Hartford Business Journal

18 Hartford Business Journal • June 29, 2015 www.HartfordBusiness.com HBJ names Renstrom ad director Christian J. Renstrom has joined the Hartford Business Journal as the company's new advertis- ing director. Renstrom has an ex- tensive background in regional publishing and event production/manage- ment. He most recently served as vice president and general manager of Seasons Magazines, publishers of Seasons of Farmington Valley, Seasons of West Hartford, Seasons of Glastonbury and Seasons of the Northwest Hills. Renstrom was also vice president of corporate relations and special events with Special Olympics Connecticut and vice president of business development and marketing with The Worx Group. Klingberg Family Centers hires director of partnership development New Britain nonprofit Klingberg Family Centers has hired Gail Lebert as director of partnership develop- ment. Lebert will create new partnerships and innova- tive ways to expand private funding for the group that assists families impacted by abuse or neglect. Previously, Lebert was publisher of the Hartford Business Journal with responsibility for HBJ's weekly newspaper, online news and in-person events. She led the HBJ team in developing more than 30 new prod- ucts to build business connections in Connecticut. Before assuming her new role at Klingberg, Leb- ert served on its board of trustees for seven years. Savings Institute Bank & Trust promotes executives Willimantic-based Savings Institute Bank & Trust has promoted Jonathan Wood and Laurie Gervais to executive vice president of retail banking and executive vice president and chief administrative officer, respectively. Wood came to Savings Institute in 2012 from Bank of America, where he was senior vice presi- dent-consumer market executive and led 41 east- ern Connecticut offices. Gervais has been an employee for more than 32 years and is now leading human resources, security and facilities, deposit operations, electronic bank- ing, loan servicing and the call center. Quinnipiac names innovation and entrepreneurship chair Norman Gray, a senior biomedical scientist with 30 years of executive management experience across a range of healthcare disciplines, has been named the Carlton Highsmith chair of innovation and entrepreneurship at Quinnipiac University. Gray holds eight U.S. and international medical device patents. In 1984, he founded and launched Gammahealth, a company that evolved from an in- cubator medical research and development organi- zation to a multinational group of companies that was acquired in 2008. Gray will also oversee the university's Innovation Center and partnership with the Connecticut Center for Arts and Technology in New Haven. St. Francis adds specialists in hyperbaric medicine, gastroenterology Drs. Daniel S. Schwartz, a specialist in undersea and hyperbaric medicine, and Raffi Karagozian, a specialist in gastroenterology and hepatology, have joined the medical staff at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center. Schwartz was named medical director of the wound and hyperbaric medicine program. Board certified by the American Board of Surgery, he also is board certi- fied in undersea and hyperbaric medicine. Karagozian, board certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology/hepatology, is a member of the American Association for the Study of Liver Dis- eases, the American Gastroenterological Associa- tion and the American Society of Transplant. Robert Hensley & Assoc. names employee benefits sales and marketing manager Robert Hensley & Associates in Avon announced that Katie Kehoe has joined the company to further develop its portfolio of employee-benefits clients. Kehoe will manage sales and marketing for clients, as well as new business. She spent the last seven years at Unum as part of the employee benefits service, marketing and man- agement teams. Baram, Tapper & Gans announces new attorney Bloomfield law firm Baram, Tapper & Gans LLC has added attorney David J. Wenc to its roster. Wenc has a trial and appellate practice with an emphasis on federal and state criminal defense and plaintiffs' personal injury. He is a member of the Criminal Justice Act Panel for the federal trial panel for the District of Connecticut as well as the federal appellate panel for the First Circuit Court of Appeals. Prior to joining Baram, Tapper & Gans, Wenc was