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36 HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM | FEBRUARY 28, 2021 Express Kitchens previously leased space in the building for warehousing. A handful of nonprofits also occupied portions of the building, but it was more than two-thirds empty. Kothari said last year his goal was to stabilize the building and potentially use it as a location to manufacture his own cabinet brand. Duby McDowell Duby McDowell made a name for herself in the Hartford region as a local TV political reporter, but it's during her second act as president of a strategic communications firm that she's had the most impact. The firm she founded 15 years ago, McDowell Communications Group, provides media strategy and has played a role in numerous important business projects in Hartford and legislative issues at the state Capitol (not to mention helping to elect Gov. Ned Lamont). She also established the influential media blog, The Laurel, which is the go-to source for news about Connecticut journalism. McDowell still provides on-air political analysis for her former TV station WFSB. In 2020, Channel 3 asked her to return to host the Sunday interview program "Face the State," but when the state hired her firm to handle communications for the vaccine rollout, she had to step aside from the TV role to avoid conflicts of interest. McDowell has served on numerous nonprofit boards and co-founded the Hartford Region YWCA's "In the Company of Women" luncheon. Twenty-five years later it's one of the area's most successful fundraising events and draws 1,500 attendees. 50 Julio Concepcion Duby McDowell 2022 POWER 50 Listed in Numerical Order Ned & Annie Lamont Matt Ritter & Martin Looney Greater Hartford Congressional Delegation Jeffrey Flaks & Bimal Patel Reginald Eadie & Thomas Burke Radenka Maric Chris DiPentima Luke Bronin Alan Lazowski Michelle Seagull & Andrea Comer David Lehman & Peter Denious Joanne Berger-Sweeney Benjamin Schlossberg Jay Williams Erin Stewart Andy Bessette Jim Loree David Cordani Christopher Swift Eboni Nelson John Ciulla Vincent J. Candelora & Kevin Kelly Michael Freimuth & Suzanne Hopgood Melissa McCaw Randy Salvatore Rhona Free Kevin Dillon Manisha Juthani David Glidden Mark Scheinberg The Winstanleys James Pitaro Michael & Shari Cantor Leander Dolphin Rhonda Tobin Moy Ogilvie Lou Gianquinto Jason Jakubowski Martin Kenny & Carlos Mouta David Griggs Gina Luari Rohan Freeman David Fay Nicole Wagner Rina Patel Andrew Lattimer Drew Andrews Paul Lavoie Max Kothari & Julio Concepcion Duby McDowell 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 23 24 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 25 26 27 28 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 29 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50