Hartford Business Journal

16 Hartford Business Journal • August 24, 2015 www.HartfordBusiness.com MOVERS & SHAKERS NONPROFIT PROFILE Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation 103 Vision Way, Bloomfield | fidelco.org MISSION Promoting increased independence and mobility to men and women who are blind by providing them with highest-quality guide dogs. TOP EXECUTIVE SERVICES Eliot Russman, CEO Guide dog pet adoption FY 2013 SUMMARY 2013 2012 Total Employees 55 49 Total Assets $24,348,827 $22,191,846 Total Liabilities $883,646 $981,293 REVENUES Contributions & Grants $4,366,274 $3,386,326 Program Service Revenue $136,698 $111,616 Investment Income $1,177,960 $919,852 Other $205,752 $156,051 TOTAL $5,886,684 $4,573,845 EXPENSES Grants $0 $0 Member Benefits $0 $0 Salaries/Employee Benefits $2,443,116 $2,378,912 Fundraising Fees $0 $0 Other $1,792,375 $1,627,359 TOTAL $4,235,541 $4,006,271 MARGIN $1,651,143 $567,574 TOP PAID EXECUTIVES (FY2013) Base Salary Total Compensation & Benefits Eliot Russman, CEO $197,252 $208,012 Julie Unwin, COO $98,541 $104,336 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 Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers appoints new global head of business development Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers recently an- nounced the appointment of J.D. Sitton as a man- aging director in business development. Sitton will succeed Graham Bond, who will retire as global head of business development on Aug. 30. Sitton has more than 20 years of experience working with institutional real estate investors in the U.S. and globally. He joins the firm after 13 years with JPMorgan Asset Management, where he most recently served as managing director and client portfolio manager of marketing and client relations within its global real assets group. BVH Integrated Services promotes project manager Bloomfield engineering firm BVH Integrated Services has promoted James Norton to project manager. Norton joined BVH in 2006. He specializes in the design of HVAC systems for higher education and healthcare facilities. Mystic Aquarium names SVP of zoological operations and business development Mystic Aquarium has appointed Larry J. Rivar- de as senior vice president of zoological operations and business development and promoted longtime aquarium chief veterinarian Dr. Allison Tuttle to vice president of biological programs. Rivarde will be responsible for leading animal hus- bandry. He also will oversee life-support systems, vet- erinary services and animal rescue and rehabilitation. Rivarde comes to Mystic Aquarium from the Audu- bon Nature Institute in New Orleans, where he served as vice president of Audubon Nature Institute and managing director of the Audubon Zoo since 2001. Fuss & O'Neill EnviroScience names business development director Fuss & O'Neill EnviroScience LLC in Manchester announced that Cathy DeFrances has joined the firm as director of business development. She will lead the growth of new business and support existing opportu- nities and clients for the environmental consulting firm. DeFrances joins Fuss & O'Neill from Tecton Ar- chitects in Hartford, where she managed a leader- ship transition, company rebranding and 50 percent growth in staff over five years. Quinnipiac appoints dean of School of Health Sciences Quinnipiac University has promoted William Kohlhepp, associate vice president for faculty af- fairs, to dean of the School of Health Sciences. Kohlhepp has served Quinnipiac since 1996 as a faculty member, director of undergraduate phy- sician assistant education, associate dean in the School of Health Sciences and most recently as as- sociate vice president for faculty affairs. A physician assistant for more than 30 years, Kohlhepp is a tenured professor of physician-assis- tant studies. Murtha Cullina names associate in business and finance department Murtha Cullina LLP has named Nisha Kapur as an associate in its business and finance department in Hartford. Kapur represents clients in general cor- porate law. She is a member of the firm's commu- nity banking practice group and is active with the entrepreneur group. Prior to joining Murtha Cullina, Kapur received her law degree from the University of Connecticut. USI Consulting Group VP elected to SouthWest Benefits Association USI Consulting Group in Glastonbury announced that Eric Dyson, vice president of retirement ser- vices, was elected as one of six new directors for the SouthWest Benefits Association, a regional, nonprofit organization established to foster busi- ness relationships and support the educational de- velopment of employee benefits professionals. He will serve a three-year term on the board. UConn names MBA director The University of Connecticut recently pro- moted Meg Warren to director of the full-time MBA program in the Graduate School