Hartford Business Journal

www.HartfordBusiness.com September 21, 2015 • Hartford Business Journal 7 WHAT'S AHEAD: ■ 9/28 Focus: Education ■ The List: MBA, Graduate programs ■ Nonprofit Profile: Hartford Foundation for Public Giving CALENDAR FRIDAY, OCT. 2 Leadership Perspectives from Female Leaders and Entrepreneurs Female executives and entrepreneurs will participate in a panel discussion, "How to Succeed in Leadership Roles: Perspectives from Female Leaders and Entrepreneurs," from 8 a.m. to noon on Friday, Oct. 2 at Burt Kahn Court at Quinnipiac University, 275 Mount Carmel Ave., Hamden. The moderator for the panel will be Diane Smith, a New York Times bestselling author, Emmy award-winning journalist, documentary producer and speaker. This will be the inaugural event for the Center for Women & Business at Quinnipiac, which addresses concerns faced by women in a professional capacity. The event is free and open to the public, however advance registration is required. To register go to: www. quinnipiac.edu/womenandbusinesspanel. F O R A C O M P L E T E L I S T O F G R E A T E R H A R T F O R D B U S I N E S S E V E N T S , G O T O W W W . H A R T F O R D B U S I N E S S . C O M A N D C L I C K O N ' C A L E N D A R . ' A L L C A L E N D A R I T E M S M U S T B E S U B M I T T E D E L E C T R O N I C A L L Y V I A O U R W E B S I T E , H A R T F O R D B U S I N E S S . C O M . HEALTH CARE Hospital for Special Care's Votto to retire; Ricci named CEO Dr. John Votto is stepping down Oct. 1 as president and CEO of the Hospital for Special Care in New Britain for the last 18 years, handing the reins to Lynn Ricci, currently chief operating officer. Votto, 64, decided the time was right to hand off an organiza- tion that's financially healthy and continuing to innovate — the latest example being the planned launch of an in-patient autism program in November. The closest in-patient autism program now is in Providence, R.I., according to Ricci. "We're doing really well," said Votto. "You don't want to pass the job over to somebody when there's a nightmare going on." There are none, he said. Ricci, 56, said she will continue the culture of the long-term acute specialty care hospital and add new programs if needed. "If we were sitting back and satisfied, we wouldn't be as suc- cessful as we are," said Ricci, who joined HSC in 2007. HSC has a history of taking on challenging programs, said Vot- to, who will remain as president and CEO of HSC's parent organi- zation, the Center for Special Care, until Oct. 1, 2016, when he will retire and Ricci will become president and CEO of both entities. HSC bills itself as one of the five largest, free-standing long- term acute care hospitals in the United States and the nation's only long-term acute-care hospital serving adults and children. Diane Smith John Votto won a Hartford Business Journal Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013. P H O T O | P A B L O R O B L E S ECONOMY CT's Aug. jobless rate falls on gains Connecticut's job-creation engine cranked out 3,200 more jobs in August, pushing the state's jobless rate to a fresh post-recession low, the state says. Nonfarm employment statewide climbed last month to a seasonally adjusted 1,698,900, the state Department of Labor said. August was the state's fourth straight month of job gains, but fell below July's estimated new-job tally of 4,100, the labor agency said. As a result, Connecticut's unemployment rate dipped to 5.3 percent in August – lowest since reaching 5.4 percent in May 2008 – down from 5.4 percent in July. It was the best August job growth in more than a decade, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Thursday. The U.S. jobless rate last month was 5.1 percent. ENERGY UIL agrees to $30M cleanup of N. Haven power plant In order to gain key consents for its $3 billion merger, New Haven utility parent UIL Holdings agreed to pay at least $30 million to remedi- ate its former English Station power plant in New Haven. UIL reached the deal with the state attorney general and the Depart- ment of Energy & Environmental Protection late last week. The agree- ment is contingent upon the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority and the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities approv- ing UIL's proposed merger with Spanish utility giant Iberdrola, which is trying to grow its U.S. operations. PURA is expected to make a ruling Dec. 4.

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