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28 HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM | AUGUST 9, 2021 NBT Bank has hired Gary Miller as a senior commercial banking relationship manager in Connecticut. Miller will support NBT's existing commercial clients and evaluate new lending opportunities to grow the bank's commercial portfolio in Connecticut. Miller earned a bachelor's degree from The College of St. Rose and serves as a volunteer with the Hartford Chapter of The Boys and Girls Club and Cherish the Children Foundation. He is also a former member of the Young Professionals of the Waterbury Region. The Aerospace Components Manufacturers (ACM) trade group board has elected Glenn Ford as its new president. Ford is the president of Phoenix Manufacturing in Enfield. The ACM is an organization made up of 112 small and mid- market companies in Connecticut and southwestern Massachusetts. Movers & Shakers Twentieth Annual Gala 9.24.2021 A CELEBRATION OF RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN A Grand Night for Singing Cocktails and Canapés Auctions Dinner 6:00 PM • GOODSPEED BY THE RIVER TENT 8:00 PM • GOODSPEED OPERA HOUSE 21-GDSD-001_Gala21-HBJ-Ad_4.375x11.25.indd 1 21-GDSD-001_Gala21-HBJ-Ad_4.375x11.25.indd 1 7/28/21 1:25 PM 7/28/21 1:25 PM Glastonbury communications firm CashmanKatz has hired Michael Sansone as its senior vice president of digital and analytics. Sansone is responsible for the workflow and implementation of all digital strategy and development for CashmanKatz. He has experience and certifications in SEO, Google Analytics, Google Ads, HubSpot and Salesforce. Sansone is an industry veteran with more than two decades of experience leading agencies in the digital space. Twenty-five years ago, he launched his own agency's website and went on to develop the first meaningful web presence for leading brands including Gold's Gym, Harmon Industries and Titleist/ Footjoy. Michael Sansone Gary Miller Glenn Ford Louis Auletta Jr. Emma Romell The Connecticut Business & Industry Association recently announced several new hires and a staff promotion. Stacey Vendetta and Ashley Luzon joined CBIA's membership team and Ali Warshavsky is the organization's new media and public relations manager. Joe Dias was recently promoted to the position of vice president for membership. Vendetta will work throughout Tolland, New London, New Haven and Middlesex counties as a membership engagement and relationship manager. Luzon is CBIA's Fairfield County- based engagement and relationship manager and joins the organization after years as a consultant in the healthcare industry. Warshavsky will showcase CBIA's work across all messaging platforms and host the popular BizCast podcast. Dias has been with CBIA as director of membership for the past 15 years, servicing, supporting and retaining member companies. Mohegan Sun recently hired Stephanie Zapata as director of business development within its meetings and conventions sales team. Zapata will be based in and dedicated to the Northeast market. She was recently the national sales manager for new business development for Tarrytown House Estate in New York. Zapata will lead the outbound sales effort through a combination of digital, phone and face-to-face engagement. The Tunxis Community College Foundation and Advisory Board Inc. recently announced the election of new board members Louis Auletta Jr. and Emma Romell. Auletta is president and CEO of Bauer Inc. in Bristol, a designer and manufacturer of aircraft component test equipment. Romell is the director of commercial finance at Stanley Access Technologies in Farmington. Glastonbury digital payments provider Payrailz has hired Shawn Hibbs as vice president of bank sales. Hibbs has over 25 years of experience in consultative sales, with 15 of those years focused in the financial services industry. He was responsible for new sales initiatives at FIS, Fiserv, First Data (now part of Fiserv), Paycommerce Inc. and Intelispend Prepaid Solutions. Art French, founder of Windsor- based New England Metal Finishing Inc. (NEMFI), has retired after a 33-year career building and leading the company. He founded NEMFI along with Precision Finishing in 1988 to serve manufacturers in the automotive, defense, medical, aerospace and firearms industries. Email your Movers & Shakers nnouncements togbordonaro@hart- fordbusiness.com