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58 | HARTFORD BUSINESS JOURNAL • OCTOBER 2, 2017 Trotman Reid oversaw the growth of St. Joseph College into the University of St. Joseph. During her seven-year reign as president (2008-2015), Reid worked to leverage the institution's reputation for academic excellence and ensure its commitment to integrity, women's leadership and service. She initiated the university's first professional doctoral program — the School of Pharmacy in downtown Hartford. The size of the graduate program in education tripled with off-site classes throughout Connecticut; the program for adult learners was refocused; and undergraduate women's programs have gained increased recognition for excellence and student success. She has received numerous honors including being named among 100 Most Influential Blacks in the State of Connecticut by the Connecticut State Conference of the NAACP (2009, 2011); Eight Remarkable Women in Business by Hartford Business Journal (2010); and Hartford's 50 Most Influential People by Hartford Magazine (2010). She also received a 2011 Polaris Award from Leadership Greater Hartford, and a 2011 Maria Miller Stewart Award from the Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund. "When you get to the top of the wall, reach back and help the ones behind," says Robinson. And that's just what he did when he donated the first $100,000 to co-found the men's health clinic that bears his name — The Curtis D. Robinson Men's Health Institute at St. Francis Hospital. Robinson is president of C&R Development Co. Inc. in Hartford, the largest minority construction management company in the East. Its projects include a host of schools and the Juvenile Detention Center in Hartford. He has been on the board of St. Francis Hospital, St. Francis Corp., St. Francis Foundation, University of Hartford and Harvard Medical School. He won Hartford Business Journal's Diversity Award in 2009 and Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014. He also received the Rosa Parks Lifetime Achievement Award for his service to underserved communities. But, he said the crowning glory was winning the Tuskegee George Washington Carver Humanitarian Award. "Transformational" is an often-overused word, but it well describes Williams' tenure at Aetna. When Williams came aboard in 2001, the insurer was adrift, posting a loss of 43-cents per share. A decade later, when he retired, Aetna posted earnings of $5.17 per share. His first target was reshaping information technology. As his role grew and his message of innovation, transparency and excellence in performance took hold, Aetna's strategy and culture changed. Its shift to consumer-directed programs changed the entire industry. Williams was named president in 2002, CEO in 2006 and chairman of the board later that same year. Fortune magazine named Aetna the most admired company in the Health Care: Insurance and Managed Care category three years in a row and Williams was named one of the 100 most powerful people in health care by Modern Healthcare. After leaving Aetna, Williams founded RW2 Enterprises, a consultancy advising senior executives at Fortune 100 companies. Young's 29-year career at The Phoenix Cos. traverses a stormy period in the iconic insurer's long history. She held a variety of titles — general counsel, vice president, chief operating officer, president, CEO and chairman of the board — while serving in the "boat building." As CEO from 2003 to 2009, she led several rounds of corporate reorganizations, including spinning off Virtus Investment Partners. The Great Recession hurt the company's credit and investments. After State Farm stopped offering The Phoenix's products in March 2009, about 250 headquarters employees received pink slips and dividends were halted as the stock price dipped below $1. A month later, Young retired at 55. And the road for The Phoenix remained bumpy as accounting problems later surfaced. The company was eventually sold to Nassau Reinsurance Group. After leaving the company, she became an independent strategic consultant with a focus on corporate social responsibility and board governance issues. She has been a director of the global nonprofit Save the Children International and the Goodspeed Opera House Foundation and has been active in Foodshare. Curtis D. Robinson Dona Young Ronald A. Williams Pamela Trotman Reid