Type of business: Banking
Connecticut employees: 258
Headquarters: Farmington
Top executive: John Patrick, chairman, president & CEO
Nomination category: Philanthropist of the year
Allan Wilson, executive director of the Discovery Center, a Farmington-based program founded in 1992 to help shape positive attitudes about race and differences and reduce isolationism among urban, suburban and rural schools, calls John J. Patrick, ”a role model for other executives in his commitment to the purpose and power of corporate responsibility.”
As chairman, president and CEO of Farmington Bank, Patrick helped secure a grant from Farmington Bank to the Discovery Center in 2009. That grant will bring students together from New Britain and Glastonbury elementary schools to foster positive attitudes about race and diversity and improve academic performance.
