Hartford Business Journal

www.HartfordBusiness.com August 3, 2015 • Hartford Business Journal 17 MOVERS & SHAKERS The Phoenix Cos. names chief risk officer The Phoenix Cos. Inc. announced that Gina Collopy O'Connell, senior vice president, has been named chief risk officer. She will be responsible for overall leadership and direction for enterprise risk management. She succeeds Mark Griffin, who re- signed effective July 17. O'Connell has been senior vice president of finan- cial planning and analysis, and most recently played a significant role in the company's restatement and remediation efforts. Previous areas of responsibility included oversight of the company's quarterly forecast and annual financial plan processes and leading life and annuity planning, operations, underwriting and variable products. She will continue to serve as a senior adviser to the actuarial student program. O'Connell joined Phoenix in 1985 as an actuarial assistant. Webster Bank promotes six to SVP Webster Bank has promoted two members of its chief financial officer's group to senior vice president: Lynn Ryan and Fred Smith, both assistant controllers. The bank also promoted three members of its treasury group to senior vice president: Todd Del- laCamera, Rebecca Maxwell and Richard Razza. Additionally, Webster promoted Juliana Dalton to senior vice president, senior credit executive in the chief risk officer group. Ryan joined Webster in 2007 in accounting policy and research. She then moved to manage the ex- ternal reporting process, transitioned in 2010 to the newly created operational accounting group and was promoted to assistant controller in 2013. Smith joined Webster in 2005 as financial reporting manager. Over the years, he has managed the internal closing and reporting process, fixed assets, accounts payable, regulatory reporting and external reporting. Smith was promoted to assistant controller in 2013 and assumed responsibility for external reporting. DellaCamera, funding manager, joined Webster in 2013 after spending 23 years working in a variety of treasury and risk-management functions at various global banks and consulting firms. Maxwell, treasury sales, joined Webster in 1997. She started in the New Haven commercial office and joined the treasury sales group in 2003. Razza, treasury portfolio manager, joined Webster in 2009 after spending 17 years in the banking business. Dalton joined Webster in 1998 and most recently held the position of vice president, treasury credit ex- ecutive. In her new position, she will continue to over- see the credit-related aspects of a growing treasury investments portfolio. Billings Forge names director of development and communications Billings Forge Community Works (BFCW), a Hartford youth-development nonprofit, has hired Beverly L. Herbert as director of development and communications. Herbert brings more than 35 years of experience in the planning and development industry to Billings Forge. She comes to Billings Forge from The Associa- tion For Community Living Inc. in Springfield, Mass., where she served as director of development and ex- ternal communications for 15-plus years. Masonicare adds CFO and CIO Not-for-profit healthcare and retirement living provider Masonicare has named James Rude chief financial officer and Brian Richard chief infor- mation officer and head of information technology. Rude comes to Masonicare after 27 years with the St. Raphael Healthcare System, where his posi- tions included controller and CFO. Richard comes to Masonicare from TATUM, a New York City consultan- cy. Prior to that, he spent several years at Gaylord Healthcare as CIO and chief security officer. U.S. Trust names market executive for state U.S. Trust announced that Robert Pizzella has been promoted to market executive for Connecticut and upstate New York. Pizzella leads a team in sales offering U.S. Trust's investment management, wealth structuring, credit and banking, family office, and legacy and philan- thropic planning services to private wealth manage- ment clients. He's been with the Bank of America organization since 1998. In his new role, he over- sees U.S. Trust offices in Greenwich, Hartford, New Haven, Stamford, West Hartford and others. Jackson Laboratory names VP for strategic initiatives The Jackson Laboratory has named biomedical researcher Kenneth H. Fasman to its newly created position of vice president for strategic initiatives. Fasman's connections with the laboratory over the last 15 years include serving on its scientific advisory board and advising the genetic resource sciences group. Fasman joins Jackson Laboratory from the Adel- son Medical Research Foundation in Needham, Mass., where he was vice president and chief sci- entific officer since 2008. Mintz + Hoke hires copywriter Avon communications firm Mintz + Hoke has added Kevin MacPhee as a copywriter. His responsibilities in- clude concept development and writing for print, radio, online, out-of home, email and digital media. Office of Consumer Counsel adds economist John R. Viglione has joined the state Office of Consumer Counsel as an economist, providing analytical and macroeconomic support to the staff. Before joining OCC, Viglione was a coordinator for the Step Up program with the Northwest Regional Workforce Investment Board. There, he worked with lo- cal businesses on economic and employment growth in the northwest region of Connecticut. Numotion names chief strategy officer Jennie D. Hanson has joined Rocky Hill medical device provider