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18 Hartford Business Journal • May 11, 2015 www.HartfordBusiness.com MOVERS & SHAKERS Cullen Guilmartin Amy Arnold John J. Robinson Nicole Skelly Dr. Richard Stahl Kim Conforti William B. Claffey Fiondella, Milone & LaSaracina names tax partner Glastonbury accounting firm Fiondella, Milone & LaSaracina has promoted William B. Claffey to tax partner. In addition to serving as director of state tax services, Claffey provides tax credit and audit defense services to clients. Based in the firm's Glastonbury office, Claffey joined Fiondella, Milone & LaSaracina 4.5 years ago as director of state tax credits and incentives. He came from Ernst & Young, where he was a tax consultant. Connecticut Wealth Management adds junior adviser Farmington's Connecticut Wealth Management recently added Nicholas Oliveri to its team of finan- cial advisers. As a junior adviser, Oliveri assists senior advisors, directors and partners in serving clients. Foxwoods Resort Casino announces VP, brand marketing Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket has appointed Paul LaRocca to vice president of brand marketing. LaRocca will implement advertising, mar- keting and communication activities for Foxwoods and other Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation enterprises, plus oversee public relations, e-commerce, social me- dia, sponsorship opportunities and strategic alliances. LaRocca has nearly 30 years of marketing and leadership experience, with expertise in strategic planning, brand development, and multiplatform media. He has worked at entertainment media com- panies that include Viacom's MTV, CBS, AOL, Comedy Central, Time Warner, Rolling Stone, Maxim and Vibe. Quinnipiac Univ. names senior associate dean at medical school Dr. Richard Stahl has been appointed senior associate dean for strategic relationships at the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quin- nipiac University. Stahl is responsible for overseeing the clinical, educational and research relationships required to fulfill the clinical components of the third and fourth years of the medical school's curriculum. Stahl has more than 35 years of leadership ex- perience, coming from the Yale New Haven Health System, where he most recently served as vice president for clinical services. Gordon & Rees adds two CT office partners John J. Robinson and Cullen Guilmartin have joined the Connecticut office of law firm Gordon & Rees LLP as partners and members of the firm's envi- ronmental and toxic tort group, as well as its products liability and insurance practices. Both were formerly with the Hartford office of McCarter & English LLP. Robinson's primary areas of practice are com- plex products liability, toxic tort, construction, pharmaceutical and medical device litigation. Guilmartin's mass tort and product liability expe- rience includes defending claims against manufac- turers of complex commercial machinery, medical devices, consumer products and pharmaceuticals. Integrated Compliance Solutions Group expands compliance team Integrated Compliance Solutions Group, a national financial services compliance consult- ing firm with offices in Hartford and New York, recently hired Lisa Lazarus as vice president of operations and business development, Elizabeth Burke as office manager, Brenda Way-Payne as a senior compliance consultant and Myiesha Phelphs as a compliance consultant. Lazarus is responsible for operations, includ- ing office, financial and account management, recruiting, marketing and business development. Prior to joining ICSGroup, Lazarus held roles at Prep for Prep, Booz Allen Hamilton and KRA Corp. Burke handles all administrative and office management and will work with Lazarus on busi- ness development and operations. Way-Payne will focus on supporting the firm's public pension plan relationships and conducting risk assessments and annual compliance reviews. Phelphs was formerly with JP Morgan Chase Bank in New York. She will head the anti-money launder- ing compliance function, provide investment advisory compliance support to clients and conduct marketing material reviews and compliance and ethics training. Robert Hensley & Associates announces promotion Avon financial services firm Robert Hensley & Associates recently promoted Kim Conforti to manager of employee benefits and administration. Conforti will oversee the benefit renewal process for small-business and individual customers and serve as the firm's compliance expert for employers on healthcare reform and new benefits requirements. Conforti has been with the company for five years and has more than 15 years of experience servic- ing the benefit administration, communication and renewal needs of employers throughout central and northwest Connecticut. The First National Bank of Suffield appoints branch managers The First National Bank of Suffield has named Nicole Skelly branch manager in the bank's main office and Amy Arnold as branch manager in the East Granby office. Skelly brings more than 21 years of banking experience and most recently spent seven years as a personal banking officer at United Bank in Longmeadow, Mass., where she solicited new and expanded business. $500,000,000* State of Connecticut General Obligation Bonds (2015 Series B) e Honorable Denise L. Nappier Treasurer of the State of Connecticut ese Bonds may not be sold, nor may offers to buy be accepted, prior to the time an Official Statement is delivered in final form. 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