Hartford Business Journal

18 Hartford Business Journal • January 5, 2015 www.HartfordBusiness.com Movers & shakers NoNprofit Notebook Cronin hires two for Glastonbury office Advertising agency Cronin and Company LLC has hired two new employees. Micah Murray and Zach Doyle have joined the agency's Glastonbury office. Murray joins the agency's interactive team as a senior interactive project manager. He previously worked for The Pita Group in Rocky Hill. Doyle joins the agency's media and analytics team as a digital media assistant. He previously worked for Woodland Powers Products in West Haven. Hartford investment company brings on new expert Hartford investment firm Virtus Investment Partners is expanding its investment education for advisors and clients by bringing on Brian Portnoy as its new vice president and director of investment education. Portnoy is an expert on behavioral finance and al- ternative investments and the author of the recent- ly-published "The Investor's Paradox: The Power of Simplicity in a World of Overwhelming Choice." Portnoy joins Virtus from Chicago Equity Partners, where he was managing director and head of strate- gic initiatives and alternative investments since 2012. He is also a regular contributor to Forbes.com and Yahoo! Brady named real estate lending VP at American Eagle FCU Howard Brady has been named vice president of real estate lending at East Hartford's American Eagle Federal Credit Union. Prior to joining AEFCU, Howard was a senior vice president at Middletown's Seasons Federal Credit Union. Howard is a member of the Credit Union League of Connecticut grassroots committee and the Old Saybrook Chamber of Commerce. Trinity College has new director of alumni relations Stephen J. Donovan has been named the new di- rector of alumni relations at Trinity College in Hartford. Donovan most recently served as associate vice president for advancement and executive director of the University of New Hampshire Alumni Association at the University of New Hampshire. Donovan also spent more than 12 years at Dart- mouth College, where he worked in various roles in the college's alumni relations office. West Hartford senior community has new head chef West Hartford's Hoffman SummerWood Commu- nity has named Steve Shuman as its new executive chef and director of culinary services. Shuman is the owner of Catering by Shuman and also supplies kosher take-out selections for Bishops Corner Big Y. Two agents added to Calgani's Hamden office Calcagni Real Estate has added Marcia Ricchiuto and Kris Hyun to the company's Hamden office. Ricchiuto, a native of Brazil, taught English as a second language for four years and was a real estate agent in Indiana before moving to Hamden. Kris Hyun, a native of Seoul, Korea, previously man- aged a dental lab and is a Taekwondo instructor. American School for the Deaf elects new board president, board members Harold A. Smullen Jr. has been elected presi- dent of the board of directors at the American School for the Deaf in West Hartford. Smullen is the president of independent insur- ance agency Smullen & Associates, and has been involved with ASD since 2004. ASD also announced other appointments to its corporation and board of directors. New directors in- clude: Barbara Cassin, state rehabilitation counselor for the deaf; Hannah M. Dostal, assistant professor of literacy education in the Neag School of Education and research scientist for the Collaborative on Strategic Education Reform at UConn; Dennis R. Ferguson, at- torney at Ferguson Law Offices LLC; and Christopher G. Gent, president of the Gent Financial Group, LLC. New to the corporation are: Kathy M. Darby, ASD alumna; Elena Koulidobrova, assistant professor in the department of English at Central Connecticut State University; Laura K. Mauldin, assistant professor in the Human Development & Family Studies/Women's Gen- der & Sexuality Studies at the University of Connecti- cut; Tracy C. Smith, teacher at Grace Academy; Janet Stuck, education consultant, special populations in the academic office of the Department of Education; and Arthur B. Sullivan, founding partner of Constitution Advisory Group, Lincoln Financial Securities. Hartford Boys & Girls Clubs appoints new chairman Charles Frazier, president of Radiance Innova- tive Services, was installed as chairman of Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford board of trustees. Frazier joined the Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford board in 2009 and served as vice chairman since 2012. Pearce Real Estate hires one Pearce Real Estate in New Haven announced that it has hired Anthony Colavolpe to its