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30 Hartford Business Journal • September 5, 2016 www.HartfordBusiness.com OF NOTE UNITED BANK'S JOY AMONG 2016 WOMEN OF FIRE AWARD WINNERS Melanie Joy, United Bank's senior vice president of regional commercial real estate lending, was selected by the Commercial Record to be among their 2016 Women of FIRE award winners from Connecticut. Joy joined United Bank in 2012 and has nearly 30 years of com- mercial real estate lending experience. The Women of FIRE awards recognize female leaders in the finance, insurance and real estate industries. Other 2016 winners include: Diane Cantello, The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.; Lisa Casper, Webster Bank; Ginger Dean, Litchfield County Commercial Real Estate; Emily Dreas, Wells Fargo Bank; Patty Dyer, Union Savings Bank; Meryl Freedman, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England Properties; Laurie Gervais, Savings Institute Bank & Trust; Nancy Hancock, Pullman & Comley LLC; Victoria Kaplan, Brian Realty Inc.; Elizabeth Verna, Verna Properties LLC; Margaret Wilcox, Margaret Wilcox & Associates. • • • ARCHITECT APPOINTED TO HARTFORD HISTORICAL PROPERTIES COMMISSION Jeff Jahnke, senior project architect at Farmington-based Quisenberry Arcari Architects LLC, was recently appointed to the city of Hartford's Historic Properties Commission, a five-member board that deals with the active preservation and designation of the city of Hartford's his- toric sites. The commission also reviews applications related to any exterior changes to local historic landmarks. • • • HARTFORD LAWYER NAMED U.S. BANKRUPTCY JUDGE IN CT Hartford lawyer James J. Tancredi has been tapped to become a U.S. bankruptcy judge for the District of Connecticut in Hartford. Tancredi, who is a partner at Day Pitney LLP, begins his judgeship Sept. 1. He fills a judicial vacancy created by retired Connecticut Bankruptcy Judge Alan H.W. Shiff, who served for nearly 40 years. For more than 30 years, Tancredi has represented financial insti- tutions, creditors' committees, bondholders, investors and others in asset recovery actions, reorganizations, bankruptcies and insolvency proceedings. Please Note: All electronic submissions for Accolades should be sent to news@HartfordBusiness.com. For more information about the Hartford Business Journal's Accolades Page, please visit www.HartfordBusiness.com. ▶ ▶ Nearly 60 Pratt & Whitney volunteers came together recently at Manchester Community College for Pratt & Whitney's Project STEM's third annual field day. The event, which drew approximately 120 students from 60 schools throughout Connecticut, offered 12 interactive activities that simulated STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) career fields such as chemical engineering, electrical engineering and visual computer science. Pictured is Pratt & Whitney volunteer Muhammad Afzal helping students. LOCAL LEMONADE STAND RAISES MONEY FOR ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL PRATT & WHITNEY HOSTS STEM FIELD DAY ▶ ▶ For the sixth year, an enterprising group of neighborhood friends set up a lemonade stand in Burlington to raise funds for the Patient Care Fund at Smilow Cancer Hospital Yale-New Haven at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center. The Lemonade Gang raised about $3,200 in honor of their grandmother Janice Goyette, who was treated for cancer at St. Francis. Pictured are: Molly Mills; Abby Mills; Riley Mills; Kathryn Bergstrom; Kyle Bergstrom; and Brad Bergstrom. ACCOLADES & MORE Subscribe online: HartfordBusiness.com/subscribe Delivering Business. When you need information to grow your business, we deliver! Subscribe today to receive weekly issues in print and digital, plus special publications and full online access! Melanie Joy Jeff Jahnke