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18 Hartford Business Journal • February 9, 2015 www.HartfordBusiness.com Movers & shakers Beth Andresen Patricia Cyphers Christine M. Miller Mitzy Rowe Andrea Donovan Napp John P. Casey Bill Carew DBA names senior VP Digital Benefit Advisor's Hartford office has promoted Bill Carew to senior vice president of growth strategy. Carew will continue to lead DBA's Hartford office in addition to his new role spearheading the national employee benefit firms' sales growth efforts. Prior to joining DBA in 2013, Carew was president and CEO of Ovation Benefits, an independent ben- efits firm headquartered in Farmington. Vernon accounting firm has new partner Vernon accounting firm Pue, Chick, Leibowitz & Blezard LLC has named Lisa M. Wills a partner. Wills' expertise is in auditing services for edu- cational institutions, governmental entities and not- for-profit organizations and employee benefit plans. Wills is a member of the Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants and the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants. Robinson+Cole elects new partners, counsel Robinson+Cole announced the election of three new partners and the promotion of eight associates to counsel including six in Connecticut. The new partners are John P. Casey (New London), Amanda S. Eckhoff, and Andrea Donovan Napp (Hartford). The new lawyers are Megan E. Baroni (Stamford), Steven J. Boyajian, Brian M. Flaherty, Michael W. Kaufman (Stamford), Robert G. Rahilly (Stamford), Rickie M. Sonpal, George W. Watson III, and Brian J. Wheelin (Stamford). Bristol Housing Authority promotes CEO The Bristol Housing Authority has promoted Mitzy Rowe to chief executive officer. Rowe, who was promoted to CEO in July, began her career with the Bristol Housing Authority in 2000 as a tenant relations officer and was promoted sev- eral times before becoming CEO. Most recently, Rowe served as executive director of the housing authority. Connecticut Children's Medical Center adds two Hartford's Connecticut Children's Medical Cen- ter has added two new physicians to its divisions of nephrology and pain and palliative medicine. Dr. Samriti Dogra has joined the Division of Ne- phrology. Dogra completed her pediatric residency and a fellowship in pediatric nephrology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine – Children's Hospital at Montefiore in New York. Dr. Kalyani Raghavan has joined the Division of Pain & Palliative Medicine. Raghavan completed a pediatric residency and served as medical director of sedation service for the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medi- cine at the Children's Hospital of Michigan in Detroit. Numotions names new COO Rocky Hill mobility services company Numotions has hired Warren (Bud) DeGraff as its chief operat- ing officer. DeGraff joins Numotion after an 18-year career at Stamford-based General Electric (GE), where he held executive leadership roles including most re- cently as general manager of diagnostics and clini- cal services (GE Healthcare). Trinity College names new chief of staff Jason Rojas, director of community relations at Hartford's Trinity College since 2007, has as- sumed the additional role of chief of staff to Joanne Berger-Sweeney, Trinity's president. Rojas will continue to oversee community rela- tions activities for the college in addition to provid- ing managerial support to Berger-Sweeney. West Hartford residential community adds two The Mercy Community, a continuing care retire- ment community in West Hartford, has hired Beth Andresen as director of hospitality/admissions and Patricia Cyphers as the director of The Frances Warde Towers Apartments at St. Mary Home, part of The Mercy Community. Andresen previously served as director of admis- sions at Riverside Health Care in East Hartford and Manchester Manor in Manchester. Prior to her appointment at The Mercy Com- munity, Cyphers served as resident service coor- dinator at the Elderly Housing Development and Operations Corporation in Bristol and director of residential services for Curtis Home's Residential Care Home in Meriden. Cronin adds three to Glastonbury office Advertising agency Cronin and Company has hired three new employees. Sonny Gamboa, Janet Malloy and Kristen Ganci have joined the agency's Glastonbury office. Gamboa joined the agency's creative team as a senior interactive designer. Malloy of West Hartford joined the agency's ac- count service team as a senior account supervisor. Ganci joined the agency's creative team as a ju- nior interactive art director. Reid and Riege names new stockholder Harford law firm Reid and Riege P.C. has named Christine M. Miller a stockholder of the firm. Miller is a member of the firm's business law practice area where she provides general counsel and transactional representation with a focus on mergers, acquisitions and sales of businesses. Miller is a member of the board of directors of the Children's Law Center of Connecticut and the chair of its governance committee. Announcing Cranmore, FitzGerald & Meaney was established in 1986 in Hartford, Connecticut and provides legal advice and representation to individuals, corporations, and other entities, including banks and private and public institutions. The firm's primary practice areas consist of Corporate, Regulatory and Financial Institutions, Real Estate and Business, and Litigation. cfmlawfirm.com | 860.522.9100 | Hartford, CT Cranmore, FitzGerald & Meaney is pleased to announce that Jennifer DiBella has become a Partner of the firm. Ms. DiBella's practice focuses on financial institutions and banking and securities laws, regulatory matters, and corporate governance. Ms. DiBella represents financial institutions and companies of various sizes with respect to corporate and regulatory matters including merger and acquisition transactions, reorganizations, conversions, and stock offerings. In addition, Ms. DiBella advises companies and executives with respect to executive compensation and employment matters. Ms. DiBella also serves on the boards and committees of numerous non-profit, charitable and professional organizations such as Bushnell Park Foundation, of which she is President, the Greater Hartford Arts Council, TheaterWorks, The Bushnell, the Connecticut Science Center, the Hospital for Special Care Foundation, the Hartford Public Library, the Saint Francis Hospital Foundation and the Hartford County Bar Foundation. cranmore, Fitzgerald & Meaney J u n e 4 t h h a r t f o r d Interested in speaking at the 2015 Ct Business expo? 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