Michael K. Voisine was named president of the Capewell division at Capewell Components Co. in South Windsor. Voisine was formerly president at International Defense Development.
VNA HealthCare Inc. in Hartford hired Janet Gallugi as vice president of marketing. Gallugi was previously vice president of marketing and community development at Visiting Nurse and Health Services of Connecticut. The organization also appointed Bernardine Morris as vice president of development. Morris was director of major gifts at Hartford Hospital before this position.
Earl T. Ormond joined Pepe & Hazard in Hartford as associate to the commercial litigation practice. Before joining the firm, Ormond was in the litigation practice at Dreier.
Smith Brothers Insurance in Glastonbury named Frank Zurlo director of benefits. Zurlo was formerly senior vice president at Webster Insurance.
Richard C. Forsberg was promoted to assistant vice president at Kaman Corp. in Bloomfield. Forsberg was previously director of aerospace contracts management at the company.
American Nuclear Insurers in Glastonbury promoted Michael P. Cass to vice president and general counsel and Susan M. Botticello to vice president and CFO. Prior to his promotion, Cass was vice president and counsel. Botticello was formerly vice president and controller.
Heather A. Schlott joined the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Hartford as a physician in the division of critical care and pediatric intensive care. Schlott was formerly a fellow in pediatric critical care and a transport team physician at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. She is also currently assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.
The Farmington Chamber of Commerce announced the following to its board of directors: Alexandra B. Urban, senior intellectual property attorney, Otis Elevator; and Andrew Hintz, vice president of account management, ConnectiCare.
Pyramid Technologies in Meriden hired Jerry Rezendes as customer service manager. Rezendes most recently was manager of technical support and training at Prophesy Transportation Inc.
Wright-Pierce in Middletown announced the following employees as new company shareholders: Richard D. Protasowicki, project manager of the water practice group; and Ray T. Sirois, information technology manager.
James K. Smith, CFO at Phonon Corp. in Simsbury, was named to the Private Company Financial Reporting Committee.
Anne Burns was appointed chief financial officer at Community Mental Health Affiliates Inc. in New Britain. Burns was previously chief operating and chief financial officer at The Rideshare Co.
Laurie Landry was appointed to the State Advisory Council on Children and Families. Landry is an acute behavioral crisis therapist at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center.
YWCA New Britain in New Britain hired Julie Rio as development director. Prior to this position, Rio was development director at Connecticut Food Bank.
The Hartford Association of Insurance Women elected the following officers: Cheryl Benanti, president; Sandi Tilley, vice president; Janet Scavilla, treasurer; Lucy Albetski, secretary; Silva Abadjian, director; Linda Knowlton, director; and Arlene Firtion, director.
Kevin J. Greene was named chair of the labor and employment practice group at Halloran & Sage in Hartford. Greene is partner in the labor and employment practice group at the firm.
Elizabeth M. Festa joined Golberg Segalla in Hartford as associate. Festa was previously judicial clerk for the Honorable Ellen Ash Peters, retired chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court.
Peter Lisi, director of institutional partnerships and sponsored research at the University of Hartford, was appointed to the board of directors at the Watkinson School in Hartford.
Sunil Sharma was appointed director of food and beverage at the Hilton Hartford in Hartford. Sharma was formerly general manager at Courtyard by Marriott in Westborough, Mass.
Linda L. Morkan, attorney at Robinson & Cole in Hartford, was elected to the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers.
Beverly Garofalo joined Jackson Lewis in Hartford as partner. Garofalo was most recently a partner at Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner.
Fox 61 WTIC-TV in Hartford named Nicole Jacobs general assignment reporter for the Fox 61 Morning News. Jacobs was previously general assignment reporter at WXII-TV in Greensboro, N.C.
Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford named Danyal Ibrahim director of the section of toxicology in the department of emergency medicine. Ibrahim was previously co-director of the medical toxicology service at Windham Community Memorial Hospital. The hospital also hired Robert J. Carangelo as orthopedic surgeon for the Connecticut Joint Replacement Institute. Carangelo was formerly attending orthopedic surgeon at The Hospital of Central Connecticut.
