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16 Hartford Business Journal • February 22, 2016 www.HartfordBusiness.com Hinckley Allen promotes one to partner in Hartford office Law firm Hinckley Allen promoted David De- Bassio to partner in its Hartford office. DeBassio focuses on litigation and represents clients in state and federal courts, as well as al- ternative dispute resolution (both mediation and arbitration) in a variety of civil and criminal matters, including disputes related to commercial leases, landlord-tenant agreements, commercial and resi- dential construction projects, and shareholders. Northstar Wealth Partners names chief investment officer Northstar Wealth Partners, a financial and wealth management firm in West Hartford, has appointed Michael Sheldon chief investment officer. His responsibilities include efficient investment design, customized plan development and integrated implementation. Prior to joining Northstar, Sheldon was vice presi- dent, chief market strategist for Westport-based RDM Financial Group. In that role, he was responsible for actively managing the asset allocation process, due diligence oversight and mutual fund selection for a multifaceted financial services operation. Webster Bank names senior vice president Waterbury's Webster Bank has named Jason Soto as senior vice president, senior credit ex- ecutive for the commercial bank's middle market lending business. Soto is responsible for manag- ing the credit approval process and overall credit risk within Webster's middle-market unit. Soto has 20 years of credit and financial ser- vices experience, most recently with GE Capital, where he spent 16 years and held roles including chief credit officer for its corporate finance divi- sion and managing director within its media, com- munication and entertainment division. NRT names president of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in CT Residential real estate brokerage company NRT LLC announced that Joseph Valvano has been promoted to president of NRT's Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Connecticut and West- chester County, N.Y. Valvano will lead the company's sales operations and business development, and oversee the daily operations of its 51 real estate offices and more than 2,200 affiliated sales associates and employees throughout Connecticut and Westchester County. Valvano most recently served as the managing broker of the Greenwich and Old Greenwich of- fices of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Connecticut and Westchester County, overseeing more than 200 affiliated sales associates. Lyman Real Estate Brokerage & Development adds agent Westbrook-based Lyman Real Estate Brokerage & Development announced that Amanda Asman has joined the firm as an agent. She is trained in commercial real estate and is a Certified Commercial Investment Member. Asman was previously with the Coldwell Banker office in Old Lyme, where she worked as a residen- tial broker. Bank of America Merrill Lynch names CT credit products officer Bank of America Merrill Lynch recently promoted Don Bates to credit products officer for Connecti- cut from his most recent role as senior portfolio management officer. He will continue to manage a portfolio of credit-centric clients with this new title. Bates joined Bank of America's predecessor bank in 2000 and has gained responsibility within the bank's credit organization. He is a senior vice president at the bank. STV|DPM promotes Hartford executive to VP STV|DPM, which is a provider of construction management, architectural, planning, engineering, and environmental services, has promoted architect Mark DuPre from project executive to vice president. DuPre is a 10-year veteran of STV|DPM in Hart- ford, with more than 25 years of experience in the design, construction and healthcare industries. He also teaches infection control risk assessment and mitigation for the Construction Institute. Hartford Foundation for Public Giving appoints board members The MetroHartford Alliance has appointed its president and CEO, Oz Griebel, to the board of direc- tors of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving — the community foundation for the 29-town Greater Hartford region. The MetroHartford Alliance is one of the foundation's six outside appointing authorities. In other board appointments, Yvette Meléndez was re-elected as chair, JoAnn Price was elected vice chair and Robert B. Goldfarb was re-elected treasurer. Meléndez, who joined the board in 2005, is vice president for government and community alliances for Hartford Healthcare and Hartford Hospital. Price joined the board in 2010 and is co-founder and managing partner of Fairview Capital Partners. Goldfarb joined the board in 2007 and is president of HRW Resources Inc. Clinical, research faculty join UConn Health UConn Health announced the addition of six new clinical and research faculty: Dr. Guoyang Luo, Dr. Surita Rao and Amanda Durante on the clinical side and Kepeng Wang, Sivapriya Kai- lasan Vanaja and Beiyan Zhou have joined as researchers in the Department of Immunology. Luo has joined UConn Health as director of the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine. He comes to UConn from Danbury Hospital. Rao, a member of the faculty since 2008, brings her expertise in addiction psychiatry and mood and anxiety disorders to the UConn Health psy- chiatry practice in Farmington. She most recently served as medical director of the Whiting Forensic Division of the Connecticut Valley Hospital. Durante brings her research expertise in infec- tious disease epidemiology to UConn Health from the New Haven Health Department. Wang joins UConn Health from the University of Cal- ifornia, San Diego. Wang's research focuses on the role of inflammation and immunity in cancer development. Vanaja's research focuses on innate immunity and host-pathogen interactions. Zhou's research in- terests are in diabetes, metabolism and hematology. MOVERS & SHAKERS Don Bates Joseph Valvano Mark DuPre Amanda Asman When Your When Your Business Business Relies on Relies on Technology, Technology, You Can Rely You Can Rely on Us. on Us. 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