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www.HartfordBusiness.com April 27, 2015 • Hartford Business Journal 19 MOVERS & SHAKERS James Cormier Dr. Praveen Joseph Joe Rimiller Liz Whitty Roy Seelye Stephen Menyfield Kevin Sinclair First National Bank of Suffield promotes Cormier The First National Bank of Suffield has promoted James Cormier to assistant vice president of commer- cial lending, managing the commercial loan depart- ment in addition to working as a commercial lender. Cormier was hired by the bank in 2007 as a com- mercial credit analyst and became a bank officer in 2011. He has more than 12 years of experience in the financial services industry. Comcast names regional HR VP Comcast has named Ardella Darst vice president of human resources for its western New England re- gion, which is headquartered in Berlin and includes more than 300 communities in Connecticut, Vermont, western Massachusetts, New York and western New Hampshire. Darst will support more than 1,700 em- ployees and oversee the region's HR functions. Darst joined Comcast in 1996 as area human re- sources manager for parts of Michigan after spend- ing six years in HR positions for different companies in the automotive industry. BETA Group adds engineers, inspector Hartford-based BETA Group Inc., an employee- owned planning, engineering and construction servic- es firm, recently announced the addition of new staff. Roy Seelye, a registered professional engineer, has joined as a senior project manager. Seelye will focus on site design and roadway projects and con- struction administration. Joe Rimiller, a registered professional engineer and registered professional traffic operations engineer, has joined as a senior project engineer and will focus on traffic signal design and traffic impact studies. Ahmed Rouine has joined as a senior construction inspector and will work closely with project teams to ensure projects are constructed on time, within bud- get and in accordance with contract documents. Make-A-Wish Connecticut names board member Trumbull-based Make-A-Wish Connecticut re- cently appointed Kevin Sinclair to its board of directors. Sinclair joined the board in 2006 and stayed for six years. In 2012, he joined and currently serves on the governance committee for the national board. Sinclair's experience includes partner and CEO of Automotive Technologies Inc., parent company of Wireless Zone, a franchise system selling Verizon Wire- less products and service. He was CEO through 2012, when the company sold to GLENTEL, which retained him as managing director. He semi-retired Jan. 1, and became an executive adviser to the company. St. Francis Hospital announces new doctors Drs. Praveen Joseph and Lauren Ibrahim have joined the medical staff at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford. Joseph, a hospitalist, is board certified in internal medicine. Ibrahim, a spe- cialist in infectious diseases, is board certified in in- ternal medicine and infectious diseases. Both prac- tice as members of the St. Francis Medical Group. Two Men And A Truck Rocky Hill names office manager Rocky Hill's Two Men And A Truck has promoted Stephen Menyfield, who helped launch the moving franchise in May 2014 as a move consultant, to of- fice manager. Menyfield will oversee the sales and operations teams in Rocky Hill and in its new location in Avon. YMCA names development VP Liz Whitty has been named vice president of devel- opment for the YMCA of Greater Hartford. Whitty will serve as chief fundraiser, working closely with senior leadership and volunteer groups to manage resource development and to raise money to fulfill YMCA's goals. Whitty comes to the YMCA from UConn Health, where she served as associate director of develop- ment for the School of Dental Medicine. Women on Course names CT market director Women on Course, a women networking or- ganization, has named Susan Powers of Sandler Training/PEAK as market director for Connecticut. Powers will be responsible for expanding awareness of Women on Course among local women, network- ing groups and companies, growing the organiza- tion's membership, promoting sponsorships, devel- oping and implementing play dates and outings, and scheduling area programming. KNOX Inc. names community outreach manager Community activist Nicola Allen has joined Hart- ford nonprofit KNOX Inc. as a community outreach manager. Allen will head KNOX's and the city's re- forestation campaign and oversee KNOX's volunteer initiatives. Allen, who lives in north Hartford, is known for her efforts restoring beauty along Burton Street, which made national news in 2010.