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22 Hartford Business Journal • August 3, 2015 www.HartfordBusiness.com ACCOLADES & MORE ▶ ▶ Farmington Bank employees, friends and family members (shown left) recently came together to donate their time and services at a Rebuilding Together event in New Britain. Rebuilding Together helps low-income homeowners, including the elderly, disabled and families with children, with home maintenance and repairs. In addition to the build, groups of Farmington Bank employees walked or ran to raise funds for many causes during the spring, including March of Dimes' March for Babies, Foodshare's Walk Against Hunger, American Cancer Society's Relay for Life, and Connecticut Breast Health Initiative's Race in the Park. FARMINGTON BANK EMPLOYEES GIVE BACK TO COMMUNITY ▶ ▶ CRIS Radio volunteers (shown above) were honored for their long-standing service at a special reception held recently at the Governor's Mansion in Hartford. Windsor-based CRIS provides audio access to news and information featured in nearly 70 magazines and newspapers, as well as classroom materials, for children and adults who are blind or print-challenged due to physical, learning, intellectual or emotional disabilities. Several volunteers were recognized for celebrating milestone anniversaries. CRIS uses more than 300 volunteers at its broadcast center in Windsor and regional studios located in Danbury, Norwich, Trumbull and West Haven, and at ESPN in Bristol. Volunteers provide the voice talent and production for the extensive line-up of audio recordings as well various other administrative tasks. CRIS RADIO HONORS VOLUNTEERS ▶ ▶ Hartford accounting firm Whittlesey & Hadley recently hosted its 7th annual Community Day where employees helped renovate community- based organizations in Greater Hartford that are focused on providing academic, behavioral and human services to the disabled and families and children. Half of the volunteers (shown above) painted classrooms and office space at Hartford nonprpfit Our Piece of the Pie. The other team members helped out with gardening, landscaping, cleaning and painting at organizations including: Catholic Charities, Hartford; Watkinson School, Hartford; and The Bridge Family Center, West Hartford. WHITTLESEY & HADLEY'S COMMUNITY DAY SERVES AREA NONPROFITS OF NOTE DUREZA SELECTED 2015 NURSING ADMINISTRATOR OF THE YEAR BY NATIONAL ORGANIZATION Hughes Health & Rehabilitation's Nursing Director Lina Dureza was awarded the 2015 Nurse Administrator of the Year Award by the National Association of Directors of Nursing Administration (NADONA) in Long Term Care. Dureza was also honored by NADONA as the 2015 North East Region Nurse Administrator of the Year. Dureza joined West Hartford-based Hughes Health in May 2007, and has extensive experience in nursing, management and administration. She received a bachelor's degree in nursing from Filamer Christian University in the Philippines in 1977 and a certifi- cate in long-term healthcare management from the University of Connecticut School of Business in 2004. • • • WEBSTER BANKER EARNS TOP PROGRAM MANAGERS AWARD Webster Bank's John Olerio, senior vice president, sales manager, received the Top Program Manager award from Bank Investment Consultant (BIC), a financial service industry magazine. Olerio, who has been with Webster since 1997, was ranked No. 15 in the country. The ranking is based on the following variables: total team assets under management; annual growth in team assets; annual increase in team production; average production per advisor; and number of full-time advisors on the team direct- ly overseen by the manager. • • • CT TREASURER'S OFFICE HONORED FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING The Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) of the United States and Canada recently awarded the Treasury Certificates of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting to the Connecticut treasurer's office for two comprehensive annual financial reports for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2014. The certificates were awarded for the Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports (CAFRs) of the Short-Term Investment Fund — the $5 billion government investment pool for the state treasury, state agencies and participating local governments; and the Combined Investment Funds, in which the state's $30 billion pension plans and trust funds are invested. This marks the 15th consecutive year the state treasurer's office received this distinction. • • • HARTFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY CEO ELECTED TO NATIONAL LEADERSHIP POST Hartford Public Library CEO Matthew K. Poland, who is retiring at the end of this year, was elected chairman of the Urban Libraries Council (ULC) at the group's annual forum in San Jose, Calif. ULC, founded in 1971, is a membership association of leading public library systems in the U.S. and Canada. Poland has been on the board of ULC since 2011 and has served on its executive committee for two years. 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. Lina Dureza John Olerio