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26 Hartford Business Journal • May 4, 2015 www.HartfordBusiness.com ACCOLADES & MORE ▶ ▶ Cromwell office equipment seller ACT Group recently donated a Kyocera color copier to Hartford multicultural arts and education programming nonprofit Charter Oak Cultural Center. The donation was made as part of ACT Group's grant program, in which it donates office equipment to local nonprofit organizations. Charter Oak Cultural Center provides programs for over 1,600 children in Greater Hartford. ACT GROUP DONATES COPIER TO CHARTER OAK CULTURAL CENTER ▶ ▶ YWCA Hartford Region recently held its 20th Annual In The Company of Women luncheon at the Connecticut Convention Center. The event was attended by over 1,800 guests, including corporate and community leaders. The In the Company of Women luncheon featured actress Viola Davis as the keynote speaker. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman and State Treasurer Denise L. Nappier, attended the event to support YWCA. Proceeds from the event will support YWCA's work in the community. YWCA'S IN THE COMPANY OF WOMEN LUNCHEON DRAWS 1,800 GUESTS ▶ ▶ New Country Motor Car Group in Hartford provided the official vehicles for the UConn women's basketball team victory parade in Hartford last month. Gov. Dannel Malloy, Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, UConn President Susan Herbst, and other state and education officials rode in the BMW convertibles from New Country. There were a total of six vehicles in the parade. Herbst and Malloy are shown in one of the convertibles. NEW COUNTRY MOTOR GROUP SUPPORTS UCONN VICTORY PARADE OF NOTE HARTFORD HEALTHCARE PROGRAMS RECEIVE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS Two cancer programs within the Hartford Healthcare Cancer Institute have been recognized with 2014 Outstanding Achievement Awards from the Commission on Cancer, an accrediting arm of the American College of Surgeons. The cancer programs at Hartford Hospital and The Hospital of Central Connecticut in New Britain were among 75 programs nationwide to receive the annual award for demonstrated excellence across a wide range of standards. • • • WATERFORD HOTEL GROUP HONORS MARK GRAHAM AS GM OF THE YEAR Mark Graham, general manager at the Residence Inn by Marriott in Hartford, was named Waterford Hotel Group's General Manager of the Year during the company's recent Annual Leadership Conference and Awards Celebration. The hotel was also recognized with the Maintenance Team of the Year award during the conference. • • • GREATER HARTFORD COLDWELL BANKER NAMED TOP SALES ASSOCIATE Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage's Trish Murphy has been named the No. 1 sales associate among the company's affiliated sales associates in Greater Hartford. Murphy earned this distinction for closing 83 transactions totaling more than $34 million in 2014 sales volume. In addition, Murphy will be recognized with the Coldwell Banker International President's Premier award, given to the top 1 percent of approximately 87,000 sales associates worldwide. • • • RUSSELL HONORED AS INSURANCE AGENT OF THE YEAR Augusto Russell, a partner at May, Bonee & Walsh in Glastonbury, recently received the Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Inc.'s (PIA) Professional Agent of the Year award. The award is given to an agent who has demonstrated excel- lence and achievement in insurance marketing and service; has shown a personal commitment to profession- alism; and has contributed to PIA and the community. Russell joined partners Patrick Walsh, Philip Bonee and Ted May in 2006. 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. Trish Murphy Caption: Pictured, from left, are: Len Wolman, chairman of Waterford Group; Mark Graham, general manager at Residence Inn Hartford Downtown; and Robert Winchester, president of Waterford Hotel Group. Augusto Russell