Hartford Business Journal

18 Hartford Business Journal • February 29, 2016 www.HartfordBusiness.com Amenta Emma Architects adds to Hartford, Stamford offices Hartford-based Amenta Emma Architects recently announced the addition of Nayef Mudawar to its Hart- ford office and Monica Harriss to its Stamford outpost. Mudawar has extensive experience producing schematic design proposals, construction docu- ments and 3D models. His assignments will include work on Amenta Emma's renovation, restoration and site redevelopment project for the State Office Building at 165 Capitol Ave. Harriss has a portfolio that includes commercial, cor- porate, hospitality, residential and retail projects. She is the founder of Women-in-Design, a youth program for underprivileged females needing a viable career path. Graff Public Solutions announces manager of public affairs Hartford public affairs agency Graff Public Solutions LLC has added Brendan Finley as manager of public affairs. Finley joined GPS in January, bringing extensive knowledge of the Connecticut General Assembly and the executive branch, including tracking the progress of legislation and regulations, conducting research, mo - bilizing the grassroots and managing client relations. Before joining GPS, Finley was legislator coordi- nator for the lobbying firm Sullivan & LeShane Inc., where he worked with the government relations team and in client coordination and communication. Fiduciary Investment Advisors promotes two to partner Windsor-based Fiduciary Investment Advisors LLC has promoted Jeffrey Capone and Vincent Smith to partner and senior consultant. Capone most recently served as a senior consul- tant after joining FIA in 2009. He provides strategic investment consulting services to nonprofit and cor- porate sponsors, and has been advising institutional clients for more than 15 years. Smith most recently served as a senior consultant after joining the firm in 2011. He provides consulting services to plan sponsors, including comprehensive fiduciary governance and oversight, investment pol- icy statement development and review, investment menu design, investment monitoring and selection, market reviews and request for proposals, and fee analysis and benchmarking. He has been advising institutional clients for more than 15 years. United Bank hires chief information and administrative officer John J. Smith has been hired as executive vice president and chief information and administrative officer of Glastonbury-based United Bank. Smith will lead the information technology, payment opera- tions and project management teams. Smith comes to United Bank with more than 30 years of experience in financial services technology and operations management. He spent the last 10 years with New York-based CIT Group in New Jer- sey, most recently as chief information officer for CIT Bank Unit from 2010 to 2015. Smith has managed all aspects of information technology and operations units, including back- office operations, application development, data center management/operations, network manage- ment and call centers. Chelsea Groton Bank names Glastonbury retail loan originator Amy Jock recently joined Chelsea Groton Bank as a retail loan originator based at the bank's lending center in Glastonbury. Jock will work with clients needing traditional mortgages, first-time homebuyer and affordable lending programs, and specialty financing and home equity loans. Jock most recently was a residential mortgage loan originator with Northwest Community Bank and has experience as an audit assistant and a bank teller, prior to becoming a lender. Peter Pan Bus Lines announces new marketing director Peter Pan Bus Lines has named Danielle Veronesi its new marketing director. She will be responsible for overseeing Peter Pan's marketing department, which includes creating digital advertising through multime- dia platforms. Veronesi brings more than 15 years of experi- ence in the marketing and promotions industry, coming most recently from iHeartMedia, where she was marketing and promotions director. Hallmark TotalTech appoints sales and marketing manager Garrison Leykam has been appointed sales and marketing manager for Rocky Hill-based Hallmark TotalTech Inc., a provider of consultants, techni- cians, project teams and permanent staff to OEM vendors, systems integrators and other companies throughout North America. Leykam has trained and mentored hundreds of pro- fessional salespeople and been featured on ESPN2's "Extreme Magazine" TV show for his leadership and team-building abilities. He's also host and producer of the documentary "Diners" on Connecticut Public Tele- vision and author of "Classic Diners of Connecticut." Charitable foundation appoints Quinnipiac nursing school dean to advisory board Jean Lange, founding dean and professor of the Quinnipiac University School of Nursing, has been ap- pointed to the advisory board of the Gertrude E. Skelly Charitable Foundation. The foundation provides grants to undergraduate and graduate nursing students in the U.S. facing unexpected financial emergencies that jeopardize their education. It also provides educational opportunities and medical care for those in need. Before coming to Quinnipiac, Lange was a pro- fessor and director of the doctor of nursing practice program at Fairfield University. MOVERS & SHAKERS Nayef Mudawar Amy Jock Brendan Finley Jean Lange

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