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16 Hartford Business Journal • July 11, 2016 www.HartfordBusiness.com Robinson + Cole adds four lawyers in CT Robinson + Cole announced 13 new lawyers have joined the firm over the last several months in its East Coast offices, including four in Connecticut. Joining the Hartford office are Richard M. Borden, counsel in data privacy and security; Ryan V. Leichsenring, counsel in tax; and Devin M. Karas, associate in employee benefits and compensation. Anthony J. Vogel joined the Stamford office as an associate in real estate and development. Borden represents companies on federal, state and international cybersecurity and privacy issues. Leichsenring represents clients in a broad range of domestic and international tax matters, with a particular emphasis on multistate taxation issues, tax planning, enforcement and collection defense, and other federal and state tax contro- versies for both individuals and businesses. Karas regularly advises clients on the design, implementation, compliance and correction of em- ployee-benefit plans and executive-compensation arrangements. Eversource names new regional electric operations president Eversource Energy announced that Craig Hall- strom has been named regional electric operations president for Connecticut and Massachusetts. Hall- strom will oversee electric field and system opera- tions for both states. Hallstrom has been with the company 27 years, with a focus on emergency response and employee safety. Most recently, he served as president of electric operations for eastern and western Massachusetts. Hartford gets new postmaster The U.S. Postal Service has named Ted Goonan as the new postmaster of Hartford, the largest post office in Connecticut. Goonan was sworn in June 24. After serving in Beirut and Grenada with the U.S. Navy, Goonan began his career with the Postal Ser- vice as a letter carrier in Springfield, Mass., in 1986. In 1988, he was promoted to his first management job in Springfield and has held various manage- ment positions in New York state, Massachusetts and Connecticut. Cardiology specialist joins St. Francis Dr. Geetha P. Bhumireddy has joined St. Fran- cis Hospital and Medical Center as a specialist in cardiology with Collins Medical Associates 2 PC, in Hartford. Bhumireddy completed her residency in cardiol- ogy at New York Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn. She earned a research fellowship there in cardiac mag- netic resonance imaging and also received fellow- ship training there in cardiovascular medicine. Bhumireddy is board-certified in general cardi- ology, internal medicine, echocardiography, nuclear imaging and vascular imaging. Robert Hensley & Associates announces new partner, wealth management director Avon-based Robert Hensley & Associates LLC, a provider of financial and insurance services, an- nounced the promotion of Robert W. Hensley to ac- tive partner and the appointment of Jill A. Brandon to director of wealth management. Hensley has been in the insurance and finan- cial services business since 2009, when he joined RH&A, and has run its insurance operations the past 1½ years. He previously worked in Provi- dence for Turfer Athletics, a supplier of uniforms and sports apparel. Brandon joined RH&A in 2007 and has served as senior adviser. She will continue in that role in addition to her new responsibilities. Before RH&A, she spent 15 years with Travelers Life and Annuity and MetLife, where she served a number of posi- tions, including director of product development and director of operations. SS&C names head of sales and business development Windsor-based SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc., a global provider of financial services software, an- nounced the appointment of Will Entwistle to senior vice president, SS&C institutional and investment management. Entwistle has nearly two decades of experience in driving sales growth in the financial services soft- ware industry, which he will use to lead SS&C's North American sales team. Most recently, he was vice president of wealth management and trading solu- tion sales for the Americas at Interactive Data Corp. CT Wealth Management hires financial planner Farmington investment adviser Connecticut Wealth Management has hired Martha Hardison as a financial planner. She will work alongside the firm's team of financial advisers to construct, update and manage financial plans for clients. Most recently, Hardison worked in a management position at TD Bank in Plantsville. Webster names managing director Webster Bank has named John Tracey as managing director and senior relationship man- ager for the commercial bank's sponsor and specialty finance group. In this position, Tracey is responsible for originating and executing senior secured credit facilities for private-equity spon- sors and middle-market companies across all sectors of the healthcare industry. Tracey brings 20 years of finance and banking- related experience to Webster. Previously, he was managing director and head of healthcare risk management at Varagon Capital Partners, a mid- dle-market asset management firm. MOVERS & SHAKERS Craig Hallstrom Anthony J. Vogel Ryan V. Leichsenring Robert W. Hensley Richard M. Borden Dr. Geetha P. Bhumireddy Devin M. Karas Jill A. Brandon Family businesses are an integral part of the social and business fabric of our state. These awards recognize outstanding achievements in family-owned businesses and tell the story of a select group of the region's most successful firms. NOMINATE AT: HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM/FAMILYBUSINESS 2 0 1 6 NOMINATE YOUR FAMILY BUSINESS, OR A FAMILY BUSINESS YOU KNOW, TODAY! 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