Hartford Business Journal

30 Hartford Business Journal • June 1, 2015 www.HartfordBusiness.com ACCOLADES & MORE ▶ ▶ Simsbury Bank recently sponsored the second Ladies Tertulia at Millwright's Restaurant & Tavern in Simsbury. The networking event brought together educators, business women, government leaders, mothers, and wives. During the event, Jocelyn Mitchell, senior vice president and chief retail banking officer for Simsbury Bank, presented a donation from the community lender to Simsbury's Old Drake Hill Flower Bridge. Pictured (from left) are Deeg McKay and Sharene Wassell, Old Drake Hill Flower Bridge; chef Tyler Anderson of Millwright's; and Jocelyn Mitchell of Simsbury Bank. SIMSBURY BANK SPONSORS SECOND LADIES TERTULIA IN SIMSBURY ▶ ▶ The Farmington Bank Community Foundation recently presented a $5,000 check to support Hartford-based Covenant to Care for Children's Critical Goods program. The program provides cribs, beds, car seats and other baby items and clothing and delivers them to children at risk of abuse or neglect. Presenting the check is (left) Chris Traczyk, executive director of the Farmington Bank Community Foundation, to Dave Santis, executive director of Covenant to Care for Children, Children's Enrichment Fund. FARMINGTON BANK SUPPORTS COVENANT TO CARE FOR CHILDREN ▶ ▶ Over 50 employees from Avon integrated marketing communications firm Mintz + Hoke recently rehabilitated a 1,350-square-foot house in Hartford and presented a $2,500 check to support Hartford Area Habitat for Humanity. Mintz + Hoke partnered with Hartford Area Habitat for Humanity for its annual agency holiday initiative and launched a "See how uplifting building can be" campaign. Since 1989, Hartford Area Habitat For Humanity has helped to build nearly 220 homes for more than 800 men, women and children in Greater Hartford. MINTZ + HOKE PARTICIPATES IN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY VOLUNTEER DAY OF NOTE CHESHIRE DOCTOR NAMED HEAD OF NATIONAL HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATION Dr. Mark Stephen DeFrancesco, of Cheshire, was recently sworn in as the 66th president of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), based in Washington, D.C. DeFrancesco is managing partner at Westwood Women's Health in Waterbury, a divi- sion of Women's Health Connecticut. He is a founding member of Women's Health Connecticut, and served as its chief medical officer for many years. A graduate of Yale University, he received his medical education at the University of Connecticut, where he is currently an assistant clinical professor. • • • FORMER UTC EXEC. KRAPEK JOINS NONPROFIT'S CHAMPIONS COUNCIL Nonprofit youth development agency, Our Piece of the Pie, has selected Karl J. Krapek as a member of its champions council, an advisory group of community and corporate lead- ers who support the organization's mission to help urban youth become economically independent adults. Krapek retired as president and chief operating officer of United Technologies Corp. in 2002 and then co-founded The Keystone Cos., which develops residential and commercial real estate. He is currently the lead director of Prudential Financial Inc. • • • TURBINE TECHNOLOGIES RECEIVES VETERAN- OWNED SMALL BUSINESS OF THE YEAR AWARD The U.S. Small Business Administration selected Tyler Burke, president and CEO of Farmington-based Turbine Technologies Inc., as the winner of its annual Veteran-Owned Small Business Award for 2015. Burke was recognized for his success in creat- ing economic opportunity for workers and for his service in the U.S. National Guard. Burke purchased Turbine Technologies in 2013 from his father and has since increased sales revenue as well as employees from 49 to 66. Sixteen of those hires were military veterans. • • • QUINNIPIAC MANAGEMENT PROFESSOR NAMED CARNEGIE AFRICAN DIASPORA FELLOW Quinnipiac University business man- agement professor Iddrisu Awudu, of Hamden, is one of 17 scholars recent- ly named as a Carnegie African Diaspora Fellow. The fellows will conduct joint projects with colleagues at host universities in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa this summer. Awudu will travel to the University of Ghana, where he will help the faculty develop a curriculum for a new MBA program in oper- ations management. He will also perform research in energy optimization, which has emerged as an important area because of the considerable growth in Ghana's service and manufacturing sectors. 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. Karl J. Krapek Dr. Mark Stephen DeFrancesco Iddrisu Awudu

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