Hartford Business Journal

18 Hartford Business Journal • April 25, 2016 www.HartfordBusiness.com NONPROFIT NOTEBOOK NONPROFIT PROFILE CT Society of Certified Public Accountants 716 Brook St., Rocky Hill | www.ctcpas.org MISSION A professional association in Connecticut that promotes and supports state CPAs. TOP EXECUTIVE SERVICES Arthur Renner, Executive Director Advocacy, community and education for CPAs in CT. FY 2015 SUMMARY 2014 2015 Total Employees 15 15 Total Assets $1,320,453 $1,423,589 Total Liabilities $461,155 $441,740 REVENUES Contributions & Grants $0 $0 Program Service Revenue $2,989,570 $3,093,845 Investment Income $30,571 $51,892 Other $141,783 $133,537 TOTAL $3,161,924 $3,279,274 EXPENSES Grants $10,000 $10,000 Member Benefits $0 $0 Salaries/Employee Benefits $1,247,803 $1,279,591 Fundraising Fees $0 $0 Other $1,860,074 $1,858,533 TOTAL $3,117,877 $3,148,124 MARGIN $44,047 $131,150 TOP PAID EXECUTIVES (FY 2015) Base Salary Total Compensation & Benefits Arthur Renner, Executive Director $216,780 $245,508 Julie McNeal, Director of Finance $120,118 $138,662 Mark Zampino, Public Affairs Director $112,864 $119,389 S O U R C E : G U I D E S T A R I R S 9 9 0 T A X F O R M CT Institute for the 21st Century names executive director The Connecticut Institute for the 21st Century (CT21), which recommends nonpartisan, data-driven policy to government leaders, has named Scott Bates its new executive director. Bates, a Connecticut native, has served in a num- ber of important positions in state and federal gov- ernment, including secretary of the commonwealth of Virginia under Gov. Douglas Wilder and as senior ad- viser to the U.S. House Select Committee on Home- land Security. Bates recently served as president of The Center for National Policy in Washington, D.C. In March, he was appointed to the recently constituted Connecticut Port Authority and elected chairman. Hartford Healthcare announces Heart and Vascular Institute appointments Hartford Healthcare has appointed Dr. Sabet W. Hashim as chairman of cardiac surgery and co- physician-in-chief of the Hartford Healthcare Heart and Vascular Institute, and Hartford Hospital cardi- ologist Dr. Paul Thompson the institute's co-physi- cian-in-chief. Dr. Thomas Divinagracia, director of endovascular services at Hartford Hospital, will lead systemwide vascular surgery strategy. The Heart and Vascular Institute will be under the administrative direction of Mariane Carna, system vice president for cardiovascular services. For the past decade, Hashim has served as direc- tor of cardiac valve surgery at Yale-New Haven Hospital, where he performed New England's first mitral valve repair in 1984. Thompson is an international expert who has au- thored more than 200 scientific articles on topics including the effects of exercise training on prevent- ing and treating heart disease. Hartford law firm adds assoc. attorney The Law Offices of John Q. Gale LLC announced that Hide (HE-day) Inga has joined the firm as an associate attorney. He will practice alongside attorneys John Gale and Derek Poirier at Gale's firm in downtown Hartford. A native and dual citizen of Nigeria who grew up in Willington, Inga joins the Law Offices of John Q. Gale after eight months as a solo practitioner spe- cializing in family law. UConn names chief diversity officer Joelle A. Murchison has been named associate vice president and chief diversity officer at the Uni- versity of Connecticut, effective July 5. Murchison, currently vice president of enterprise diversity and inclusion for The Travelers Cos., will serve as the university's main strategist responsible for guid- ing efforts to define, assess and promote diversity, in- clusion, and educational and employment opportunity. Leadership Greater Hartford names consulting, training director Leadership Greater Hartford (LGH) announced that Karen Senteio has joined the LGH team as di- rector of consulting and training. Senteio will man- age LGH's consulting and training services focused on leadership training, team building and a variety of other organizational development needs. A professional coach and owner of Verve LLC con- sulting services, Senteio brings more than 25 years corporate experience at The Hartford Financial Ser- vices Group Inc., holding leadership positions in project and program management, operations, information technology, diversity and inclusion, training, facilitation and change management. American Eagle FCU names VP, real estate lending Patricia "Patty" Mason recently joined East Hartford-based American Eagle Financial Credit Union as vice president/real estate lending, follow- ing the promotion of Howard Brady to senior vice president/chief of lending. Mason, who previously worked at United Bank, has 16 years of sales and service industry experience. BETA Group adds Hartford senior project engineer Kaethe Podgorski has joined BETA Group Inc. as a senior project engineer and will support the trans- portation