Dr. Mark Stephen DeFrancesco, of Cheshire, was recently sworn in as the 66th president of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), based in Washington, D.C. DeFrancesco is managing partner at Westwood Women’s Health in Waterbury, a division of Women’s Health Connecticut. He is a founding member of Women’s Health Connecticut, and served as […]
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Dr. Mark Stephen DeFrancesco, of Cheshire, was recently sworn in as the 66th president of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), based in Washington, D.C. DeFrancesco is managing partner at Westwood Women's Health in Waterbury, a division of Women's Health Connecticut. He is a founding member of Women's Health Connecticut, and served as its chief medical officer for many years. A graduate of Yale University, he received his medical education at the University of Connecticut, where he is currently an assistant clinical professor.
Former UTC exec. Krapek joins nonprofit's champions council
Nonprofit youth development agency, Our Piece of the Pie, has selected Karl J. Krapek as a member of its champions council, an advisory group of community and corporate leaders who support the organization's mission to help urban youth become economically independent adults. Krapek retired as president and chief operating officer of United Technologies Corp. in 2002 and then co-founded The Keystone Cos., which develops residential and commercial real estate. He is currently the lead director of Prudential Financial Inc.
Turbine Technologies receives Veteran-Owned Small Business of the Year Award
The U.S. Small Business Administration selected Tyler Burke, president and CEO of Farmington-based Turbine Technologies Inc., as the winner of its annual Veteran-Owned Small Business Award for 2015. Burke was recognized for his success in creating economic opportunity for workers and for his service in the U.S. National Guard.
Burke purchased Turbine Technologies in 2013 from his father and has since increased sales revenue as well as employees from 49 to 66. Sixteen of those hires were military veterans.Â
Quinnipiac management professor named Carnegie African Diaspora Fellow
Quinnipiac University business management professor Iddrisu Awudu, of Hamden, is one of 17 scholars recently named as a Carnegie African Diaspora Fellow.
The fellows will conduct joint projects with colleagues at host universities in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa this summer.
Awudu will travel to the University of Ghana, where he will help the faculty develop a curriculum for a new MBA program in operations management.
He will also perform research in energy optimization, which has emerged as an important area because of the considerable growth in Ghana's service and manufacturing sectors.
