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34 Hartford Business Journal • March 26, 2018 • www.HartfordBusiness.com Community Would you like to see your face on the Community page? This new section will feature photos from business and community events. Please send submissions to gbordonaro@HartfordBusiness.com. JDRF to honor Travelers' Bessette with 'Star of Hope' award Andy Bessette, executive vice president and chief administrative officer of The Travelers Cos. and his wife Cherrie are being honored by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation with the Star of Hope award at the 2018 Promise Ball in May. The Bessettes were chosen for their continued commitment to JDRF's mission, which funds diabetes research. West Hartford Exchange Club hosts gubernatorial candidates The West Hartford Exchange Club recently hosted Oz Griebel and Monte Frank, independent candidates for governor/lieutenant governor. Griebel and Frank outlined their economic development to exchange-club members. Pictured (from left) are: Griebel, Frank, and Ryan Olesnevich, Exchange Club president. Simsbury Chamber of Commerce hosts 10th annual business leaders breakfast The Simsbury Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual business leaders breakfast March 9 at Dunkin' Donuts Park in Hartford, drawing a record- breaking 260 registrants. Attendees heard from Tim Restall, president of the Hartford Yard Goats, and Randy Edsall, UConn's head football coach, about team-building and success. Pictured (left to right) are: Edsall; Simsbury Chamber President Louis N. George; Simsbury Chamber Executive Director Lisa Gray; and Restall. Join us for an elegant evening in support of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra's music education and community engagement programs. In one of these programs, over 2,000 Hartford Public School students join the HSO for the annual Link Up concert to play their recorders right along with the HSO musicians. With arts education being repeatedly cut and removed from school budgets, our education programs are sometimes the only music the students will experience. A sponsorship of the Bravo! Gala will help the HSO to continue this essential work throughout 2018. For more information about purchasing tickets or sponsoring the Bravo! Gala, contact HSO Annual Fund and Special Events Manager Jillian Baker at (860) 760-7302 or jbaker@hartfordsymphony.org. GOVERNOR WILLIAM A. O'NEILL STATE ARMORY HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT Saturday, April 28, 2018 Reception Sponsor Performance Sponsor Sonata Sponsors J. Frank and Sharon Travis Media Partner Overture Sponsors Presenting Sponsor MASTERWORKS Hartford Symphony Orchestra Gala Celebration Rhapsody Sponsors Tickets Available Now! Michael and Shari Cantor Brewster and Judith Perkins Intermezzo Sponsors HBJ_HSOBravo_HalfPage_March2018.indd 1 3/15/18 10:48 AM