department of BETA's Hartford-based office. Podgorski has more than 15 years of experience in the analysis and design of traffic, transportation and civil improvement projects. Joining Technologies announces ops manager East Granby-based Joining Technologies Inc., which specializes in laser welding and cladding, has pro- moted longtime employee Greg Miller to operations manager at its headquarters facility. Miller will oversee all engineering, facilities main- tenance and manufacturing personnel, and will have full responsibility for delivering fusion welding, ma- chining and supply chain services to the company's North American customers, which include aerospace, medical device and automotive OEMs. CT Open tennis tournament hires media veteran The Connecticut Open presented by United Technol- ogies announced that 20-year media industry veteran Randy Master has joined its corporate partnerships department. Master will be responsible for leveraging the suc- cess of the tournament, its WTA player field, Men's Legends event, domestic and international television coverage and not-for-profit status to garner regional, national and worldwide partners. Master comes to the Connecticut Open after spend- ing 10 years at Tennis Channel, most recently serving as the vice president, director of East Coast ad sales. Channel 3 Kids Camp appoints new board members Channel 3 Kids Camp, located in Andover and Coven- try, recently appointed three new members to its board of directors: Wilson Vega, Dr. Anton Alerte and Su- zanne C. Thorburn. Vega is senior vice president of field operations at Global Imaging Systems; Alerte is a pediatrician at St. Francis Hospital and University of Connecticut; and Thorburn is employed by Meredith Corp. MOVERS & SHAKERS Scott Bates Dr. Paul Thompson Patricia "Patty" Mason Dr. Sabet W. Hashim Joelle A. Murchison Randy Master UConn has formally committed to sharing space in the Hartford Public Library. The flagship state college will renovate and occupy about 12,000 square feet of library space exclusively for classes/meetings/events once it relocates its West Hartford campus to new space downtown in the fall of 2017. UConn and the library also will share about 4,350 square feet in the 500 Main St. building, adja- cent to city hall. The bulk of UConn's classroom space and faculty offices will be housed in the former Hartford Times Building on Prospect Street. • • • The People's United Community Foundation awarded $135,500 during its first grant cycle of 2016 to nonprofit organiza- tions throughout Hartford County. Recipients included: Farm to Family in Avon; Connecti- cut Center for School Change; Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness; Connecticut Housing Investment Fund; Connecticut Public Broadcasting; Local Initiatives Support Corpo- ration; Connecticut Science Center in Hartford; Rebuilding Together of Manchester, Prudence Crandall Center; and YMCA of New Britain. • • • Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foun- dation distributed more than $1.5 mil- lion in grants in 2015 to its Healthy Food Fund initiatives within the region, sup- porting programs that grow, distribute and market fresh food for the community. Connecticut recipients include: Hartford Food Systems; New Haven Farms and New Haven Land Trust; Green Village Initiative; CT Food Bank; Brass City Harvest; Commu- nity Garden Grants; and Hands on Hartford. • • • Achievement First Amistad High School received a $100,000 grant from State Farm's Youth Advisory Board to support their Unified Theater. The program brings together nearly 60 students of all abili- ties, backgrounds and experiences where students write, direct and perform their own original theater performance. • • • The Petit Family Foundation recently awarded a grant of $100,000 to support the Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute at The Hospital of Central Connecticut. The grant will support the new cancer center that opened last spring. The walking path located in the healing garden at the center will be named in recogni- tion of the foundation's support. • • • Hartford Parent University, a grass- roots organization begun and run by par- ents for parents in Hartford, has received a $15,000 grant from the Travelers Foun- dation, the charitable arm of Travelers. Hartford Parent University's goal is to increase parent involvement in the schools and empower parents to raise children who are successful in school and in life. • • • New Horizons Domestic Violence Shel- ter, operated by Community Health Center Inc., has received a $5,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Middlesex County to purchase food and personal care supplies for shelter residents. The grant is made possible by the Chuck and Rachel Wiltsie Fund, the Elizabeth Swaim Middletown Fund, the Middle Oak Fund, the Jean and Biff Shaw Fund, and the Susan and William Wasch Fund.

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