Numotion as chief strategy officer. Most recently, Hanson was a principle partner at The Physician Leadership Institute, a company dedicated to transforming health care through leadership, strategy and innovation. Before that, she spent more than 25 years combined at West Corp. and GE serving in execu- tive level domestic and international leadership roles. TCORS Capitol Group announces senior lobbyist TCORS Capitol Group announced that John M. Bailey II has joined the company as a senior lob- byist to work directly with the group's government relations clients. Bailey has more than 25 years of experience work- ing in government and political campaigns at the state and federal levels. He has worked with Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman, Congressman Joe Courtney and Comptroller Kevin Lembo. He most recently worked for the Ameri- can Heart Association, leading its state lobbying efforts. Hartford Preservation Alliance board adds three directors The Hartford Preservation Alliance board of directors has added three new members: Ann Means, Jonathan Cabral and Alexander Judd. Means is executive director of Connecticut As- sociation for the Gifted and is a former Connecticut operations director of Achievement First, a charter school management corporation. Cabral is a multifamily operations officer at the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, where he helps develop and evaluate the authority's hous- ing programs. Judd is a member of the environmental and utili- ties practice group at Robinson+Cole, representing clients in the areas of energy, utilities and telecom- munications law. Conning appoints equities director Hartford investment manager Conning Inc. has appointed Donald E. Townswick as director of equity products. Based in Hartford, Townswick will support Conning's global equity strategy and de- velop new equity strategies. Townswick has 20-plus years of asset-manage- ment experience and joins Conning from Golden Capi- tal Management in Charlotte, where he was a senior portfolio manager and analyst. There, he designed and launched three global investment strategies. Horton International names U.S. managing director Horton International in West Hartford has named V. Vanessa Williams managing director in the U.S. She has more than 20 years of leadership in service, relationship management, productivity and talent development at major financial services institutions. Williams' background includes executive respon- sibilities at Sun Life Financial overseeing the com- pany's U.S. customer experience program and vice president roles at Prudential Retirement and Mass- Mutual Life Insurance Co. Virtus Investment Partners names managing director Asset manager Virtus Investment Partners Inc. in Hartford recently announced that Thomas Franco joined the company as managing director and divisional sales manager. Franco will lead the Western regional sales direc- tors who support the wirehouse channel for Virtus' open- and closed-end mutual funds and separately managed accounts. Franco joins Virtus from UBS Global Asset Man- agement, where he was managing director and head of national sales since 2009, responsible for leading the wholesale distribution sales team for the private client and ultra-high-net-worth channels. Quinnipiac Chamber appoints Ciarleglio as business development executive The Quinnipiac Chamber of Commerce in Wallingford has appointed sales executive Gary Ciarleglio as business development executive. Ciarleglio has held positions in sales for various companies, including Security Specialists, Marty Gilman and ADP. Prior to sales, he served as re- cruiter and assistant football coach for Columbia University for 10 years. Cashman + Katz launches political consulting arm Glastonbury communications firm Cashman + Katz has launched a public affairs agency that includes the former executive director of the Con- necticut Republican Party. Cashman + Katz will provide communications support for Octagon Strategy Group, a bipartisan and non-lobbying business that will have offices in Glastonbury, Boston and New York City. President and CEO Tony Cashman will be managing partner. Political strategy will come from managing part- ners John Kleinhans and Andy Arens. Kleinhans, appointed to his GOP post in January, resigned in June ahead of a leadership transition. Arens was formerly New England deputy political di- rector for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Connecticut Society of CPAs elects 2015-16 leadership The Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants recently elected its board of directors for 2015-16: president, Bruce L. Blasnik, a partner with O'Connor Davies LLP in Stamford; president- elect, Robert D. Boudreau, principal with Buckley, Frame, Boudreau & Co. PC in Killingworth; trea - surer, Bradley D. Kronstat, who works in finance for Connecticut Gardens Inc.; secretary, Frank A. Rowella Jr., managing partner of Reynolds & Rowella CPAs LLP; members-at-large, Brenden M. Healy, a tax director with Whittlesey & Hadley PC in Hartford; and Susan A. Martinelli, assurance senior manager with McGladrey LLP in New Ha - ven; and member-at-large/advisory council chair, Mary K. Wisenski, senior manager with Fiondella, Milone & LaSaracina LLP in Glastonbury. Mary K. Wisenski Susan A. Martinelli Brenden M. Healy Frank A. Rowella Jr. Bradley D. Kronstat Robert D. Boudreau Bruce L. Blasnik Brian Richard Ann Means Kevin MacPhee Robert Pizzella

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