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31 HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM | NOVEMBER 15, 2021 Movers & Shakers Kelly Smith Papa, who has served as interim chief executive officer of Bloomfield nonprofit Duncaster Retirement Community since July, has assumed the titles of CEO and president permanently. Papa took over leadership of the organization on an interim basis following the retirement of longtime president Michael O'Brien. She had previously served as Duncaster's vice president of strategy. Before joining Duncaster in 2019, Papa was the corporate director of learning at Masonicare. Kelly Smith Papa Christopher J. Picard William C. Sherman Connecticut Wealth Management LLC (CTWM) has named Deborah Hopper as its human resources and talent development leader. In the new role, she will help attract and retain talent while guiding the firm through its growth. Before joining CTWM, Hopper owned an HR consulting firm and Deborah Hopper was the HR director at Hartford Golf Club. She also held senior- level HR positions in several large organizations such as Prudential Financial, Cigna, The Hartford and Allstate Insurance Co. Real Art Ways has named Paul Mounds as its newest board member. Mounds is an associate director at Manchester Community College with over 30 years in civil service for the state of Connecticut. He serves on the town of East Hartford Youth Advisory Board, is a member of Kiwanis of Glastonbury and a former board member of the Manchester Community College Foundation. West Hartford's Environmental Systems Corp. (ESC) has hired Ray D'Amato as business development representative for the company's mechanical services group. He brings over 20 years of experience in HVAC and project management to the company. Prior to joining ESC, which helps property owners implement automated building controls for HVAC and other needs, D'Amato spent time working in various areas of the field and in various positions ranging from apprentice to service technician to HVAC supervisor. Ray D'Amato Thomaston Savings Bank recently announced several employee promotions and new roles within the company. Altrin Elmazi was promoted to vice president, information security officer. Whitney Cadett was promoted to vice president, marketing officer. Marilyn Perzan was promoted to assistant vice president, branch manager. Antonella Calabrese was promoted to assistant vice president, branch manager. Cheryl Lindstrom was promoted to assistant vice president, community outreach officer. Marci Neri was promoted to assistant vice president, human resource officer. Renee Russell was promoted to assistant vice president, BSA officer. Chad Belanger was promoted to assistant vice president, treasury analyst. Antonio Ponte was promoted to assistant vice president, small business lender. Michael Dayton was promoted to assistant vice president, small business lender. Law firm Neubert, Pepe & Monteith P.C., which has offices in New Haven and Hartford, has hired attorneys Christopher J. Picard (as principal) and William C. Sherman (as counsel). Picard's practice centers on handling creditor's rights issues and real estate litigation in state, federal and bankruptcy courts. He is expanding his practice to include commercial litigation. His clients have included national banks and servicers along with local lenders. Sherman practices in the areas of estate planning, trust and estate administration, commercial finance and real estate law. Telecommunications providers in Connecticut (Ranked by number of Connecticut employees as of October 2021) Rank Provider CT employees Products and services Top executive(s)/ Year founded 1 Frontier Communications 401 Merritt 7 Norwalk, CT 06851 800-921-8101; www.frontier.com 1,995 Fiber-optic internet, broadband, voice, video, wireless internet data access, and digital protection, solutions. Serving consumer, and small, medium and enterprise businesses Nick Jeffery President & CEO 1935 2 Charter Communications Inc. 400 Atlantic St. Stamford, CT 06901 203-905-7800; www.spectrum.com 1,665 Spectrum Internet, TV, Mobile and Voice; Spectrum Business and Spectrum Enterprise solutions; Spectrum Reach advertising and production solutions; Spectrum Networks and Spectrum Originals delivering news, sports and original programming Thomas M. Rutledge Chairman & CEO 1993 3 Comcast Western New England Region 222 New Park Drive Berlin, CT 06037 860-505-3399; corporate.comcast.com 1,300 Entertainment and communications experience to residents and businesses including the Xfinity brand Carolyne Hannon Regional SVP 1963 4 AT&T Inc. (1) 555 Long Wharf Drive New Haven, CT 06511 203-974-6495; www.att.com 930 Wireless communications, phone, broadband, internet, television and directory publishing John Emra President, New England 1878 5 Cox Communications 170 Utopia Road Manchester, CT 06042 860-468-5106; www.cox.com 185 Nationwide network, broadband communications and entertainment, digital video, internet, telephone and home security and automation services Ross Nelson SVP & region manager 1962 Source: Each provider via survey. Notes: Wallingford's Verizon Wireless no longer releases employee counts by state. DND = Did not disclose. (1) Did not respond to 2021 survey. 2020 data. —Compiled by Timothy Doyle. Telecommunications providers in Connecticut (Ranked by number of Connecticut employees as of October 2021) Email your Movers & Shakers announcements to gbordonaro@hartfordbusiness.com. The Lists