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24 Hartford Business Journal • May 23, 2016 www.HartfordBusiness.com Terzian was previously vice president at Bradley, Foster & Sargent and vice president and senior port- folio manager at BNY Mellon Wealth Management. Hooker & Holcombe adds consultant Hooker & Holcombe, a regional employer-based actuarial, investment advisory and retirement plan consulting firm, added Kathryn "Kate" Pizzi as a consultant within the firm's investment advisory group. Pizzi will manage client relationships in addi- tion to projects within the West Hartford firm's sales, research and management areas. Pizzi is a former employee of Hooker & Hol- combe, serving as a senior actuarial analyst more than 10 years ago. She was previously with Prime Advisors Inc., serving most recently as senior in- vestment strategist and fixed- income portfolio manager, where she managed more than $2 billion in investment-grade fixed income assets. IFG Cos. announces promotion to group president IFG Cos., a privately held insurance group with a Hartford office, has promoted Christopher M. Lewis to group president. Since joining IFG in Feb. 2014, Lewis has served as IFG's chief risk officer responsible for developing and overseeing the company's risk management policies. Lewis also led and managed IFG's ceded reinsur- ance programs and will remain involved in the over- sight of IFG's enterprise-risk management and ceded reinsurance programs. Lewis joined IFG from The Hartford Financial Ser- vices Group, where he served as senior vice presi- dent and enterprise chief insurance risk officer. Connecticut Basement Systems announces new leadership team Connecticut Basement Systems has announced the appointment of Ross Mannuzza as general manager, Bill Anderson as operations manager and Brian Maresca as process manager. Mannuzza has overall responsibility for day-to- day company operations, including sales, market- ing, service and production; Anderson will work with each department to increase efficiency and productivity; and Maresca will work closely with Mannuzza and Anderson to implement strategy and performance improvement. Mannuzza previously served as general man- ager for Dr. Energy Saver of Connecticut, part of the Basement Systems family; Anderson served as service training manager; and Maresca worked in the Connecticut service department and in dealer support for Basement Systems Inc. Cronin and Co. adds five to team Glastonbury-based marketing communications agency Cronin and Co. LLC has hired five new em- ployees: Kelly Krug, Greg Lifhits, Ito Pizarro, Tami Santucci and John Paul Starkey. Krug joined the agency's creative department as a copywriter. She previously worked for The Hartford. Lifhits joined the media and analytics team as manager, analytics strategy. He previously worked for Bluespire Strategic Marketing in Hartford. Pizarro is working on the interactive team as a front-end developer. He previously worked for Final- Site in Glastonbury. Tami Santucci joined the account service team as management supervisor. She previously worked for Cognizant Technology Solutions Inc. in New Haven. Starkey joined the agency's media and analyt- ics team as a digital media analyst. He previously worked for TicketNetwork in South Windsor. CT Hispanic Bar Association elects new officers, board members The Connecticut Hispanic Bar Association has announced its new slate of officers for 2016-17. They are: Walter Menjívar, president, assistant attorney general for Connecticut; Alfredo Fernán- dez, president-elect, associate at Shipman & Good- win LLP; Marie C. Bertrand, vice president, counsel at Day Pitney LLP; Jason Prueher, treasurer, as- sociate at Zeldes, Needle & Cooper; Sandra San Emitorio, secretary, project manager attorney at Statewide Legal Services of CT Inc.; and Charleen Merced Agosto, director of communications, asso- ciate at Law Office of Russell Gary Small. Elected to CHBA's board of directors were: Jeanet Figueroa Laskos, Sonia Pedraza, Edwin Colon, Sandra Marín, Rosendo Garza Jr., Patricia Jimi- nez, Mario Borelli and David C. Salazar-Austin. Connecticut Open tennis event adds to marketing staff The Connecticut Open presented by United Technolo- gies said United States Tennis Association (USTA) vet- eran Tim Curry has joined its marketing department as ticket sales and partnership marketing manager. Curry will be primarily responsible for garnering new sales of weeklong box-seat tickets, group-ticket packages and box-seat packages. He also will leverage his USTA ex- perience and contacts to cultivate and manage partner- ships between the tournament and the tennis industry. Curry has more than 20 years of experience in com- munications as a journalist and public relations practi- tioner and a background in grassroots tennis. He joins the Connecticut Open following two years in public re- lations for consumer brands, sponsorship and celebrity engagement as managing partner at Klein Curry Com- munications, a company he co-founded. Kathryn "Kate" Pizzi Tami Santucci Greg Lifhits Kelly Krug John Paul Starkey Ito Pizarro Congratulations TARA KNAPP Vice President, Development, PR & Marketing Gaylord Specialty Healthcare We are pleased to congratulate Tara on receiving the Hartford Business Journal's 2016 Women in Business Award. 2016 Women in Business Award 5 0 G a y l o r d F a r m R d , W a l l i n g f o r d , C T | w w w . g a y l o r d . o r g | Movers & Shakers

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