Hartford Business Journal

38 Hartford Business Journal • September 14, 2015 www.HartfordBusiness.com ACCOLADES & MORE CARRIER TRANSICOLD SUPPORTS FOODSHARE OUTREACH ▶ ▶ In support of Foodshare's goal of creating a community in which everyone receives all the food they need, Carrier Transicold announced that it will contribute a Supra truck refrigeration unit for one of the organization's mobile Foodshare trucks. The donation will help the mobile Foodshare truck distribute perishable goods to people in need throughout Greater Hartford, extending capabilities beyond traditional brick-and-mortar sites and the distribution of non-perishable products. Pictured (from left) are Ed Dunn, vice president, supply chain, UTC Building & Industrial Systems; David Appel, president, Carrier Transicold & Refrigeration Systems; James Arena-DeRosa, president, Foodshare; and John Mandyck, chief sustainability officer, UTC Building & Industrial Systems. ▶ ▶ New Country Motor Cars' 2nd Annual "Stuff a MINI to the Max" campaign collected brand new backpacks filled with supplies to give to hundreds of Hartford Public School students for the start of the school year. New Country MINI created the program to ensure Hartford teachers and students are prepared for class and to ease the financial burden on city parents. Pictured (from left) are Peter Keast, general manager of New Country MINI; Sam Herman, sales manager of New Country MINI; Pedro Segarra, mayor of Hartford; Alisa Picerno, president of Alliances by Alisa Media Relations; Tim Parker, vice president of New Country Motor Cars; and Beth Schiavino-Narvaez, Hartford Superintendent of Schools. HARTFORD STUDENTS RECEIVE SCHOOL SUPPLIES FROM NEW COUNTRY MINI ▶ ▶ The Boys & Girls Club of Bristol Family Center's Annual Mayor's Cup Golf Outing was recently held at Chippanee Country Club in Bristol. The event hosted 144 golfers, including six former Bristol mayors, and current Mayor Ken Cockayne. The event raised more than $82,000, which will support the Club's youth programs that focus on academic success, healthy lifestyles and citizenship. Pictured (from left) are Michael Heimbach, vice president of ESPN Global Security and Safety and Robert Flores, co-host of ESPN's SportsCenter. BRISTOL MAYOR'S CUP GOLF OUTING RAISES MONEY FOR BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NOTE COMCAST'S MCLAUGHLIN NAMED ONE OF TOP 100 CABLE POWER PLAYERS Mary McLaughlin, senior vice presi- dent of Comcast's Western New England Region based in Berlin, was recently honored as one of the top 100 regional power players in the cable industry by CableFAX: The Magazine. This is the fourth consecutive year that McLaughlin has received this honor, which is reserved for the most influential cable industry executives nationwide. McLaughlin oversees operations, network development and customer service for Comcast customers in more than 300 communities in Connecticut, Western Massachusetts, Western New Hampshire, Vermont and New York. • • • BLUMSHAPIRO NAMED ONE OF INSIDE PUBLIC ACCOUNTING'S TOP NATIONAL 100 FIRMS BlumShapiro has again been selected as one of the largest public accounting firms in the United States by INSIDE Public Accounting, increasing its ranking from No. 56 to No. 53. BlumShapiro's higher position in the IPA Top 100 Firms Rankings for 2015 is based on the firm's 5.6 percent net revenues increase to more than $68 million, according to IPA. • • • WOODARD & CURRAN CONTINUES TO CLIMB TOP ENVIRONMENTAL FIRMS LIST Engineering and environmental firm Woodard & Curran moved up 12 spots to No. 55 on Engineering News Record's annual list of the Top 200 Environmental Firms in the United States. Woodard & Curran has offices in Enfield and Cheshire. ENR calculates the annual rankings based on revenue from environmental projects, which includes water and wastewater, stormwater, environmental cleanup and more. • • • NEW ENGLAND DEVELOPMENT CHOSEN AS FINALIST FOR ULI GLOBAL AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE The Urban Land Institute has selected the Storrs Center as a finalist for its 2015 Global Awards for Excellence. The Storrs Center is a mixed-use town center located in the village of Storrs, in the town of Mansfield. It is adjacent to the University of Connecticut. When completed, the Storrs Center will include 650 residential units and about 160,000 square feet of restaurants, cafes, shops and nightlife venues. The Storrs Center project has become a reference for college town center development and constitutes one of the most ambitious public/private initiatives in the state's history. 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. Mary McLaughlin

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