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2024 HEALTH CARE HEROES
2024
HARTFORD BUSINESS JOURNAL
HEALTH CARE
HEROES
AWARDS
H
artford Business Journal held its annual
Health Care Heroes event on Nov. 7 at
Farmington Gardens in Farmington.
The event recognized more than 20 honorees,
including physicians, nurses, hospital execu-
tives and mental healthcare providers.
The presenting sponsors were Anthem Blue
Cross Blue Shield and Hartford HealthCare.
The major sponsor was Trinity Health Of New
England. The supporting sponsors were Inter-
Community Health and UHY.
Photos were taken by Brian Ambrose Photography.
Joel Vengco, chief information and digital officer of
Hartford HealthCare, an event presenting sponsor.
Lou Gianquinto, president of Anthem Blue Cross and
Blue Shield, a presenting sponsor, welcomes honorees
and guests to the event.
St. Francis Hospital President Valerie Powell-Stafford
stands with honoree Taylor Fusco-Ruiz.
Tyler Booth, executive vice president
and chief operating officer of event
sponsor InterCommunity HealthCare,
poses with honoree Aneta Godlewski.
HBJ's Health Care Heroes event filled up Farmington Gardens.
Health Care Heroes honorees stand for a group photo.
Guests enjoy networking before the start of the program.
Wheatley Wentzell, senior vice
president of operations at Hartford
Health Care's Heart & Vascular Institute,
poses with honoree Noreen Gorero.
