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26 HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM | APRIL 29, 2024 Ping Hsieh, former senior vice president, general counsel and secretary at Hubbell Inc., has been added to the board of trustees of Vital Strategies, a global public health organization. At Hubbell, Hsieh was respon- sible for the company's legal, governance, compliance, internal audit and environmental, health and safety functions. Before joining Hubbell, Hsieh had a 16-year tenure at United Tech- nologies Corp, now RTX Corp. Hsieh is currently an adjunct professor at the University of Connecticut School of Law. Columbia Manu- facturing Inc., a Columbia-based supplier of preci- sion metal compo- nents for domestic and international turbine engines, has hired Amy Osorio as its new human resources manager. Osorio will work closely with Columbia's leader- ship team to manage all aspects of HR matters at the 100-employee company. Previously, Osorio was the HR manager for Coburn Technolo- gies Inc. in South Windsor. New Haven-based BioCT, Connecti- cut's life sciences trade association, announced it has added Mike Stow to its board of directors. Stow is vice president of global marketing for Robotic Surgical Technologies in the surgical busi- ness of healthcare technology company Medtronic. At Medtronic, Stow leads a global team responsible for marketing the company's soft-tissue, robotic-as- sisted surgery system, which has strong R&D roots in Connecticut and is in clinical use at hospitals across five continents. Walden Environ- mental Engineering has announced that David Garner has joined the firm as the director in its envi- ronment, health and safety (EHS) group. Garner is based in the Greater Hartford area with the rest of Walden's EHS group. He will take on the task of expanding the engineering services offered to EHS clients and broadening the services offered to engineering clients. John T. Szalan II has joined law firm Neubert, Pepe, & Monteith P.C. as an associate. He is based in the firm's New Haven office and is a member of the commercial litigation and creditor rights groups. Szalan's experience includes representation of financial institutions, creditors and institutional real estate clients on settlement negotiations, title issues and real estate transactions. Weiss, Hale & Zahansky Strategic Wealth Advisors (WHZ) announced the promotions of Jillian Smick to senior asso- ciate, client experience and relationships; and Brandon Koehler to senior associate, client relationships. Smick joined WHZ in August 2021, after working in the hospi- tality industry at luxury resorts focused on enhancing the guest experience. Koehler joined WHZ in June 2022, after previously working in operations and customer service roles at UConn Athletics and the town of Mansfield. Movers & Shakers Home Sales Here's a list of recently sold luxury homes in Connecticut. Sale price Address Town Full/half baths Beds Square footage Days on market $2,010,000 50 Cromwell Pl. Old Saybrook 3 2 2,433 15 $1,750,000 859 Beaumont Hwy. Lebanon 6 4 3,400 763 $1,700,000 397 White Deer Rock Rd. Middlebury 3 3 3,363 193 $1,525,000 1 Whitecap Rd. East Lyme 2 3 2,052 51 $1,500,000 368 Northington Dr. Avon 5 5 4,478 546 $1,310,000 539 Taugwonk Rd. Stonington 5 4 4,858 113 $1,250,000 198 Woodland St. Glastonbury 6 5 6,504 78 $1,155,000 53 Liberty St. Madison 3 3 1,552 109 $1,060,000 117 Summit Crest Dr. Glastonbury 6 4 5,540 83 $981,000 28 Claybar Dr. West Hartford 4 5 4,249 28 $975,000 29 Dales Dr. Woodbridge 5 4 5,180 70 $950,000 353 Lake Rd. Andover 4 4 4,366 60 $950,000 12 Brook Ln. Guilford 3 4 3,460 4 $930,000 429 Mirey Dam Rd. Middlebury 4 4 5,312 72 $925,000 821 Millbrook Rd. Middletown 3 4 4,152 43 $910,000 4 Willow Brook Farm Rd. Old Saybrook 4 4 4,132 26 $880,000 365 Dublin Rd. Southbury 3 4 3,742 58 $875,000 6 Arbor Xing. East Lyme 3 4 2,623 88 $870,000 168 River Rd. Essex 3 4 2,088 341 $865,000 32 Harbor View Ter. Stonington 2 2 1,259 106 Credit: Data provided by Evan L. Berman of William Raveis Broder Team. Contact him at evan@brodergroup.com. Law firm Day Pitney announced that two of its partners in Connecticut have recently been elected to leader- ship positions within the firm. Elizabeth "Beth" Alquist, a Hartford-based partner in the firm's intellectual property and technology litigation practice, has been elected to serve on the executive committee. She steps into the role after serving as chair of the firm's litigation depart- ment for the last two years. She joins existing committee members including Managing Partner Gregory A. Hayes and Michael P. Byrne. In addition, Darren M. Wallace, a partner in the firm's Stamford office, has been named vice chair of the private client department. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford has added three new members to its board of trustees: Tanya Bovee, Gina Luari and Zach Hoffman. Bovee is a principal in the Hartford office of law firm Jackson Lewis P.C. Luari is the founder and CEO of The Statement Group, the restaurant group behind The Place 2 Be and RAW*. Hoffman is the sales director for the Hoffman Auto Group. Meantime, after 32 years as a trustee, Connecticut Superior Court Judge Greg Davis will become a Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford Life Trustee. Amy Osorio Mike Stow David Garner Jillian Smick Brandon Koehler John T. Szalan