprehensive public education initiative to build data literacy and data capacity in state agencies, nonpro ts and community organizations across Connecticut. Chuck Harlow has been appointed to the board of directors for the American Council of Engineering Companies of Connecticut (ACEC/CT). Harlow, a 30-year veteran of the Connecticut Department of Transportation, currently works at Fuss and O'Neill, a Manchester civil and environmental engineering consulting rm he joined about a year ago. MahoneySabol, a regional certi ed public accounting rm with locations in Glastonbury, Middletown and Essex, promoted four employees. Casey O'Brien of West Hartford has been promoted to senior manager in the audit department; Anne Harney of West Hartford and Kevin Harris of Berlin have been promoted to tax department managers; Lauren Messina of Wallingford has been promoted to manager in the governmental sector of the audit department. Matthew Cambi has been appointed chairman of the board at Junior Achievement of Southwest New England, a Hartford-based organization that promotes nancial literacy, workforce readiness and entrepreneurship in youths from kindergarten to grade 12. Cambi is a principal of international tax, tax accounting and global structuring at PwC in Hartford. He replaces outgoing chair Raymond Sprague. Karen Blanchard has joined The Network Against Domestic Abuse, a domestic violence support agency in En eld, as chief operations of cer. Blanchard has more than 30 years of nonpro t experience, working with hungry, homeless and domestic violence victims in Holyoke, Mass. Bruce McDermott, a partner at Hartford business law rm Murtha Cullina LLP, has been selected to serve on the Connecticut Energy Ef ciency Board (EEB). In his practice, McDermott represents participants in the competitive electricity markets and end users, developing strategic approaches to energy challenges and opportunities. His term on EEB ends in ve years. Donald Nunes has been appointed director of public works for the town of En eld. Nunes was rst hired by the town as an engineer in 2013. He has more than 25 years of experience in municipal departments of public works. Jeff Bartholomay has been appointed vice president and chief nancial of cer at Foodshare, a regional food bank serving Hartford and Tolland counties. Bartholomay most recently worked as vice president of corporate audit at The Travelers Cos. in Hartford. In his new role, he will be responsible for leadership and management of nancial functions for Foodshare. Douglass Abbot has joined The Jackson Laboratory (JAX), a nonpro t biomedical research institution with a location in Farmington, as chief nancial of cer. Before he was hired at JAX, Abbot held several senior nance leadership roles at payment-processing and information- management services rm WEX Inc. Denise L. Ramos, who is retiring Jan. 1 as CEO of New York-based ITT Inc., and Christopher J. Kearney, former chairman and CEO of North Carolina's SPX FLOW Inc., have been named board members of Farmington conglomerate United Technologies Corp. effective Dec. 10. Matthew Cambi Melanie Cecarelli Bruce McDermott Karen Blanchard Government Total revenue (2016) $34,206,154 Per capita tax $2,796 Total expenditures $32,864,796 Total indebtedness $12,625,110 as % of expenditures 38.4% Annual debt service $2,695,142 Moody's bond rating Aa3 Actual mill rate 32.34 Net Grand List $804,546,811 Housing stock Existing units 4,230 % single unit 85.2% New permits (2017) 7 as % of existing units 0.2% Residential sales 112 Median price $244,500 Median rent $897 Top 5 grand list Company Amount CL&P $19,879,550 St. Clements Foundation Inc. $4,339,170 Jarvis Airfoil $2,714,250 Buckeye Cattle Company LLC $2,606,800 Woodgreen Portland Limited Partnership $2,542,750 Town Profi le Portland Town Hall address: 35 East Main Street, Portland, CT 06480 (860) 342-6715 News Around Town ■ In September, the Community Renewal Team ceased operations of a Head Start program in Portland as a result of poor past employee behavior. ■ Connecticut Pharmaceutical Solutions Inc., a Portland-based marijuana producer, was recently sold to a New York investment rm that specializes in the cannabis industry. ■ Portland's poverty rate of 5.5 percent from 2012 to 2016 was almost half the state's average rate of 10.4 percent. General Land area (sq. miles) 23 Households 3,948 Median household income $81,589 Poverty rate 5.5 Crime rate (per 100,000 residents) 959 Population 2000 8,732 Projected 2020 9,781 Median age 45 Largest age demographic 45-64 years (31%) Educational attainment (2016) Persons age 25 or older % of population High school graduate 30% Associate's degree 10% Bachelor's or more 40% Labor Force (Residence) Employed 5,201 Unemployed 252 Unemployment rate 4.6% Places of work Total employers 260 Total employed 2,381 Economics Business profi le Sector Units Employ- ment Construction NA NA Manufacturing 15 235 Retail trade 35 374 Health Care and Social Assistance 17 223 Accommodation and Food Services 26 350 Total government 19 387 Major Employers • Town of Portland • Jarvis Airfoil • Adam's Hometown Market • Portland Care & Rehabilitation • Standard Knapp Source: Connecticut Economic Resource Center