Hartford Business Journal

24 Hartford Business Journal • June 27, 2016 www.HartfordBusiness.com Savings Institute Bank & Trust promotes eight Willimantic-based Savings Institute Bank & Trust re- cently announced that eight staffers have received pro- motions: Jennifer Saladin and Allison Nuhfer to op- erations officer; Eric Bennett to branch officer; Nicole Corcoran to assistant treasurer; Trevor Wood, Jennifer LaBianca and Sharon McHugh to assistant vice presi- dent; and Gene Michael Deary to senior vice president. Those being promoted work in a variety of areas, including human resources, branches, facilities and security, risk management, information technology and retail lending. Webster Bank promotes three to SVP at Webster Investment Services Webster Bank announced the promotion of three bankers to senior vice president of Webster Invest- ment Services: Jason Giordano, Kathy Hanson and David Nastri. Giordano has worked his way up the ranks within Webster Investment Services, having started as an intern in 2002. He covered Bristol for many years and is now stationed in Windsor. Hanson is a former banking center manager who joined Webster more than 26 years ago. She covers the area west of Waterbury for Webster In- vestment Services. Nastri has been part of Webster for more than nine years. He's a combat Veteran of Operation En- during Freedom and served in Afghanistan as an in- fantry staff sergeant with the Connecticut National Guard in 2010. St. Francis Hospital appoints chair of medicine Dr. Michael R. Grey has been appointed chair of medicine for St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center. A primary care internist and specialist in occu- pational/environmental medicine, Grey will practice with St. Francis Medical Group. He is board certified in both internal medicine and occupational medicine. In 1989, Grey joined the University of Connecticut, where he was involved at all levels of undergraduate, graduate and continuing medical education, includ- ing residency program director for the Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program and associate dean for continuing education. He is a professor of medicine at UConn School of Medicine and has held similar rank at the University of Vermont, Tufts University and the Yale School of Nursing. Mandell Jewish Community Center names Murtha Cullina attorney to board Joseph B. Schwartz, an attorney at Murtha Cul- lina LLP who represents clients in municipal and land-use litigation, construction law and general commercial litigation, has been elected to the board of directors of the Mandell Jewish Community Cen- ter of Greater Hartford. The center, in West Hartford, provides recreational, cultural, educational and social programs designed to promote physical, intellectual and spiritual well-being of its members and others who participate. Common Cause names Connecticut resident new president Karen Hobert Flynn of Middletown has been named the new president of Common Cause. She is the first Common Cause president who once served as a state level director for the organization. Hobert Flynn started at Common Cause in 1985 and moved to Connecticut in 1994, serving as executive director and then chair of Common Cause Connecticut, vice president of state operations, and, most recently, senior vice president for strategy and programs. Flynn takes over from Miles Rappaport, who also hails from Connecticut. Cigna Global Health Benefits appoints head of global distribution Cigna Global Health Benefits has appointed Neil Irwin head of global distribution. Irwin will be re- sponsible for cross-market growth and develop- ment of Cigna's globally mobile group health busi- ness. Before joining Cigna, Irwin was managing director at Marsh, responsible for developing client relationships and driving growth in the Middle East and Africa. MOVERS & SHAKERS Jennifer Saladin Dr. Michael R. Grey Trevor Wood Eric Bennett Sharon McHugh Allison Nuhfer Joseph B. Schwartz Jennifer LaBianca Nicole Corcoran Gene Michael Deary Geneia LLC We can help you achieve your cost and quality goals. To learn how, visit Geneia.com. Our technology and analytics solutions helped: At Geneia, it does. Our physicians, nurses, technologists, analytics experts, and business professionals have created a suite of solutions that enable employers, hospitals and health plans to better understand, evaluate and manage the health of their populations. Using our advanced analytics platform, remote patient monitoring tool, and education and research institute, we work with you to improve outcomes, lower cost and restore the Joy of Medicine. Solutions@geneia.com 866.267.9894 Curt identify $500,000 in savings on employee medical costs. Val and her team trim claims costs by 2% last year. WHAT IF TECHNOLOGY HAD A HEART? Jody reduce out-of-network referrals by 5%.

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