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22 Hartford Business Journal • April 13, 2015 www.HartfordBusiness.com ACCOLADES & MORE ▶ ▶ More than 40 volunteers from South Windsor-based Doosan Fuel Cell partnered with the United Way and FoodShare charities, providing food and time to package products for local food kitchens and food banks. The collaboration was part of a worldwide Day of Community Service established last year by South Korean parent company Doosan Corp., a Global Fortune 2000 member and the oldest company in Korea. DOOSAN FUEL CELL HELPS HARTFORD CHARITIES ▶ ▶ Windsor Locks Federal Credit Union recently celebrated its 75th anniversary. Organized in 1940, the credit union began as St. Mary's Windsor Locks Parish Federal Credit Union serving the parishioners of St. Mary's Parish in Windsor Locks and Warehouse Point. Local dignitaries including state Rep. Peggy Sayers and Windsor Locks First Selectman Steven N. Wawruck Jr. were present for the event. Pictured is Wawruck presenting a special proclamation to the credit union's President/CEO John E. Franco, Jr. WINDSOR LOCKS FCU CELEBRATES 75 YEARS IN BUSINESS ▶ ▶ Special Olympics Connecticut athletes celebrated their accomplishments on the awards stage at the Pratt & Whitney Hangar & Museum in East Hartford during the 33rd annual Special Olympics Winter Games. Pratt & Whitney hosted the Winter Games' floor hockey competition for the Special Olympics athletes, as well as welcomed hundreds of coaches, family members and spectators during the two days of competition. PRATT & WHITNEY HOSTS SPECIAL OLYMPICS FLOOR HOCKEY COMPETITION OF NOTE TECH COUNCIL HONORS WOMEN INNOVATORS The Connecticut Technology Council recently honored 56 women for their innovation and leadership during the 11th annual Women of Innovation awards gala. The awards recognized women innovators, role models and leaders in the fields of science, technology, engineer- ing, and math as well as outstanding women at the high school and collegiate level. Of these 56 women, 10 were recognized as category winners, including: Academic Innovation and Leadership: Medria Blue-Ellis, Principal, Engineering & Science University Magnet School. Collegian Innovation and Leadership: Sapna Gupta, student, University of Connecticut; Monika Weber, student, Yale University. Community Innovation and Leadership: Keshia Ashe, co-founder & CEO, ManyMentors. Entrepreneurial Innovation and Leadership: Christina Lampe- Onnerud, founder & CEO, CLOTEAM LLC. Large Business Innovation & Leadership: Yu-Hui Rogers, site director, The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine. Research Innovation and Leadership: Serap Aksoy, professor, Yale School of Public Health; Radenka Maric, professor in sustainable energy, University of Connecticut. Small Business Innovation and Leadership: Lisa Braden-Harder, CEO, Appen. • • • YWCA HARTFORD REGION APPOINTS ROBINSON+COLE LAWYER CHAIR OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS Robinson+Cole lawyer Britt-Marie K. Cole-Johnson has been named chair of the YWCA Hartford Region's board of directors for 2015-2016. Cole-Johnson has been a member of the YWCA board of directors since 2011 and has held various leadership positions, including chair of the gover- nance and nominating committees, and event co-chair of the 19th annual "In the Company of Women" lun- cheon, and has served as a member of the executive committee. • • • CABRERA SERVICES INC. RECEIVES EBJ BUSINESS ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Environmental Business Journal, a business research publica- tion for the environmental industry, honored East Hartford's Cabrera Services Inc. with a Business Achievement Award in the Project Merit: Remediation category for outstanding busi- ness achievement in the industry. The award honors companies for revenue growth, acquisitions, innovative project designs, technology applications, new prac- tice areas, social contributions and industry leadership in 2014. • • • JOSEPH MERRITT CO. ACHIEVES TOP PERFORMING SALES AWARD KIP America recently awarded Hartford's Joseph Merritt Co. with the Star Performance Award. Joseph Merritt Co.'s printer sales division was recognized for outstanding sales performance in 2014. This marks the second consecutive year that Merritt has been awarded the Star Performance Award. • • • MIDDLETOWN ENGINEERING FIRM RECOGNIZED FOR CTFASTRAK BUSWAY WORK AI Engineers Inc., of Middletown, has earned a National Recognition Award for exemplary engineering achievement in the American Council of Engineering Companies' 49th annual Engineering Excellence Awards. AI was recognized for its innovative infrastructure design of the CTfastrak New Britain-Hartford busway, which consists of a 9.4 mile long roadway dedicated to bus transportation. AI was involved in the demolition of a 40-year-old railroad bridge spanning the Route 9 and 72 interchange, and construction of a new 635 foot, five-span bridge carrying the new guideway. Britt-Marie K. Cole-Johnson