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C-SUITE & LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
2025
HARTFORD BUSINESS JOURNAL
C-SUITE
&
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
AWARDS
H
artford Business Journal held
its 2025 C-Suite and Lifetime
Achievement Awards event Oct. 9, at
Farmington Gardens in Farmington.
The event honored 13 senior executives
from throughout Connecticut.
CLA and JPMorgan Chase were the
event's major sponsors.
Photos were taken by Brian Ambrose
Photography.
Attendees enjoy a networking happy hour.
JPMorgan Private Bank's Ryan
McGrath presents an award to Jennifer
L. Farley, chief quality officer and vice
president of organizational excellence
at the Hospital for Special Care.
Tim Warren, managing principal of office for major
sponsor CLA (West Hartford), gives welcoming remarks.
C-Suite honoree Mary-Jane Foster, president and CEO of Interval
House (sitting center), with her friends and colleagues.
Lifetime Achievement Awards honorees Timothy P. Geelan,
Heather M. Gates and James E. Shmerling participated in a
fireside chat with HBJ Editor Greg Bordonaro.
The 2025 C-Suite and Lifetime Achievement Awards winners and sponsors pose for a photo.
Ryan McGrath, Connecticut & Westchester market
manager for major sponsor JPMorgan Private Bank,
welcomes attendees.
CLA's Tim Warren poses with Edward Danek Jr.,
president and CEO of Hartford Federal Credit
Union, who won a CEO of the Year award.
