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14 Hartford Business Journal • April 6, 2015 www.HartfordBusiness.com Movers & shakers NoNprofit profile Oak Hill aka The Connecticut Institute for the Blind 120 Holcomb St., Hartford | ciboakhill.org Mission To enhance independence and quality of life for people with disabilities. Top ExEcuTivE sErvicEs Barry simon, President Serves children and adults with intellectual, developmental and physical disabilities. FY 2013 suMMarY 2013 2012 Total Employees 1,264 1,441 Total assets $81,129,927 $78,931,756 Total Liabilities $18,074,296 $18,116,444 rEvEnuEs contributions & Grants $4,193,081 $4,780,811 program service revenue $73,936,995 $73,532,120 investment income $1,566,036 $1,520,806 other ($14,245) ($5,552) ToTaL $79,681,867 $79,828,185 ExpEnsEs Grants $367,481 $292,211 Member Benefits $0 $0 salaries/Employee Benefits $62,646,230 $61,347,126 Fundraising Fees $0 $0 other $16,276,893 $15,400,062 ToTaL $79,290,604 $77,039,399 MarGin $391,263 $2,788,786 Top paid ExEcuTivEs (FY2013) Base salary Total compensation & Benefits patrick Johnson Jr., President $200,250 $225,232 James Jones, Vice President $140,997 $163,046 stanley soby, Vice President $127,902 $132,254 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 NoNprofit Notebook Farmington Bank appoints CRA/ residential loan specialist Farmington Bank has appointed Pamela Hippolyte as assistant vice president, Commu- nity Reinvestment Act/ residential loan specialist. Hippolyte is respon- sible for growing the bank's CRA related residential lending activity in Connecticut and specializes in af- fordable lending, including mortgages for first-time homebuyers. She has more than 25 years of lending experience, most recently at People's United Bank, where she was assistant vice president of residential lending. Pension Consultants Inc. names partner, VP Farmington's Pension Consultants Inc., a third party administrator of retirement plans, has ap- pointed Frank P. Rossi III to partner and vice presi- dent and consulting actuary. Rossi had been an actuarial consultant with the firm and was previously a regional vice president and chief operating officer with a national third party administrator. He specializes in complex defined contribution plan designs, along with providing in-house actuarial services for defined benefit and cash balance plans. Rossi is an enrolled actuary, member of the American Academy of Actuaries, fellow of the Con- ference of Consulting Actuaries, and holds multiple designations with the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries. Carlton Fields Jorden Burt attorneys elected shareholders Carlton Fields Jorden Burt has elected two as- sociates, Jacob R. Hathorn and John C. Pitblado, to new shareholders in its Hartford office. Hathorn is a member of the firm's financial services and insurance litigation, national class actions, national trial and financial services-regulatory practice groups. He's also a member of the firm's insurance in- dustry group. Pitblado is a member of the firm's finan- cial services and insurance litigation, intellectual prop- erty and technology and national class actions practice groups. He's also a member of the firm's insurance industry group. Burns & McDonnell announces leadership promotion Chris Courtright has been promoted to vice president of the Burns & McDonnell New England office in Wallingford. Courtright, manager of the construction, design/ build group, joined Burns & McDonnell in 2005 and has served as project manager and project engineer on some of the firm's largest projects in the Northeast. Burns & McDonnell provides engineering, archi- tecture, construction, environmental and consulting services. BigMouth Inc. announces sales, marketing hires Glastonbury-based BigMouth Inc., which de- signs, manufactures and distributes more than 500 novelty and gag gifts, recently added Jeff Elsner as vice president-international sales and develop- ment, Alton B. Etheridge III as director of sales and Sarah Archambault as director of marketing. Elsner oversees international sales development and helps manage BigMouth's operations. He previously was president of New York City- based national gift manufacturer Jerry Elsner and Co. Etheridge has about 20 years of business develop- ment, sales management and team-building expertise. He previously was director of business develop- ment at First Act Inc./BlueFlame Technologies LLC., a Boston-based musical instrument manufacturer. Archambault has 15 years of experience in mar- keting, licensing and advertising and launches the company's first marketing department. Bakery on Main names VP of sales and business development Paul Connolly has joined