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22 Hartford Business Journal • March 7, 2016 www.HartfordBusiness.com OF NOTE COMCAST SENIOR LEADER NAMED WOMAN OF POWER Comcast's Beverly Elliott (shown above, left) was recently honored by the Urban League of Southern Connecticut as a "Woman of Power." Elliott was among 11 women saluted from a wide variety of fields, including business, medicine, law and education. Elliott was also recently promoted to senior director of project man- agement for Comcast's Western New England Region and has joined the region's senior leadership team. The University of Michigan graduate has more than 20 years of indus- try experience and oversees Comcast's regional Project Management Office, which is responsible for creating and managing the execution of plans and cross-functional teams that ensure new initiatives and product launches are rolled out efficiently and smoothly. • • • CBA PRESIDENT-ELECT TO LEAD NEW ENGLAND BAR ASSOCIATION Attorney Monte E. Frank has been elected president of the New England Bar Association. Frank is president-elect of the New Britain-based Connecticut Bar Association. In his role as president, Frank will lead the New England Bar states' legal community as it grapples with challenging issues. Frank is a principal in the litigation and municipal groups of Cohen and Wolf, which has offices in Bridgeport, Orange, Danbury and Westport. • • • CT LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS ANNOUNCE 2016 PROFESSIONAL AWARD WINNERS The Connecticut Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects recently announced the winners of its annual Connecticut Professional Awards competition. The winning companies included: • Towers|Golde LLC (New Haven), Award of Excellence for The Phoenix Plaza (Phoenix Life Insurance Co./Hartford) • Devore Associates LLC (Fairfield), Merit Award for Marriott Plaza (Culinary Institute of America/Hyde Park, N.Y.) • Artemis Landscape Architects Inc. (Bridgeport), Honor Award for Environmentally Sustainable Post-Sandy Beachfront (Private Residence/Fairfield) • Artemis Landscape Architects Inc. (Bridgeport), Merit Award for Seaside Terraces in Balance with Nature (Private Residence/Darien) • The S/L/A/M Collaborative (Glastonbury), Merit Award for Providence College Landscape & Land Use Master Plan (Providence, R.I.) • Milone & MacBroom Inc. (Cheshire), Merit Award for Ethel Walker Woods Stewardship Plan (Simsbury) • • • UNIVERSITY OF ST. JOSEPH RECEIVES GLOBAL MARKETING AWARD The University of St. Joseph in West Hartford will receive an interna- tional marketing award from the Place Marketing Forum in Aix-en- Provence, France in March. The school will be recognized as a "remarkable model of digital and inbound marketing," specifically for its 2014-2015 "I Will" Recruitment Campaign, which resulted in a 42 percent increase in undergraduate first-year enrollment. ▶ ▶ The United Bank Foundation Connecticut has donated $20,000 to support the Greater Hartford Arts Council's United Arts Campaign kick- off event, Big Red for the Arts. The fundraising event will feature food from the area's top restaurants, wines and spirits from around the world, and an arts showcase by community artists. All proceeds benefit the United Arts Campaign, which supports arts organizations and programs that provide educational opportunities, celebrate diversity, and drive the local economy. Pictured (from left) are: Cathy Malloy, CEO of the Greater Hartford Arts Council; and Adam Jeamel, eastern Connecticut regional president of United Bank. ▶ ▶ The Connecticut Bar Association's Young Lawyers Section recently presented a $2,500 contribution to Life Haven, an organization offering emergency shelter for homeless pregnant women and women with young children. The donation is comprised of the net proceeds from the section's annual holiday party, as well as a donation from Faxon Law Group. Pictured (from left) are: CBA Executive Director Douglas S. Brown; Life Haven Shelter Manager LeAnne Brewer; Life Haven Community Relations Specialist Mary Grande; CBA-YLS Chair Matthew Necci; CBA-YLS Treasurer Suphi Philip; and Faxon Law Group Communications Director Christina Acampora. LOCAL FOUNDATION SUPPORTS BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF BRISTOL UNITED BANK FOUNDATION SUPPORTS GREATER HARTFORD ARTS COUNCIL YOUNG LAWYERS FUND WOMEN'S SHELTER ▶ ▶ The Maximilian E. & Marion O. Hoffman Foundation has awarded a $25,000 grant to the Boys & Girls Club of Bristol Family Center to support their Outreach Unit at Cambridge Park. Located in a public housing complex, the Outreach Unit provides programs and activities to youth ages 6-18. The funds will be used to continue to support the safe and positive climate as well as expanded programming at this site. Pictured (from left) are: Joseph B. Chaho, vice president and secretary for the E. & Marion O. Hoffman Foundation; Dawn Burke, director of development for the Boys & Girls Club of Bristol Family Center; Michael Suchopar, chief program officer for the Club; and Marion L. Barrak, president/CEO for the Foundation. Monte E. Frank ACCOLADES & MORE