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40 Hartford Business Journal • July 25, 2016 www.HartfordBusiness.com Gregory Alcorn Jennifer Alexander Victor Antico Jr. Ann Baldwin Lisa Boyle Charles Coursey Mary Coursey Bill Carew Pamela Churchill Douglas Cote Gary Dinowitz Brian Driscoll Michael Eck Doug Evans Phil Fiore Brendan Fox Jr. Peter Gailey Leslie Galbraith Russel Hassman Tricia Haught Dale Jones Tyler Jones David Kelsey Hitesh "Max" Kothari Michael Kolakowski Linda Kowalski Jim Meyer Eric Mudry Richard Mullins Jr. Lorrie Norrington Kevin O'Connor Lillian Ortiz Kim Pita Paul Pita Sherrie Price Brian Renstrom Steve Rinaldi Adam Robucci John Sibson Jerry Sofocli Amy Traversa William Warner Nancy Waterman Nadine Francis West Michael Wilson 1999 Winner List: Past Classes:1999 WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Nadine Francis West Current Employer: Protein Sciences Corp., Meriden Title: Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary Was: Director of Economic and Business Services at the Metro Hartford Chamber of Commerce (now the MetroHartford Alliance) Michael Kolakowski Current Employer: KBE Building Corp., Farmington Title: President and CEO, and is now a principal owner of the firm, which he acquired with his two partners in 2007. Was: President and Chief Operating Officer, Konover Construction Corp. Paul Pita Current Employer: The Pita Group, Rocky Hill Title: CEO/Executive Creative Director Was: Principal and Creative Director, Pita Communications LLC Kolakowski, today Kolakowski, 1999 West, today West, 1999 Pita, today Pita, 1999 Remember When... Representing the class of 1999 at a networking event and photo shoot for the 40 Under Forty 10th Anniversary edition are: (from left, back row) Bill Carew, Michael Kolakowski, John Gibson, Michael Eck, Paul Pita, Brendan Fox Jr., Michael Wilson, David Kelsey, Brian Driscoll, Gary Dinowitz, Richard Mullins Jr., (front row) Nancy Waterman, Kim Pita, Pamela Churchill, Linda Kowalski. The event was held in 2006 at the New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks. A look back at what made business headlines in 1999: February 15, 1999 Patriots in Hartford: stadium deal signed A signed development agreement and an offer to buy the steam plant sitting on the proposed Patriots stadium site could turn Gov. John G. Rowland's vow that the team's move to Hartford will happen into a prophecy. August 23, 1999 Ex-treasurer probe goes to grand jury A Hartford federal grand jury will begin an investigation Aug. 31, into whether or not former state Treasurer Paul Silvester com- mitted a felony in the waning weeks of his 17-month tenure. May 17, 1999 City sells G. Fox building; Higher Ed. Center chosen The city of Hartford agreed to sell the G. Fox building at 960 Main St., for $4.25 million to DHC Main, a partnership between Hartford-based The Hutensky Group and Anthony Autorino, CEO of Shared Technologies.