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12 Hartford Business Journal • December 5, 2016 www.HartfordBusiness.com Webster leaders named presidents of mortgage group, United Way board Kevin Moran, senior vice president and division sales manager of residential mortgages for Webster Bank, was recently appointed president of the Con- necticut Mortgage Bankers Association and Amy Jakobeit, senior vice president and director of the bank's customer care center, was elected president of the board of United Way Meriden/Wallingford. Burns & McDonnell hires construction industry leader in Wallingford office Earle Cianchette, a 30-year construction man- agement veteran, has joined the construction/de- sign-build group at Burns & McDonnell's New Eng- land office in Wallingford. Cianchette will serve as a senior project manager, overseeing construction field operations and leading design-build initiatives. Cianchette has served in a variety of roles includ- ing project superintendent, project manager, busi- ness group manager and senior vice president of operations. Most recently, he was responsible for the financial performance of construction operations, generating more than $500 million in annual revenue. Make-A-Wish CT appoints board member Make-A-Wish Connecticut recently appointed John Papa, vice president of programming, content strategy and scheduling in the programming depart- ment at ESPN, to its board of directors. Papa leads the network scheduling strategy for ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS, ESPN Classic and ESPN on ABC and also oversees on-air-management, formatting and content rights management teams. Mintz + Hoke adds two to team Avon marketing agency Mintz + Hoke has hired Ashley Champagne in the new role of content and community strategist and Samantha Mackowitz as public relations assistant. Duncaster hires VP and administrator of health services Lisa Holloway has joined the Duncaster team in Bloomfield as the new vice president of health ser- vices and administrator. As VP, Holloway is respon- sible for the management, operations, administra- tion and quality of all health and wellness services provided at the retirement community. Holloway brings 19 years of experience in health ad- ministration to Duncaster. Previously, she was adminis- trator of Hebrew Home and Hospital in West Hartford. Nutmeg credit union announces new C-suite executives Rocky Hill-based Nutmeg State Financial Credit Union has hired Robert "Bob" Bruhn Jr. as senior vice president, chief financial officer and promoted Al Festini, to senior vice president, chief technology and security officer. Bruhn is former general manager of Orbis En- gineering and CFO of Bellco Credit Union. In the financial industry, he has held various positions in finance departments managing and overseeing fi- nancial operations. He joined Nutmeg on Nov. 1 after consulting for it over the summer. Festini joined Nutmeg in 2014 as assistant vice president, security risk management. He's been in- volved in multiple projects spanning IT, operations, front-line business communications, and regulatory compliance on local and state levels. Okay Industries promotes three to director roles Okay Industries Inc., which engineers and manufactures components and subassemblies for original equipment manufacturers in medical, au- tomotive, defense/firearms and industrial markets and has operations in Berlin and New Britain, an- nounced three promotions: Randy Keen, from senior die designer to direc- tor of design engineering; Chris Lahey from quality manager to director of quality assurance; and Jim Devecchis from manufacturing engineer to director of manufacturing engineering. Simsbury Chamber of Commerce board appoints PR executive Alisa Picerno, president of Alliances by Alisa Media Relations, has been appointed to the Sims- bury Chamber of Commerce board of directors. Prior to establishing her own media-relations firm, Picerno served in the communications depart- ment of Qualidigm. MOVERS & SHAKERS Kevin Moran Lisa Holloway Ashley Champagne Chris Lahey Earle Cianchette Randy Keen Samantha Mackowitz Jim Devecchis Congratulations to our Healthcare Heroes We are pleased to congratulate Dr. Rosenblum and Heather on receiving the Hartford Business Journal 2016 Healthcare Heroes Award. 2016 Hartford Business Journal Healthcare Heroes 5 0 G a y l o r d F a r m R d , W a l l i n g f o r d , C T | w w w . g a y l o r d . o r g | David Rosenblum, MD Medical Director, Rehabilitation Heather Hancort, RN, BSN, CRRN Unit Manager, Rehab Division