Watkinson School in Hartford appointed the following to the board of directors: Jeff Dornenburg, founder and owner, Dornenburg Group; Francesca Gordon, vice president of development, Village for Families and Children; Colleen Malley; Annelieke Schauer, tutoring team leader, Noah Webster Microsociety Magnet School; Peter Stevens, president, JCJ Architecture; and Paul Tieger, president and CEO, SpeedReading People.
Lockton Companies in Farmington hired Christina Williams as surety technician. Williams was previously administrative assistant at Pristine Mortgage Corp.
Elizabeth Lovejoy joined Halloran & Sage in Hartford as attorney in the trust and estate practice group. Lovejoy was formerly attorney at Friedman, Gaythwaite, Wolf & Leavitt.
Tansley Stearns joined Connex Credit Union as vice president of sales and service. Stearns was most recently vice president of sales and service at BestSource Credit Union.
Mintz & Hoke in Avon hired Laurence Willis as media production artist, Preston Oliver as production art director and Michael Perry as Web developer. Willis was senior graphic designer at Japanesesnacks.com and Vlogville.com. Oliver was previously art director and Web developer at Cashman & Katz. Perry was formerly mainframe programmer at Hewitt Associates Inc.
McCarter & English in Hartford promoted Jeffrey M. Thomen to partner. Thomen was formerly associate at the firm.
Michael Balinskas was hired at Chairman’s View Inc. in West Hartford as regional chairman of the Hartford region. Balinskas was previously vice president and general manager of systems integration at Xcelecom Inc.
Chris Watts joined Martino & Binzer in Avon as director of client services. Watts was account executive at Andrea Obston Marketing Communications before joining the company.
Wright-Pierce in Middletown hired Azalea Mitch as lead project engineer and Mariusz D. Jedrychowksi as lead project engineer. Mitch currently serves as commissioner for the city of Hamden Energy Use and Climate Change Commission. Jedrychowski was formerly principal engineer at Maguire Group Inc.
Stephen T. Reynolds was appointed officer at TD Banknorth in Wallingford. Reynolds served as sales manager at Aegis Lending prior to joining the bank.
