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29 HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM | JUNE 14, 2021 cyberlaw and trademark law. NBT Bank has hired Maureen Kennedy as vice president and senior business banking officer in Connecticut. Most recently she served as branch manager for People's United Bank on Hebron Avenue in Glastonbury. She also has extensive experience in small business lending and development. Kennedy earned her bachelor's degree from Central Connecticut State University as well as a degree from the Connecticut School of Finance and Management. The University of St. Joseph recently announced the appointment of three new members to its Women's Leadership Center. They include: Jessica Dodge, director of operations and programs at CTNext; Dara Macchi, vice president of marketing at American Eagle Financial Credit Union; and Heather Summerer, associate director of public relations at Pratt & Whitney. New Britain medical device manufacturer OKAY Industries Dowe joined Webster Bank in 2014 as part of the bank's strategic expansion in the Northeast and Mid- Atlantic markets. Before that he was a senior managing director at CIT Healthcare. Paul Bartosic has been named regional vice president for Harvard Pilgrim Health Care's Connecticut plan. As the market leader, Bartosic has full accountability for the strategic direction and P&L of the Connecticut market. Prior to this role, Bartosic was the sales director for Harvard Pilgrim Health Care in Connecticut. Nancy Kennedy has joined Hartford- based intellectual property law firm Cantor Colburn LLP's trademark and copyright practice. Kennedy brings more than 15 years of expertise in intellectual property, concentrating on all aspects of trademark and copyright law, trade dress and cyberlaw matters. She earned her law degree from the UConn School of Law, where she is currently an adjunct professor on JULY 3rd - AUGUST 7TH | Salmon Brook Park | Granby, CT Live music, every saturday, in the prime of summer | 3:30 - 8:30PM Get your ckets today! | www.sunsetconcertseries.rocks Line-up below. MAX CREEK ADAM EZRA GROUP JULY 3RD JULY 24TH AUGUST 7TH FEATURING WITH FEATURING CLAYTON RIDER RAINERE MARTIN THE BLANEY BROTHERS WEST END BLEND MAGGIE ROSE JULY 31ST JULY 17TH FEATURING WITH MAMA JUKE THEM VIBES ALMOST QUEEN JULY 10TH FEATURING THE KINGS Follow us on social media: @sunset_concertseries Sponsorships available call 860-413-9067 Produced by EVENT & TRAVEL PARTNERS THE DONNA SUMMER EXPERIENCE TRIBUTE ATTORNEYS AT LAW PRESENTS Brought to you by: Movers & Shakers Webster Bank is shaking up its regional leadership, including giving its Hartford president an expanded role. Webster announced the changes ahead of its $10.3 billion merger with New York's Sterling Bancorp, slated to close later this year. Timothy D. Bergstrom, who has overseen Webster's Hartford market operations as regional president, will now add Middlesex and New Haven counties to his turf. He joined Webster in 1998 and became Greater Hartford regional president in 2014. Webster also named Martin Anderson to a newly created regional president role for Fairfield County, where Webster will move its headquarters post-merger. Michael L. O'Connor, Waterbury regional president, will remain in that role. Webster Bank has also named Steve Dowe senior vice president leading the regional bank's middle market healthcare vertical focused on privately-owned healthcare providers and senior housing operators. Dowe, whose coverage area will encompass the eastern United States, will focus on non-private equity-owned healthcare companies with sales between $25 million to $500 million. Timothy D. Bergstrom Paul Bartosic Nancy Kennedy Jessica Dodge Maureen Kennedy Inc. has promoted Redi Nasto to business development engineer of laser technologies. In his new role, Nasto will focus on the company's growth initiatives by engaging with customers on early-stage R&D prototypes, design for manufacturability development, introduction of innovative technologies for specific applications, and be the liaison between OKAY's new product development and project management teams. The state Senate voted to reappoint John W. "Jack" Betkoski III as a commissioner with the state Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, the agency that oversees the rates and services of Connecticut's investor-owned electricity, natural gas, water and telecommunications companies. The unanimous vote, which followed a similarly favorable decision from the state House of Representatives, extends Betkoski's term to June 30, 2023. According to PURA officials, he will begin his 25th year with the agency on July 1, making him the third-longest-serving utilities commissioner in the country. Betkoski, a Beacon Falls resident, also serves as chairman of the Connecticut Water Planning Council. Email your Movers & Shakers announcements to gbordonaro@hartfordbusiness.com