The Connecticut Business & Industry Association has elected a JPMorgan Chase executive to be its board chair in 2023, the organization announced.
Matt McSpedon, JPMorgan Chase’s commercial banking market executive,  was elected to chair the CBIA’s board of directors earlier this month. The CBIA is the state’s largest business organization.
McSpedon takes over for Rina Patel, vice president of operations with East Granby-based RSCC Wire & Cable, who will now leave the one-year post.
According to the CBIA, McSpedon works with Connecticut and Mid-Hudson, New York companies through JPMorgan Chase’s middle market banking and specialized industries business.
The CBIA board also elected Kevin Grigg, president of Manchester-based Fuss & O’Neill, and Marietta Lee, CEO, general counsel, and corporate secretary with The Lee Company in Westbrook, as vice-chairs.
Others were recently elected to the board in November including:
- Andrew Bologna, Partner, Assurance Services, EY
- Louis Gallo, SVP, Commercial Banking Market Executive, Wells Fargo
- Jason Guyot, President and CEO, Foxwoods Resort Casino
- Richard Iovanne, Senior Group Manager, EVP/Commercial Banking, M&T Bank
- Brittany Isherwood, President, Burke Aerospace
- Michael LaBella, Connecticut Market President, TD Bank
- Susan Martinelli, Hartford Office Leader, RSM US LLP
- Moy Ogilvie, Hartford Managing Partner, McCarter & English
- Steve Sullivan, President, Connecticut Operations, Eversource EnergyÂ
The CBIA board has also recently appointed three more people to fill vacancies including: Shawn Coyne, vice president of human resources at General Dynamics Electric Boat; Aida Habtezion, chief medical officer and head of worldwide medical and safety at Pfizer, Inc.; and Matt Hummel, senior vice president, market president, and commercial banking leader at KeyBank.
