Hartford Business Journal

30 HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM | OCTOBER 19, 2026 Build Your Business with Ion Bank 61% Savings on fees and improved yield of $276,800 annually Board of Education New Haven County $6,500,000 Revolving Credit, Mortgage, & Equipment Financing Corporate Property Management New Haven County $4,400,000 Revolving Credit & Equipment Financing Aerospace Manufacturer Hartford County $16,400,000 Commercial Mortgage Injection Molding Manufacturer Litchfield County I cannot recommend the entire Ion Bank team enough. They truly know what banking should be. " Bill Hekeler, President Magnakleen Services, LLC When it comes to the financial resources you need to build your business, we offer a full range of lending and cash management solutions to help take your business to the next level of success. Call us today at 203.729.4442. Member FDIC Equal Housing Lender Let's Talk about a Partnership! Movers & Shakers Thomas Buckingham has been named president of insurance at Nassau Financial Group, a Hartford-based insurer and asset manager. Buckingham, chief growth officer since 2021, will oversee product development, sales, customer service, actuarial operations, risk and related legal and technology functions. He began his career as an actu- arial assistant in 1999 and previ- ously served as Nassau's chief operating officer. Gregg Lionetti has been named a partner at HarperWhitfield P.C., a Farmington accounting and advisory firm. Lionetti returned to the firm as senior manager in 2024 after working at a regional accounting firm. He provides tax, accounting, valuation and advisory services. A certified public accountant and certified valuation analyst, he holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from Central Connecticut State University and a master's degree in accounting from Western New England University. Jeffery Warminsky has joined Danbury-based Union Savings Bank as vice president, senior commercial loan officer II. He will develop customer relationships and assist businesses and nonprofits with lending, cash management and other commercial banking services. Warminsky has 19 years of commercial banking experience and most recently was a vice pres- ident at New York-based Tompkins Community Bank. Pete Myers has joined Roy & Leroy Government Relations, a Hartford lobbying firm, as a lobbyist. Myers previously was senior policy director at the Connecticut Business & Industry Association, representing employers on business law, banking, energy, environmental and workers' compensation issues. Before CBIA, Myers was a senior campaign aide to a Connecticut gubernatorial candidate. He holds a bachelor's degree and an MBA from the University of Hartford. Connecticut Treasurer Erick Russell has been elected senior vice president of the National Association of State Treasurers, which represents state treasurers and other state financial officers. Russell, currently the associa- tion's secretary-treasurer, begins his one-year term Jan. 1. He will help set priorities, oversee confer- ence planning and serve as liaison to its Corporate Affiliate Board. Russell became Connecticut treasurer in January 2023. He oversees state pension funds and trusts, cash and debt management and unclaimed property. Sarah Bollinger has been named executive director of the Career Center at Trinity College, a liberal arts college in Hartford. She will lead career readi- ness and student success initiatives. Bollinger previously was senior director of the Career Development Center at Fairfield University's Dolan School of Business. She has 15 years of experience in career development and student success. She holds a doctorate in educa- tion from Northeastern University and a bachelor's degree in media communication studies from Ursinus College. Ben Barnes has been named CEO of Charter Oak Communities, Stamford's housing authority. He joined as chief of staff in January and will oversee affordable housing oper- ations, property manage- ment and development. Barnes previously served as Stamford's director of administration and chief financial officer and spent eight years as Connecticut's secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. He succeeds Vin Tufo, who will remain president of Rippowam Corp., the authority's development subsidiary, and executive director of Dovetail, an affiliated social enterprise focused on neighborhood revitalization. John J. Cafasso, a principal at real estate services firm Colliers, has been named president of the Connecticut/ Western Massachusetts chapter of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors. Cafasso, based in Colliers' Hartford and New Haven offices, will serve a two-year term focused on member engagement, professional programs and market information exchanges. He represents property owners, investors and tenants in commercial transactions throughout Connecticut and the Northeast. Ben Barnes Jeffery Warminsky Sarah Bollinger Gregg Lionetti Thomas Buckingham

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