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30 Hartford Business Journal • November 14, 2016 www.HartfordBusiness.com OF NOTE CT INVENTION CONVENTION RECOGNIZES 20 YEARS OF SERVICE The Connecticut Invention Convention board of directors, chaired by its new President John O'Toole, presented outgoing President Marcelle Wood, of UConn's School of Engineering, with a 20-year Service Award. Pictured (from left) are: O'Toole, Wood and Helen Charov. • • • HOFFMANN ARCHITECTS RECOGNIZED WITH CLIENT SATISFACTION AWARD Hoffmann Architects, a Hamden architecture and engineering firm specializing in the rehabilitation of building exteriors, earned recogni- tion for excellence in client satisfaction with a 2016 Premier Award from PSMJ Resources Inc. • • • GAYLORD VP RECEIVES WOMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD Gaylord Specialty Healthcare's Tara Knapp was recently honored as Woman of the Year at the 2016 Quinnipiac Chamber of Commerce's Women's Achievement Awards. Knapp is vice president of development, public rela- tions and marketing. ▶ ▶ Owners and senior leaders of manufacturing companies around the state recently packed the Sheraton Hartford South in Rocky Hill to gain some insight at CONNSTEP's Manufacturing Forum. The event featured keynote speaker Chuck Richards, CEO of CoreValue Software, who travelled down from his Vermont headquarters to share the impact of value gaps and value drivers to manufacturing companies. Forum leaders included (from left) Connecticut Business and Industry Association's Bonnie Stewart; CONNSTEP's Bonnie Del Conte; Jose Palomino, Value Prop Interactive; Liddy Karter, Enhanced Capital Partners LLC; Michael Camerota, Touchstone Advisors; Bob DeLisa, DeLisa Group; and Richards. CONNSTEP HOSTS FORUM FOR LOCAL MANUFACTURERS Tara Knapp ▶ ▶ Three Glastonbury businesses delivered 21,000 diapers and 20,000 baby wipes to the Joan C. Dauber Food Bank at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center. The supplies were raised after a month-long community drive from customers at Baribault Jewelers, Monaco Ford and Mission Fitness. Pictured (from left) are: Joan C. Dauber, founder of the Joan C. Dauber Food Bank, Christina Monaco, Mike Monaco, Raeann Baribault Schwartz, Christina Baribault-Ortiz and mission FITNESS LLC owner Matt Mund. GLASTONBURY BUSINESSES DONATE THOUSANDS OF DIAPERS AND BABY WIPES ACCOLADES & MORE