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18 Hartford Business Journal • September 14, 2015 www.HartfordBusiness.com MOVERS & SHAKERS Comcast Cable appoints customer care VP Sandy Weicher was appointed vice president of customer care for Comcast Cable's Berlin-based Western New England Region, which includes Con- necticut, Vermont, New York, western Massachu- setts and western New Hampshire. Weicher will be responsible for Comcast's customer service and will oversee management of the compa- ny's regional call centers in Enfield and South Burling- ton, Vt. Weicher has more than 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry and has worked at Comcast for more than a decade, most recently as vice president of care for the company's Freedom Re- gion, which includes Philadelphia and its surrounding suburbs, New Jersey and northern Delaware. Farmington Valley Visiting Nurse Association names executive director The Farmington Valley Visiting Nurse Associa- tion has named Nancy A. Scheetz executive director. Scheetz is a certified clinical specialist with the American Nurses Credentialing Center and licensed as a registered nurse and an advanced practice reg- istered nurse in Connecticut. Hughes Health & Rehabilitation names social services director Hughes Health & Rehabilitation of West Hart- ford has appointed Jennette Livingston as director of social services. Livingston provides emotional, physical and spiritual support to Hughes' residents. Mintz + Hoke adds new staff Avon communications firm Mintz + Hoke has added three team members: Christine Matonti, business development coordinator and human re- sources assistant; Philip Reyes, office manager; and Jacqueline Russillo, account coordinator. Matonti previously was an executive recruiter at Hobson Associates in Cheshire. Reyes previously served as a social worker and coun- selor with various organizations, including Kidsafe CT and the Village for Families and Children Inc. in Hartford. Russillo previously was an account management intern at Keiler & Co. in Farmington. Community Health Resources board elects chairman Jason Jakubowski, vice president of external rela- tions at Hospital for Special Care in New Britain, was recently elected chairman of the board of directors for Windsor-based Community Health Resources (CHR). Jakubowski joined the CHR board in 2012. Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers names deputy chief investment officer MassMutual's Hartford realty investment advisory arm, Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers, has promot- ed Mike Zammitti to deputy chief investment officer. Zammitti, a nearly 20-year Cornerstone veteran, will oversee Cornerstone's U.S. commercial-proper- ty portfolio. He previously ran the eastern region and will be based in Hartford. Kevin Miller, previously a vice president in Cor- nerstone's eastern region office, will assume Zam- mitti's role as eastern region managing director and supervise the firm's portfolio of commercial proper- ties on the East Coast. Bank of America names Connecticut VP Kristina Dempsey has been named a Connecti- cut local market vice president and portfolio man- agement officer for Bank of America, working out of its Hartford office. Dempsey is a senior member of a team respon- sible for negotiating, un- derwriting, structuring, gaining approval, closing and monitoring complex commercial credit trans- actions for companies with revenues of $50 million to $2 billion. She previously worked as a global commercial bank- ing analyst for the bank, which she joined in 2011. UConn Health promotes VP for quality and patient services Ann Marie Capo was recently named vice presi- dent for quality and patient services and chief nurs- ing officer at the UConn Health Center. Capo began her career in nursing in the neonatal intensive care unit and rose to become the nurse man- ager of a 34-bed unit and was co-leader of a team that brought the National Institute of Health General Clinical Research Center to UConn Health. MassMutual names VP of pension buyout business MassMutual recently appointed Lynn Esenwine as vice president of its pension buyout business in its En- field office. Esenwine is responsible for market and busi- ness development, adviser and key account manage- ment, product and solution design, quoting and analysis of business cases, among other duties. Esenwine, with 14 years of experience in the retirement plan industry, joined MassMutual from Prudential Retirement. Jason Jakubowski Jacqueline Russillo Philip Reyes Christine Matonti Nancy A. Scheetz Jennette Livingston Sandy Weicher Business growing? Need working capital? Speak with a business lending expert today. You'll discover a level of service that works as hard as you do. 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