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Past Classes:1998
1998 Winner List:
Johnathan Bell
TJ Benoit
Mark Briggs
Dana Bugl
Kathy Calling
Tony Cashman
Yvonne Davis
Jatin DeSai
Jaye Donaldson
John Dussault
Matthew Egan
David Eustis
Sam Fingold
Robert Fiondella Jr
Harry Freeman
Elizabeth Georgakopoulos
David Gerber
Brad Hutensky
Tyler Jones
Sandra Kee Borges
Stephen Kenney
Eric Knight
Robert Maffucci
Susan Misiorski
Lisa Nkonoki
Lillian Ortiz
John Paul
Anne Percy Sargent
Jeff Piazza
Hal Pierce Jr
Greg "Rock" Regan
Susan Rietano Davey
Ken Savino
Erik Semmel
Kerith Shapiro
Jessica Stevens
Derrick Stokes
Tina Thornton
Karen Tuozzo
Greg Ugalde
Dara Varano
James Varano
Rusty Warner
A.J Wasserstein
Christopher White
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Tony Cashman
Current Employer:
Cashman+Katz, Glastonbury
Title: President and CEO
Was: Principal, Cashman & Katz
Advertising and Public Relations
Jaye Donaldson
Current Employer:
The Donaldson Group, Simsbury
Title: President and CEO
Was: President and Co-Owner of
Donaldson Makoski Inc., Avon
Derrick Stokes
Current Employer:
Philadelphia International Airport
Title: Public Relations Specialist
Was: Publisher, President and
Owner, The Observer Publishing Co.
Inc. (Middletown)
Donaldson, today Donaldson, 1998
Cashman, today Cashman, 1998
Stokes, today Stokes, 1998
Remember
When...
A look back at what made
business headlines in 1998:
June 1, 1998
Bringing back a gem
Charlotte, N.C.-based Coltec is planning to invest $23.5 million to revitalize
the former Colt Firearms factory into a Coltsville Heritage Park.
November 9, 1998
Watch out Insurance Capital
– Lincoln's plowing in
Lincoln Financial Group donated $250,000 to the Bushnell Park
Foundation, the largest corporate gift the foundation ever received.
September 14, 1998
Ready or not — Jan. 1, 2000
will
arrive
And businesses are scrambling, or preparing, for the switch to
the year 2000 (Y2K).
Representing
the
class
of
1998
at
a
networking
event
and
photo
shoot
for
the
40
Under
Forty
10th
Anniversary
edition
are:
(from
left)
Robert
J.
Fiondella,
Eric
Knight,
Robert
Maffucci,
Eric
Semmel,
TJ
Benoit,
Lisa
Nkonoki.
The
event
was
held
in
2006
at
the
New
England
Air
Museum
in
Windsor
Locks.
