First Niagara today announced it has named John K. Jepson Jr. as Vice President of Commercial Lending for Northern Connecticut and Western Massachusetts. Jepson will develop and manage commercial relationships throughout the region, serving businesses with annual revenues ranging from $2 million to $25 million. He will support the bank’s existing commercial relationships and will be responsible for generating new commercial banking opportunities by growing commercial loans and deposit relationships with area businesses. Jepson will report to First Vice President, Joseph Shaw, who manages the business banking teams in Greater Hartford, Greater Manchester, and Western Massachusetts. More Feb 2, 2012 - 12:35 PM
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) has hired the state’s first-ever power procurement manager as part of the effort to bring cheaper and cleaner electricity to the residents and businesses of Connecticut. More Jan 27, 2012 - 4:35 PM
Leadership Greater Hartford has promoted Katy Bannister of West Hartford, Marty Rotblatt of Simsbury and Cathy Tracy of Glastonbury to the positions of Senior Directors. Maggie Irving of Windsor has been promoted to the position of Program Coordinator. According to Leadership Greater Hartford President Ted Carroll, these moves “will ensure our ability to sustain and increase our effectiveness to build leaders while building community.” More Jan 27, 2012 - 1:03 PM
William B. Meyer, Inc. continues expansion of their well-respected Logistics Services business with the recent appointment of Thomas Holden to the Business Development team. MEYER Logistics provides single-source, customizable solutions to clients of all sizes with distribution requirements in the northeast. In his new position, Tom will be offering an expanding client base affordable, reliable transportation, along with integrated warehousing and inventory control that provides accountability throughout the distribution life-cycle. More Jan 27, 2012 - 9:41 AM
Mystic Seaport is pleased to announce Jeffrey J. Dunn will join the Museum as the new supervisor of the Treworgy Planetarium. Dunn will be responsible for the development and execution of all programs and curriculum at the Planetarium, including participation in the Museum’s innovative Science-to-Go and History-to-Go programs. More Jan 26, 2012 - 10:25 AM
Patrick J. Troy, M.D. joins Hartford Hospital as a pulmonologist, specializing in sleep disorders. In this role, he will treat common and complex sleep issues such as sleep apnea, insomnia, narcolepsy and parasomnias (e.g. sleep walking). More Jan 12, 2012 - 10:45 AM
Seth Wohlberg, founder of the Darien-based non-profit RE Children’s Project, with Dr. Carlos A. Pardo, associate professor of neurology and pathology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital Department of Neurology, and Joseph Voros, the new research coordinator for the RE Children’s Research Consortium. Voros will be responsible for researching brain tissue samples, creating patient registries and other biological research in the quest to find a cure for the rare childhood disease of Rasmussen Encephalitis
Darien, Connecticut-based RE Children’s Project and the RE Children’s Research Consortium is pleased to announce the recent hiring of Joseph Voros as Research Coordinator for the RE Children’s Research Consortium. Voros will facilitate the Research Consortium’s collaborative research between Children’s Hospital Boston, Mattel’s Children’s Hospital UCLA, and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, led by Drs. Frances Jensen, Gary Mathern, and Carlos A. Pardo, respectively. More Jan 6, 2012 - 4:56 AM
First Niagara announced Tuesday it has named Robert Dellatorre Senior Relationship Manager in the New England Middle Market Banking Group. Dellatorre will manage the bank’s relationships with middle market companies located in Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. He will report to Senior Vice President James Bzdyra, who manages commercial banking for First Niagara’s New England region. More Jan 4, 2012 - 10:35 AM
Webster Bank, a leading regional bank, earlier in December announced the promotion of Karl D. Adamsons to senior vice president – group financial manager.More Dec 31, 2011 - 2:29 AM
Webster Bank, a leading regional bank, earlier in December announced the promotion of Kim Syrop to senior vice president, fraud mitigation and loss management. In this role, Syrop is responsible for the bank’s fraud prevention strategies as well as investigation and recovery of losses, all of which require her to work closely with local and federal law enforcement in the prosecution of financial crimes.More Dec 30, 2011 - 2:29 AM