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CONTINUING and
GRADUATE EDUCATION
For Professionals and Executives
Index
■ Week in Review: PG. 6
■ The Lists: PGS. 14, 18
■ Deal Watch: PG. 20
■ Movers and Shakers: PG. 24
■ Nonprofit Notebook: PG. 25
■ Opinion & Commentary: PG. 28
EXECUTIVE PROFILE
Brand Building
Henkel North America owns some of the best
consumer brands in America including Loctite, Dial,
Purex and Right Guard, but few know the company
itself or the fact that it's based in Rocky Hill. It's the
job of Jerry Perkins, president of Henkel North
America, to fix that. PG. 5
Capital Lifeline
The $2 million in federal money recently handed to
an obscure but vital community lending nonprofit
couldn't have come at a better time. Find out how
the funds will help the Hartford Community Loan
Fund expand its mission PG. 3
I
n today's competitive business
world, the need to build and
expand job competencies and
professional know-how has
never been greater.
This week Hartford
Business Journal fea-
tures a special focus on
continuing and graduate
education. We explore
the trends impacting
higher education, skill
sets and degrees that
are highly in-demand by
employers, the evolving
curriculums of local
MBA programs, and the
impact higher educa-
tion is having on Hart-
ford's redevelopment
efforts. PG. 9
EXPANDED
FOCUS
Business lobby plots more aggressive
stance with lawmakers
By Brad Kane
bkane@HartfordBusiness.com
C
entral Connecticut chambers of com-
merce and trade associations are band-
ing together to take a more aggressive
and proactive stance during the upcoming 2016
legislative session, hoping to lay the ground-
work to create a more business-friendly state.
At the behest of the Connecticut Busi-
ness & Industry Association, area chambers
and trade associations representing various
key industries — health care, energy, retail,
among others — met Sept. 21 to discuss their
goals for next year's legislative session, mark-
ing the first time in nearly a decade various
pro-business lobbying groups gathered in
advance of a General Assembly session.
Their meeting was not open to the media, but
various attendees say their mission is to increase
the state's overall economic competitiveness by
preventing lawmakers from adopting detrimen-
tal tax and regulatory changes, urging updates
to the state's fiscal structure through changes
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Timothy Stewart, president,
Greater New Britain
Chamber of Commerce
James Albert, president
and CEO, Central
Connecticut Chambers
of Commerce
