Hartford Business Journal

26 Hartford Business Journal • March 30, 2015 www.HartfordBusiness.com AccolAdes & More ▶ ▶ Hundreds of UConn students gathered and spent 18-hours on their feet dancing to raise money for Connecticut Children's Medical Center as a part of the annual HuskyTHON. The program raised a record- breaking $560,104.55 over the course of the fundraising year. All the funds raised through HuskyTHON help support life- saving programs at Connecticut Children's through Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. UCONN HUSKYTHON RAISES RECORD BREAKING FUNDS FOR CT CHILDREN'S ▶ ▶ MidState Medical Center held its first-ever Music from the Heart event at Four Points by Sheraton in Meriden. More than 70 guests attended the event with live music offered by seven musicians from MidState's music program. Since 2006, nearly 20 local musicians have provided music in various locations throughout the hospital, as well as for a variety of hospital events. The event raised $3,500 and the proceeds will allow MidState to continue to provide the healing power of music to patients, families and staff. In the photo, "East Chicago Joe" Cadena, former patient and one of the music program's longest-standing musicians, embraces nurse Mary Smullen, clinical coordinator of MidState's medical oncology and hematology department. MIDSTATE MEDICAL CENTER HOLDS FIRST EVER MUSIC FROM THE HEART EVENT ▶ ▶ Windsor financial services provider Voya Financial is supporting children's education efforts with a $9,109 donation to Junior Achievement of Southwest New England. Employees at Voya's Windsor location raised $9,109 during its Blue Jeans fundraiser, which gave employees the opportunity to wear jeans to work during the month of February for a donation to their local Junior Achievement chapter. The funds will support educational programming for students in central Connecticut. VOYA FINANCIAL HOLDS FUNDRAISER TO BENEFIT JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT oF NoTe MDC RECOGNIzED BY NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION Thea Montanez, chair of the Metropolitan District Commission's community affairs and diversity committee, recently accepted a Leadership Award on behalf of the MDC's Supplier Diversity Program. The award was handed out during the 2015 Women in Construction Week, which was recently celebrated in Hartford by MDC and the National Association of Women In Construction (NAWIC). Mike Jefferson, MDC manager of diversity, received a Certificate of Appreciation from NAWIC for his efforts on behalf of women-owned businesses within MDC's Supplier Diversity programs. • • • BLUMSHAPIRO'S JOHNSON NAMED CHAIR OF NATL BIz ADVISORY GROUP BlumShapiro's Managing Partner Carl Johnson has been appointed chairman of the North American Regional Advisory Council of Baker Tilly International, one of the world's leading networks of independently owned and managed accountancy and business advisory firms. Johnson will lead the coordination and development of business between BTI members, the recruitment of new firms to the region and the implementation of the network's regional strategy. • • • QUINNIPIAC PROFESSOR EARNS FULBRIGHT AWARD The William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board has selected Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox, assistant pro- fessor of legal studies at Quinnipiac University, to receive a Fulbright Award to travel to India during the 2015-2016 academic year to continue her research on the framework of the Indian Constitution. The 12-member J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board was established by Congress to supervise the global Fulbright Program as authorized by the Fulbright-Hays Act of 1961. • • • TWO WEBSTER BANK SVPS RECOGNIzED AS TOP 25 BANK ADVISORS Cynthia Giovacchino and Raymond Beloin, both senior vice presidents and senior financial consultants for Webster Investment Services, have been named as the nation's Top 25 Bank Advisors by profitability for 2014 by Bank Investment Consultant. The annual Top 25 Bank Advisors list recognizes a distinguished group of bank and credit union advisors from throughout the country who have excelled in a number of key areas, including 2014 assets under manage- ment (AUM); percentage change in AUM from the prior year; trailing 12-month production; percentage growth in production; amount of fee- based business; and the ratio of pro- duction to AUM. Please Note: All electronic submissions for Accolades should be sent to accolades@HartfordBusiness.com. For more information about the Hartford Business Journal's Accolades Page, please visit www.HartfordBusiness.com. Carl Johnson Raymond Beloin Cynthia Giovacchino Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox

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