Bakery on Main, which makes certified gluten-free products in East Hartford, as vice president of sales and new business develop- ment for national and international markets. Connolly has more than 20 years of experi- ence in sales and business development positions at companies that include Annie's Inc., Cadbury Schweppes PLC, The Clorox Co. and Kraft Foods. Most recently he was director of sales for Annie's, leading the sales teams. CT Children's names neonatal ICU chief Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Hart- ford has appointed Dr. James E. Moore to chief of the neonatal intensive care unit. He also was appointed head of the division of neo- natology in the Department of Pediatrics at the UConn School of Medicine. He will be responsible for overseeing growth of Connecticut Children's clinical services and educa- tional and research programs in the division of neo- natology and fostering new strategic alliances with the maternal fetal medicine programs at Hartford Hospital, UConn Health and other regional partners. Marcum LLP names partner-in-charge of assurance services National accounting and advisory services firm Marcum LLP has named Jeffrey C. Solomon as Connecticut partner-in-charge of assurance services. Solomon, a CPA based in New Haven, also will be responsible for assurance services to clients of the firm's Hartford and Greenwich offices. Solomon has more than 15 years of experience managing, reviewing and analyzing financial informa- tion for privately held and public U.S. and multinational clients in various industries, including manufacturing and distribution, high technology, higher education and health care, as well as pension plans and tribal entities. Meadow Ridge senior living names HR director Lynda Moran has been named human resources director at the Meadow Ridge senior living community, which comprises 332 independent living apartments, 22-suite assisted living center and 62-bed skilled nursing unit in Redding. Most recently, Moran was human resources man- ager and corporate compliance officer at Jefferson's Ferry LifeCare Retirement Community in South Se- tauket, N.Y. She also worked as a human resources manager at SavATree in Bedford Hills, N.Y., where she oversaw day-to-day responsibilities and strategic HR functions for 588 employees in 24 locations. Chris Courtright Pamela Hippolyte Jeffrey C. Solomon John C. Pitblado Jacob R. Hathorn The West Hartford Exchange Club has donated $4,000 to The Town that Cares, a fund established by the West Hartford Department of Human and Leisure Services to assist residents who are struggling to pay for food, shelter, utilities, medical expenses and other critical needs. The donation came from the proceeds of their 9th Annual Wine Tasting Event held in February. • • • The United Bank Foundation Connect- icut has donated $100,000 to Manchester Community College through the MCC Foun- dation to help support the growth of manufac- turing programs. The grant will be distributed to the college in blocks of $25,000 over four years to enable the purchase, delivery and installation of manufacturing equipment that students will use for hands-on learning. Por- tions of the grant will also fund scholarships. • • • The Connecticut Veterans Legal Cen- ter of West Haven surprised Robinson+Cole lawyers with a pie party to thank them for their pro bono efforts on behalf of the center and its clients. Since 2011, Robinson+Cole has assisted 24 veterans with a wide variety of legal issues and donated an estimated $170,000 worth of attorney time. • • • A $300,000 grant awarded by the Hart- ford Foundation for Public Giving to Con- necticut Children's Office for Commu- nity Child Health will enable the office to enhance the community child health system in the Greater Hartford area. The Connecticut Children's Office for Community Child Health oversees and coordinates a host of communi- ty-oriented programs with local, regional and national reach that aim to promote children's healthy development. • • • Farmington's Cowen Tax Advisory Group recently donated $3,599 to the Hos- pital for Special Care to help finance the purchase of a wearable robotic exoskeleton system that provides hip and knee motion to enable individuals to stand upright and walk. Pictured, from left, are: Dave Hager; Jay Washburn; Helen Rubino-Turco; Dave Halstead; Suzanne Oslander; Paul Connery; and Amanda Moffo. Pictured, from left, are: Roger J. Cowen, founder of Cowen Tax Advisory Group; Erin Ives, director of rehabilitation, Hospital for Special Care; Catherine Feeney, physical ther- apist; and Judith Cowen, Cowen Tax Advisory Group. P H o t o | c o n t r i b u t e d P H o t o | i r a n o z i k P H o t o G r a P H e r S