commercial team. Colavolpe previously held real estate positions at Stop & Shop and performed appraisals and advisory services for Connecticut municipalities and state and federal agencies early in his career. Colavolpe was also the vice chairman and director for Connecticut Hospice for seven years and was the director of the Connecticut Association of Realtors for two years. MCC announces four new staff appointments Manchester Community College has named Gail Arroyo assistant registrar. She will lead the detailed recording, maintenance and report preparation of student records at MCC. Arroyo has served in the position on an interim basis since earlier this year. Benjamin Breault, Lattoya Hales and Samantha Plourd have been appointed enrollment services co- ordinators. They will be responsible for financial aid advising and processing, admissions advising, out- reach and student recruitment, program operation, and recording keeping and reporting. Zach Doyle Micah Murray Marcia Ricchiuto Kris Hyun Stephen J. Donovan Steve Shuman NoNprofit profile CT Association of Nonprofits Inc. 75 Charter Oak Ave., Hartford | CTnonprofits.org Mission To support and strengthen nonprofit organizations in building and sustaining healthy communities in Connecticut. Top ExEcuTivE sErvicEs ronald cretaro, Executive Director Connecting organizations with information, education, advocacy and collaboration. FY 2013 suMMarY 2013 2012 Total Employees 12 12 Total assets $306,909 $372,960 Total Liabilities $81,812 $149,394 rEvEnuEs contributions & Grants $671,466 $665,235 program service revenue $372,792 $375,176 investment income $704 $1,340 other $0 $0 ToTaL $1,044,962 $1,041,751 ExpEnsEs Grants $0 $0 Member Benefits $0 $0 salaries/Employee Benefits $657,199 $642,330 Fundraising Fees $0 $0 other $386,232 $422,110 ToTaL $1,043,431 $1,064,440 MarGin $1,531 $(22,689) Top paid ExEcuTivEs (FY 2013) Base salary Total compensation & Benefits ronald cretaro, Executive Director $89,041 $101,547 Karen Maciorowski, COO $83,233 $94,135 S o u r c e : G u i d e S t a r i r S 9 9 0 t a x F o r m Bloomfield's Tumble Brook Country Club held their annual Play for a Cure fun- draiser in support of the Connecticut Affili- ate of Susan G. Komen, recently presenting a check for $85,000 to Komen Connecticut CEO Anne Morris. Now in its 17th year, Play for a Cure has raised more than $1.5 million to ben- efit Komen Connecticut and the local fight against breast cancer. • • • The Cigna Foundation will provide a $196,000 World of Difference grant to the Alzheimer's Association to help those living with Alzheimer's and other dementia diseases. The grant will be used to create the LiveWell interactive E-Learning Program, a new web-based education program to help Alzheimer's patients fight social isola- tion, understand the importance of a social support network, and live life to the fullest. • • • AARP Connecticut is providing finan- cial support to help qualified individuals over age 50 participate in Encore! Hartford, an intensive four-month workforce development program that assists unemployed, underem- ployed or dislocated seasoned Connecticut corporate professionals to transition their skills and experience into managerial and professional jobs in the nonprofit sector. The program runs from March 3, 2015 — June 19, 2015. • • • Colchester arts and crafts supplier S&S Worldwide contributed more than $83,000 to various charities in the 2014 fiscal year. Funding recipients include the Wadsworth Atheneum, St. Jude Children's Hospital, Middlesex Hospital Hospice, Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford, Camp Better Days, National MS Society, Wounded War- rior Project, Children of Fallen Patriots, Plan USA and Nothing But Nets. • • • The YMCA of Greater Hartford's Power Scholars Academy has received a $10,000 grant from Wells Fargo given in support of the Y-BELL Power School Acad- emy, a program designed to help increase academic achievement in students in grades K-8. The program serves nearly 300 students in Hartford and East Hartford. • • • The Community Foundation of Greater New Britain and Southington Education Foundation have partnered to provide $24,875 in grants to Southington Public Schools to fund an arts initiative for nearly 500 third graders in each of the town's eight elementary schools. The funding will provide for a New Britain Museum of American Art artist-in- residence, student travel, workshops and an end-of-year art show at each school. Pictured, from left, are: Martha Kalen; Diane Greenfield; Anne Morris; and Denise Delaney. P H o t o | c o n t r i b u t e d

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