of Business. A Con- necticut native, Warren joined the UConn School of Business in 2010 and became program manager in the Graduate Career Development Office in 2011, assuming the lead in 2013. She had served as in- terim full-time MBA director since December. Prior to joining UConn, Warren's experience in- cluded managing Bain & Co.'s global MBA recruiting effort, and recruiting talent for Travelers and Mercer. TD Bank names VP, sales officer in treasury management TD Bank has promoted Alexander Moskalenko to vice president, sales officer in treasury manage- ment services. Based in Providence, he will continue to provide treasury management services to compa- nies in the commercial and middle-market segments throughout Connecticut and Rhode Island. Moskalenko has 13 years of banking experience. He joined TD Bank in 2013 and most recently served as a sales officer in treasury management. Mintz + Hoke promotes three Connecticut integrated marketing agency Mintz + Hoke in Avon has promoted Trevor Dobrowsky to associate creative director, Kathy Morelli to di- rector of digital technology and Glen Snowden to senior art director. Hartford Healthcare announces new doctors Hartford Healthcare recently announced that Dr. Jozsef Piri has joined the department of internal medicine at Hartford Hospital; Dr. Debra A. Pachucki joined Hartford Healthcare Medical Group; Dr. Phyllis G. Grable-Esposito joined the department of neurol- ogy at Hartford Hospital; and Dr. Jaime P. Moskowitz joined Hartford Healthcare Medical Group, practicing in Farmington and Hartford Hospital's department of internal medicine. Piri is board certified in internal medicine and is seeing patients in Bloomfield. Pachucki is board certified in internal medicine and is accepting new patients in Wethersfield. Grable-Esposito is board certified in neurology, neuromuscular medicine and electrodiagnostic med- icine and is performing EMGs and seeing patients in Hartford and Bloomfield. Moskowitz is board certified in internal medicine and is accepting new patients in Farmington. Meg Warren Nisha Kapur William Kohlhepp Cathy DeFrances NONPROFIT NOTEBOOK Howley Bread Group's Panera Bread bakery-cafes located throughout Greater Hartford raised $13,800 for the 2015 Great- er Hartford Walk Now for Autism Speaks. The event raises money to fund bio- medical research; increase public awareness about autism and its effects on individuals, families and society; bring hope to all who deal with the hardships of this disorder; and bring together the autism community as one strong voice to urge the government and pri- vate sector to take action. • • • Frontier Communications has made the first of three $50,000 donations to the Con- necticut Department of Veterans Affairs (CTDVA) in support of its pilot program to improve the adoption and utilization of My HealtheVet and home telehealth programs. The CTDVA program is designed to provide Connecticut veterans with easy online access to information regarding their health benefits. Frontier's donation will support the program through a combination of subsidized broad- band service and the purchase of tablets and other Internet-enabled devices to assist veter- ans throughout the benefits process. • • • The Real Estate Finance Association of Connecticut's 16th Annual Golf Outing proceeds were distributed to the UConn Cen- ter for Real Estate and Habitat for Humanity. REFA CT donated $1,000 in honor of UConn Center for Real Estate's 50th anniversary. In addition, Habitat for Humanity of Coastal Fairfield County and Hartford Area Habitat for Humanity received $1,500 each. • • • Gymnastics Express in Newington and Glastonbury participated in the annu- al Unite for HER Pink Invitational and selected St. Francis Hospital and Medi- cal Center to be the recipient of a $3,000 grant. This is the third consecutive year that Gymnastics Express has won the Above and Beyond Challenge and have donated $9,000 for programs to benefit cancer patients utilizing services at St. Francis' Center for Integrative Medicine. The Pink Invitational is a three-day competition where athletes compete while supporting breast cancer initiatives and learning about the importance lifelong wellness. • • • Berkshire Bank's two charitable foun- dations awarded $1 million in grants from Jan. 1 to June 30 to nonprofit organizations across the Northeast. While the two foun- dations' funding focus areas are education and community and economic development projects, they also donated to youth, cul- tural and human service organizations that provide vital services to the community. The Connecticut grant recipients included YMCA of Greater Hartford, Community Solutions, Connecticut Science Center, and ConnectiKids Inc. Panera Bread employees present a donation to help raise autism awareness. 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