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22 Hartford Business Journal • February 15, 2016 www.HartfordBusiness.com OF NOTE UCONN BUSINESS PROFESSOR EARNS FULBRIGHT SPECIALIST AWARD UConn finance professor Shantaram Hegde was recently selected as a Fulbright Specialist Award recipient, allowing him to mentor doctoral students and faculty in India. His assignment was to instruct 30 to 40 students and faculty on financial research, a field that he is considered one of the most prolific jour- nal contributors to in the United States. Hegde, who is a native of India, taught at the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode on the western side of southern India in late November. He offered seminars, as well as one-on-one instruction. He joined the UConn faculty in 1990 and served as a visiting scholar at Yale School of Management in 1996-1997. • • • DAY PITNEY PARTNER NAMED HEAD OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP New England Women in Energy and the Environment (NEWIEE), a Boston- based organization comprised of profes- sionals in the energy and environmental sectors, has elected Elizabeth Barton of Day Pitney as president. Barton, an environmental partner at Day Pitney, has been involved with NEWIEE since its founding in 2008. She has more than 25 years of experi- ence in environmental and land-use con- sultation, permitting and litigation at the federal, state and local levels. • • • AAA REVEALS CONNECTICUT'S TOP HOTELS OF 2016 Winvian Farm, a hotel in Morris, has been awarded AAA's Five Diamond Award, which is given to fewer than half a percent of the 28,000 properties approved by AAA. Winvian was the only hotel in Connecticut to receive the honor. Meantime, only 1,500 hotels made the Four Diamond Rating list in 2016, including eight in Connecticut. They included: The Homestead Inn, Greenwich; Marriott Hartford Downtown; Grand Pequot Tower at Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket; The Fox Tower, Mashantucket; Hyatt Regency Greenwich, Old Greenwich; Saybrook Point Inn & Spa, Old Saybrook; Delamar Southport, Southport; Mohegan Sun, Uncasville. AAA uses professional inspectors to conduct in-person property eval- uations for its awards. • • • BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY CEO ADAMS NAMED TO TOP CEO LIST Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England and Westchester Properties President and CEO Candace Adams was recently named to the Swanepoel Power 200 List for 2015. Adams is on the list for the third year in a row. The Swanepoel Power 200 is a comprehensive roster of leading CEOs and senior executives whose leadership and experience drive the industry and their organizations. Please Note: All electronic submissions for Accolades should be sent to news@HartfordBusiness.com. For more information about the Hartford Business Journal's Accolades Page, please visit www.HartfordBusiness.com. ▶ ▶ Junior Achievement staff and Fairfield University alumni Amanda Teti and Jeremy Race coordinated a local collection of stuffed animals to donate to their favorite charities. Other Junior Achievement staff and board members also contributed to the collection, which included eight bags of stuffed animals that were given to children at The Greater Hartford Children's Advocacy Center at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford. Pictured (from left) are: Karen Zott; Jill Fitzsimons-Bula; Amanda Teti; Regina Dyton; and Lisa Murphy-Cipolla. ▶ ▶ The Connecticut Retail Merchants Association (CRMA) recently presented annual awards for leadership and community service in Connecticut's retail industry. Award recipients and representatives were (from left): Tom Zapf, Macy's, National Retailer of the Year; Tom Wholley, chairman, CRMA; Tim Phelan, president, CRMA; State Sen. Len Fasano, Legislator of the Year; Karen Munson, Munson's Chocolates, Retailer of the Year; Stephanie Blozy, Fleet Feet Sports, Excellence in Customer & Community Service Award; Paul Eusebio, EbLens, Special Recognition Award; and Marc Green, Lux Bond & Green, Distinguished Service Award. ANNUAL MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. SCHOLARSHIP BREAKFAST HONORS STUDENTS JR. ACHIEVEMENT STAFF DONATES TO CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY GROUP CT RETAIL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION PRESENTS ANNUAL LEADERSHIP AWARDS ▶ ▶ The 31st annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Breakfast recently drew nearly 700 people to the Connecticut Convention Center. Since 1985, the breakfast has helped the Hartford Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta award nearly $300,000 in scholarship funds to 135 high school seniors. Pictured (from left) are: Veronica T. DeLandro, president, Harford Alumnae Chapter; Cassandra Charles-Gerst, journalist, Hartford Alumnae Chapter; Frances-Julia Jaynes, scholarship recipient and University of Connecticut student; keynote speaker Ambassador Suzan Johnson Cook; Tajanae Crawford, scholarship recipient and Quinnipiac University student; Gail Jackson, vice president of talent, inclusion and engagement, United Technologies; and Deloris Johnson Drakes, committee chair of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Breakfast. ACCOLADES & MORE Shantaram Hegde Elizabeth Barton