Jill Rubin Hummel, president of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, was recently appointed to the board of The Governor’s Prevention Partnership, a nonprofit, public-private organization, whose mission is to keep Connecticut’s youth safe, successful and drug-free.
Hummel is responsible for the management of Anthem’s local group and individual business, including sales, account management, provider relations and contracting, underwriting and product delivery, as well as executing tenets of the Affordable Care Act and maintaining strong customer relationships.
Two Burns & McDonnell Employees Named To Top 20 Under 40 list
Jason Cabral and Jason McCreary, employee-owners at Wallingford engineering firm Burns & McDonnell, were recently named winners of Engineering News Record New York’s Top 20 Under 40 competition.
Cabral, who lives in Wallingford, is a project manager in Burns’ transmission and distribution division. He has managed some of the largest electric reliability projects in the country. Cabral recently served as a project manager on the Greater Springfield Reliability Project, where he led a project team that logged over 2.9 million man-hours without one loss-time injury, and completed the project on time and under budget.
McCreary, of Madison, is department manager in Burns’ transmission and distribution engineering group. He has traveled around the world and helped manage over $7 billion in infrastructure improvement projects. Both winners were showcased in a Feb. 2 feature story in Engineering News Record.
Kim Syrop Recognized as New Leader in Banking
Kim Syrop, senior vice president and director of fraud and loss management at Waterbury lender Webster Bank, has received the “New Leaders in Banking Award” from the Connecticut Bankers Association.
Syrop was one of 14 recipients honored at a special awards dinner on Jan. 22 at Mohegan Sun, and will be featured in the next issue of Connecticut Banking magazine.
Syrop was recognized for leading Webster’s fraud prevention team and spearheading a year-long initiative to raise awareness about financial exploitation of the elderly.
Consigli Construction Named Top Training Site
Hartford’s Consigli Construction Co. Inc. has been named for the third year in a row to the Training Top 125 by Training magazine, a national business publication that ranks companies’ excellence in employer-sponsored training and development programs.
The Training Top 125 ranking is determined by assessing a range of qualitative and quantitative factors, including financial investment in employee development, the scope of development programs, and how closely such development efforts are linked to business goals and objectives.
