Hartford Business Journal

APRIL 3, 2023 | HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM | WOMEN IN BUSINESS B 13 Allison Minutillo President & Owner Rebel Interactive Group P resident and Owner Allison Minutillo fully embodies Rebel Interactive Group's core values: positivity, resourcefulness, curiosity, creativity, anticipation, honesty and excellence. Through her leadership, Minutillo motivates and inspires Rebels to define and execute multi-channel marketing strategies with actionable plans intended to simplify even the most complex of business challenges. She has a fearless ability to cut to the chase, ignite peoples' strengths, and draw out their best work. She is also the wife of Chad Minutillo and mom of two sons, Anthony (5) and Vinny (3). What have been your biggest professional accomplishments so far? I led the complete transformation of Rebel Interactive Group's brand, business and operations, tripling revenue and employee count in three years (Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies 2020, 2021, 2022). I've also inspired a culture of 100-plus problem-solving, honest, authentic, resilient, kind Rebels who challenge themselves to be better humans and marketers each day. I'm also creator and host of the Rebel Leadership Podcast. What's the next big goal you want to accomplish professionally? My next big professional goals center around what sparked my passion for the creative industry in the first place: I want to write and illustrate a children's book series, co-authored with my son, Anthony. (We drew every night throughout the pandemic and have been creating fictitious characters and working on writing books). I also want to secure more speaking engagements on a regional and national scale and grow my podcast to influence more leaders around the country with the power of positive leadership. What's one of the biggest professional challenges you've overcome? Challenges include leading a rapidly growing agency while becoming a mom. Recognizing how much I have to be proud of is hard to see when you're in the thick of it. Eboni S. Nelson Dean and Professor of Law University of Connecticut School of Law E boni S. Nelson is the dean of the University of Connecticut School of Law and an expert in equitable educational opportunities for underserved communities. She is the chief academic, budget, administrative, strategy and policy leader for the law school. Committed to public service, Nelson serves on the board of several community organizations. The NAACP has recognized her as one of the 100 Most Influential Blacks in Connecticut, and she is the recipient of the George W. Crawford Black Bar Association Visionary Award. The Hartford Business Journal included her on its 2022 Power 50 list of influential leaders in the Greater Hartford area. What have been your biggest professional accomplishments so far? My biggest accomplishments include being appointed dean of UConn Law School and successfully leading the institution during a global pandemic and fraught time of national social and racial unrest. Another accomplish- ment has been encouraging and mentoring colleagues, particularly women and those underrepresented in the legal academy, to successfully seek and achieve leadership roles in law school administration. What's the next big goal you want to accom- plish professionally? The next big goal I'd like to achieve is to have a meaningful impact on significantly reducing students' debt loads to enable them to pursue their passions and career aspirations without being overburdened by educational debt. What's one of the biggest professional chal- lenges you've overcome? One of the biggest professional challenges I've had to overcome is walking away from an opportunity that I really wanted and accepting the disappointing reality that the position was not for me. The good news is that another opportunity soon presented itself that catapulted me into my current position. What legacy do you want to leave after your career is over? I'd like to leave a legacy of having created institu- tional infrastructures that empower people and communities to dream bigger and achieve more. THE 2023 WOMEN IN BUSINESS HONOREES DARA MACCHI, Senior Vice President, Marketing & Data Analytics americaneagle.org Congratulations, Dara Macchi, for being named a Top Woman in Business by Hartford Business Journal

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