Margaret (Peggy) J. Strange has been honored as the “2012 Most Powerful and Influential Woman of Connecticut” by the National Diversity Council, a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of a multicultural environment in the private, public and non-profit sectors.
Strange is a Hartford partner in workplace law firm Jackson Lewis LLP.
Her practice covers the spectrum of employment litigation, including both state and federal claims, and individual and class action suits. Strange also conducts management training on a variety of topics, including harassment prevention, workplace privacy, effective management, and equal employment opportunity law.
Mortgage bankers honor lawyer Roos
Norman H. Roos, a finance partner at Hartford law firm Robinson & Cole LLP, has been inducted into the New England Mortgage Bankers Conference’s hall of fame. Roos was recognized by the organization for his “outstanding impact to the mortgage industry…over the last quarter century.”
Roos, chair of Robinson & Cole’s Finance Practice Group, concentrates his practice on transactional and regulatory matters relating to the real estate and financial services industries. He served on the Policy Regulation and Consumer Education Subcommittee of Governor Rell’s Task Force on Subprime Mortgage Lending.
Two chosen for roles with industry associations
Matt Spinolo, executive vice president for global client services at Cartus in Danbury, has been named chairman of Board of Directors of Worldwide ERC, the workforce mobility association. His one-year term begins Jan. 1, 2013.
Wayne D’Amico has been elected as the CCIM Institute’s president for 2013. D’Amico served as the president of the Connecticut CCIM Chapter in 2002 and then as the 2003-2004 vice president and 2002-2003 first vice president for one of the Institute’s Northeast Regions. D’Amico is a principal in Wayne D’AMico & Co. and recently joined ReMax Right Choice Commercial and Investment.
Mitchell is CT nominee for top dealer award
Mark A. Mitchell, dealer principal at Mitchell Auto Group, a Chrysler, Dodge, Ram, Land-Rover, Saab, Subaru, Volkswagen and Volvo dealer in Simsbury, is Connecticut’s nominee for the 2013 Time magazine Dealer of the Year award.
Mitchell is one of a select group of 57 dealer nominees from across the country who will be honored at the 96th annual National Automobile Dealers Association Convention & Exposition in Orlando on Feb. 9.
Mitchell, 64, was chosen to represent the Connecticut Automotive Retailers Association in the national competition — one of only 57 auto dealers from 17,000 nationwide — nominated for the 44th annual award. The award is sponsored by Time in association with Ally Financial, and in cooperation with NADA. A panel of faculty members from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan will select one finalist from each of the four NADA regions and one national Dealer of the Year.
Mitchell has been an active member in Simsbury-Granby Rotary Club since 1985, where he served as president and has received the club’s Paul Harris Award.
In addition, Mitchell has been president of the Simsbury Chamber of Commerce and has been on the board of directors for the Warner Theater in Torrington since 2004, raising $9 million to renovate the 1932 theater.