a sole practitioner of The Wenc Law Firm in Suffield. Wright-Pierce adds engineer to wastewater practice group Middletown engineering firm Wright-Pierce has added Bhavani M. Rathi to its wastewater practice group as a project manager. Rathi has more than 18 years of experience in civil and wastewater engineering, acting as lead project en- gineer and project manager on large-scale wastewater collection and treatment projects for major Connecti- cut and New York municipalities and utilities. MOVERS & SHAKERS Gail Lebert Christian J. Renstrom Daniel S. Schwartz Laurie Gervais Katie Kehoe Jonathan Wood Raffi Karagozian Norman Gray David J. Wenc NONPROFIT PROFILE Charter Oak Health Center Inc. 21 Grand St., Hartford | thecharteroak.org MISSION To provide safe, culturally appropriate, financially and physically accessible, and high- quality health services to the medically undeserved. TOP EXECUTIVE SERVICES Nichelle A. Mullins, Interim President and CEO Urgent care, pediatrics, dental, podiatry, optometry, pharmacy and behavioral health. FY 2013 SUMMARY 2013 2012 Total Employees 211 182 Total Assets $23,226,818 $24,973,221 Total Liabilities $11,541,437 $10,849,949 REVENUES Contributions & Grants $8,874,605 $7,983,718 Program Service Revenue $11,471,047 $11,884,182 Investment Income $39,829 $49,519 Other $0 $0 TOTAL $20,385,481 $19,917,419 EXPENSES Grants $0 $0 Member Benefits $0 $0 Salaries/Employee Benefits $14,429,235 $13,680,039 Fundraising Fees $0 $0 Other $8,045,405 $11,596,325 TOTAL $22,474,640 $25,276,364 MARGIN $(2,089,159) $(5,358,945) TOP PAID EXECUTIVES (FY2013) Base Salary Total Compensation & Benefits John McDonagh, Dir. of Urgent Care $189,815 $204,080 Cristina Elena Dinicu, Dir. of OBGYN $181,748 $196,022 Thomas Morrison, Sr. VP of Finance $164,912 $167,016 S O U R C E : G U I D E S T A R I R S 9 9 0 T A X F O R M NONPROFIT NOTEBOOK Glastonbury independent insurance agency GoodWorks Insurance has donated $2,500 to the FOCUS Center for Autism and is the presenting sponsor of the 2015 FOCUS Festival for Autism. FOCUS Center for Autism in Canton is a nonprofit that provides supportive pro- gramming and services for children and young adults with autism spectrum dis- orders. GoodWorks donates at least 50 percent of its operating profit to qualified nonprofits that support education, health care and public-safety programs. • • • The Cigna Foundation is making a $25,000 donation to the American Red Cross for flood relief in Texas and Oklaho- ma. Cigna is also activating an internal web- site that will enable company employees to request matching funds for employee dona- tions to the Red Cross. The company is also expanding access to its 24/7 telephone help line to provide personal assistance and sup- port for all residents in affected areas. • • • As part of Citizens Bank's Citizens Helping Citizens Manage Money financial literacy initiative, The Connecticut Asso- ciation for Human Services received $15,000 for their Connecticut Money School program. The program is a collaboration of five nonprofit partners that offer free finan- cial education for adults and seniors. • • • The American Mural Project has received a $25,000 grant from the Aetna Foundation. The grant will help support AMP's new arts center and installation of its signature piece — a 120-foot-long, 48-foot-high mural — the largest indoor collaborative art- work in the world. The new building will also house AMP's educational programs, which uti- lize the arts to foster confidence, collaboration and critical thinking skills in students from diverse racial and economic backgrounds. • • • Farmington's The Jackson Laborato- ry will receive $100,000 from The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations in support of "Teaching the Genome Generation," the lab- oratory's innovative teacher professional development education program. Launch- ing last summer, the program gives high school science and math teachers hands- on lab experience that they can share with their colleagues and students. Pictured (back row) are Amanda Pasler, FOCUS events coordinator; Delia Thomas, FOCUS volunteer; Donna Swanson, FOCUS executive director; Carol Doiron, FOCUS director of educational services; and Curt Johnson, GoodWorks senior vice president. Pictured (front) are three FOCUS Center students. P H O T O | C O N T R I B U T E D

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