Hartford Business Journal

16 Hartford Business Journal • July 6, 2015 www.HartfordBusiness.com Whittlesey & Hadley announces new hires Hartford regional accounting firm Whittlesey & Hadley P.C. has hired five associates to the firm's audit department: Brian Johnston of West Hartford; Jason Roberts of Manchester; Jennifer McKenna of South Windsor; Samantha Cormier of West Hart- ford; and Lindsey Westlund of Agawam, Mass. The firm also has added a new member to its administrative team, Victoria "Tory" Wills, who pre- viously worked for an international accounting firm. The Hartford names general counsel, chief marketing officer The Hartford recently named David Robinson execu- tive vice president and general counsel and Kathy Bro- mage as chief marketing and communications officer. Robinson succeeds General Counsel Alan Krec- zko. Robinson and Bromage will report to The Hart- ford's chairman and CEO, Christopher Swift. Robinson joined The Hartford in 2006 and has held numerous leadership positions, including heading The Hartford's legal efforts in property and casualty and group benefits, overseeing corporate law and serving as corporate secretary and, most recently, driving the company's restructuring and transformation efforts. Bromage joined The Hartford in 2004 as chief marketing and strategy officer for personal lines. She served as the senior vice president of e-business be- fore assuming the role of The Hartford's chief market- ing officer and senior vice president of strategy for the company's small commercial insurance segment. Simsbury Bank names controller Simsbury Bank has named Christopher Moore as its new controller and vice president. Moore manages all accounting functions for the bank's holding company, SBT Bancorp Inc., and the bank's subsidiaries and is responsible for all financial and business line reporting and accounting staff. Moore has 20 years of experience in accounting and management, most recently with Webster Bank, where he was vice president and senior financial analyst. Prior to that he held roles in accounting and financial analysis. United Bank appoints head of consumer strategy United Bank of Glastonbury recently announced an organizational restructuring and the creation of a new executive position called the head of consumer strategy, who will oversee the banking experience for consumer and small-business customers, both effective July 1. Brandon C. Lorey, executive vice president and head of consumer lending, will fill the new position, oversee- ing United's retail branch network, contact center, virtual banking, loan servicing and United Northeast Financial Advisors, the bank's financial advisory team. He also will be responsible for leading the bank's initiative to create a small business center. These responsibilities will be in addition to his current duties of managing consumer lending, mortgage banking and loan servicing. Additionally, Marino J. Santarelli, executive vice president and chief operating officer, will continue to oversee information technology, payment operations, project management, facilities and branch opera- tions/branch review. He also will lead United in han- dling all M&A integration and managing the bank's vendor relationships. Quinnipiac names career development director Rick DelVecchio has been named director of career development for the College of Arts and Sci- ences at Quinnipiac University. DelVecchio's duties include designing career de- velopment programs for liberal arts and sciences students and faculty, increasing internship oppor- tunities for students, planning career-readiness and networking events and maintaining data on jobs, internships and potential employers. DelVecchio came to Quinnipiac from Sacred Heart University, where he served as director of career placement from 2006-2014. He also has worked as assistant director of concessions for the minor league baseball South Bend (Ind.) Silver Hawks and as director of concessions and later assistant general manager of the Bridgeport Bluefish of the indepen- dent Atlantic League. He also had a 10-month stint as director of marketing and promotions for ProBatter Sports, which makes video pitching simulators. CT Hispanic Bar names new officers The Connecticut Hispanic Bar Association has announced its new slate of officers for 2015-16. Maggie Castinado, senior assistant public de- fender for the state of Connecticut, succeeds Karem Friedman, corporate counsel at Boehringer Ingel- heim Pharmaceuticals Inc., as president. Other officers elected: Walter Menjívar, president- elect, assistant attorney general at the Connecticut Of- fice of the Attorney General; Alfredo Fernández, vice president, associate at Shipman & Goodwin LLP; San- dra Marín, treasurer, associate at Robinson & Cole LLP; Marie C. Bertrand, secretary, associate at Day Pitney LLP; and Charleen Merced Agosto, director of commu- nications, associate at Law Office of Russell Gary Small. The CHBA also announced that Marilyn Díaz, Mar- cia Escobedo, Matthew Dallas Gordon, Virginia Mc- Garrity, Jason Prueher, Jessica Torres and Christina Williams were elected to its board of directors. CÜR Media Inc. hires chief content officer CÜR Media Inc. of Glastonbury has hired Jay Clark as chief content officer. His responsibilities will include developing professionally curated genre sta- tions for CÜR Music, the company's social mobile and web streaming music service launching later this year. Clark joins CÜR Media after having served as a consultant to the company since May 2014. He is the former executive vice president of program- ming at Sirius Satellite Radio, where he and his staff were responsible for the development and innovation of Sirius' initial 68 channels of mu- sic, eight channels of sports, and 44 channels of news, information and variety programming. Other experience includes major market programming with leading broadcast companies including ABC, Greater Media, CBS and Entercom. MOVERS & SHAKERS Christopher Moore Rick DelVecchio Thank you for celebrating 40 Years of IMPACT with us! www.opp.org Our Piece of the Pie thanks all of our sponsors, partners and friends who joined us for our 40th Anniversary Celebration: 40 Years of IMPACT on June 18th. The night was filled with great food, fun, laughter and inspiration! Thank you for celebrating this milestone with us, and thank you for joining the effort to help urban youth become economically independent adults. See more pictures of the fun at www.facebook.com/ OurPieceOfThePie. David Robinson Kathy Bromage

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