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American Eagle Federal Credit Union in East Hartford has announced 10 staff promotions. They include: Dean Marchessault, executive vice president, chief operating officer; John Conant, executive vice president, chief financial officer; Teresa Knox, senior vice president, retail; Jim Evans, senior vice president, information technology; Larry Michaud, vice president, finance; Brian Kennedy, vice president, marketing and public relations; Christine Willey, vice president, risk management and security officer; Kevin Murray, vice president, branch operations and administration; Pete Melly, vice president, business services; and, Bruce Smyth, director, systems operations.
Andy McCarthy has been promoted to vice president of engineering and technical operations for Comcast’s Western New England Region. McCarthy will oversee the engineering planning and development and deployment of new products throughout the region while also working to ensure the reliability and resiliency of Comcast’s converged fiber-optic network. McCarthy previously served as senior director of engineering for Comcast.
The general manager of a downtown Hartford hotel and an active Hartford church leader are the newest members of the Greater Hartford Convention & Visitors Bureau’s board of directors. Eve Moore, general manager of the Crowne Plaza Hartford Downtown and the Rev. Adam T. Söderberg, Senior Minister of South Congregational Church in Hartford (also known as South Church Hartford) both have been elected to the board, reported John. J. Patrick Jr., board chariman of Greater Hartford Convention & Visitors Bureau and president of Farmington Savings Bank.
Mintz & Hoke Communications Group has hired Kathleen Morelli as an account coordinator. In this position, Morelli will assist on a number of the agency’s accounts such as Cigna Healthcare, Mohegan Sun, and Turning Stone Resort & Casino. Prior to her job at Mintz & Hoke, Morelli was employed at the Connecticut Science Center most recently as a marketing associate.
The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering has inducted Dr. Jay R. Lieberman, director of the University of Connecticut Health Center’s New England Musculoskeletal Institute, into its College of Fellows. Lieberman, professor and chairman of the UConn Health Center’s Department of Orthopedic Surgery, was nominated for “significant and sustained contributions to understanding the biology of arthroplasty implants, and for innovative strategies for bone regeneration using gene therapy and materials science,” according to the AIMBE.
Standard-Knapp technical writer Maxwell Ziegler has fulfilled the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI) certified trainer requirements. Ziegler’s completion of the program ensures that he has the skills needed to offer quality training to improve equipment reliability, employee safety and line efficiency, and establishes Standard-Knapp’s training program as PMMI certified.
