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12 Hartford Business Journal • October 6, 2014 www.HartfordBusiness.com L i f e t i m e A c h i e v e m e n t A w A r d s 2 0 1 4 Eugene a. Sheehan iii: executive profile questionnaire The Basics name of organization: Sullivan & LeShane public relations Title: Managing partner Size of organization: Seven employees Education: Bachelor's degree in english from providence college Previous job(s): president & creative director, Maher Greenwich and Maher Hartford (advertising); Marketing director, Fred Locke Stereo; program director, wHcn-FM (radio); creative director, BodnarFoxGorton (advertising) On The jOB Guiding business principles: tell the truth, strive for excellence, exceed expectations, treat everyone with kindness and respect, and laugh whenever possible. Best way to keep your competitive edge: Question everything Proudest accomplishment: when- ever someone tells me that Sullivan & LeShane public relations has an excellent reputation. Goal yet to be achieved: celebrate 50 years as a professional communicator in 2020. Favorite part of the job: coming up with compelling and memorable ways to tell a client's story. least favorite part of the job: the rFp process (which is why nearly all of our clients are via referral). Most influential business book: the Ap Style book Personal touch in your office: Stones i collect beachcombing in provincetown. judgmenT calls Best business decision: Founding Sullivan & LeShane public relations in 1988 with my two partners, paddi LeShane and patrick Sullivan. Worst business decision: probably starting an advertising agency branch office in Greenwich from scratch with no capital. But we paid all our bills while fulfilling a two-year lease and it was the equivalent of earning a master's degree — so it might have led to my best business decision. Biggest missed opportunity: i've been incredibly fortunate, but i still regret not accept- ing an invitation to a party on cape cod in 1969. the invitation was from a friend of a friend who was living with his uncle — a writer i had never heard of named Kurt Vonnegut. Best way to spot trends: read everything. next big move: i'll know it when i see it. Your pet peeve: Mendacity. Like my father and brothers, i avoid "pho- nies" at all cost. PersOnal side City of residence: Glastonbury Favorite way to relax: read the new Yorker hobbies: walks with my wife, spend time with my new grandson, travel, cooking healthy. last vacation: two weeks in provincetown Favorite movie: MASH The car you drive: Mercedes Benz S550 Currently reading: "wheat Belly" by dr. william davis Favorite cause: Hartford's camp courant Second choice career: writer Gene Sheehan became a grandfather for the first time this year when Colin Patrick Downes was born on June 9. P H O T O | c O n T r i b u T e d Thursday, October 23, 2014 at the Connecticut Convention Center 5:30 p.m. VIP and General Receptions with Silent Auction 7:00 p.m. Dinner, Program and Live Auction ABOUT THE EVENT: YMCA Celebrates Champions is the signature fund-raising event for the YMCA of Greater Hartford that supports: the Annual Campaign; Read to Succeed, an adult literacy program; and other innovative life-changing programs and services that are accessible to youth, families and adults regardless of their ability to pay. Honored Guest JOHNNY DAMON Two-Time World Series Champion JOIN US! YMCA of Greater Hartford's Annual Celebrates Champions Event presented by Cigna Presenting Sponsor MediaSponsor Lead Sponsor Star Sponsors Connecticut Business Systems Prudential YGH 14-20504 For more information or to purchase tickets call 860-522-9622 ext 2320 or go to www.ghYMCA.org. YGH_14-20504_AD_4.875x6.875_HBJ.indd 1 10/1/14 2:41 PM E N T E R P R I S E E N T E R P R I S E SAVE Event Date DATE! THE FOR Oct 28 2014 Purchase your tickets today by visiting www.SocialEnterpriseTrust.org/awards IntroducIng thIs year's "heroes of socIal enterprIse!" OVER $30,000 IN PRIZES!