Leticia Colon de Mejias was honored by Latinos United for Professional Advancement (LUPA) as one of the organization’s 50 Most Influential Latinos.
Colon de Mejias is the CEO of Windsor-based Energy Efficiencies Solutions, an energy conservation and efficiency contractor for residential and commercial buildings.
Colon de Mejias was one of 50 honorees named by LUPA, which seeks to raise the profile of the Latino business community in Connecticut, while offering ways for Latino professionals to interact, provide development and support to one another, and socialize in a professional environment.
Other notable honorees include: Luis Rodriguez (New England AT&T), Jose Lopez (People’s United Bank), Reyna Vallejo (Thomson Reuters), Brenda Mulero (Telemundo Hartford/Springfield).
Robert Swain Elected to CAF Board of Directors
Robert E. Swain, Jr., of Hartford-based Amenta Emma Architects, has been elected to the Connecticut Architecture Foundation’s board of directors, which is composed of architects and allied professionals.
Founded in 1978, the mission of the CAF is to raise public awareness of, and expectations for, architecture and the built environment.
Wright-Pierce Receives National Recognition
For the third consecutive year, Middletown engineering firm Wright-Pierce has received the prestigious Circle of Excellence Platinum Award from PSMJ Resources, a management consulting firm for the architecture, engineering, and construction industries.
Wright-Pierce was one of only six firms in North America to receive this award for sustained business excellence.
Circle of Excellence firms are considered well-managed, have a strong client base, and are led in a responsible and sustainable manner, according to PSMJ’s criteria.
UConn physician named AAAS fellow
Dr. Andrew Arnold, physician scientist and director of UConn Health’s Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM), has been elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Arnold holds the Murray-Heilig Endowed Chair in Molecular Medicine at UConn and serves as chief of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at UConn Health.
The AAAS is the world’s largest general scientific society, and publisher of the journal of science.
