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Gov. M. Jodi Rell has appointed Carol P. Wallace of Wallingford to the board of the Connecticut Development Authority. The board of directors provides direction and oversight to ensure that CDA’s mission is executed in the most effective and productive manner.
The Hospital of Central Connecticut’s board of directors has approved the following medical staff appointments: Conrad D. Collins, M.D., earned his medical degree from University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago; Izabela Krakowiak Colasacco, D.O., earned her medical degree from University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, Biddeford, Maine; Phil Watsky, M.D., earned his medical degree from Louisiana State University at New Orleans School of Medicine, New Orleans, and completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at Danbury Hospital; Halima El-Moslimany, M.D., earned her medical degree from University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, N.J.; Peter F. Schnatz, D.O., FACOG, earned his medical degree from University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, N.J.; and, Steven V. Curiale, M.D., earned his medical degree from Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, Bethesda, Md.
Daniel Horowitz of West Hartford has joined Bridgeport-based Merit Insurance as a senior account executive specializing in property and casualty and personal lines. Horowitz received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla. He recently completed an insurance industry course to earn designation as a commercial lines coverage specialist.
Quinnipiac University’s School of Business has named Christopher Ball of Middletown, associate professor of economics, the István Széchenyi chair in International Economics. Ball leads several initiatives to support international relations, including a Hungarian American Business Leaders Program to provide scholarships for Hungary’s top business students to study at Quinnipiac for three years and gain work experience at U.S. companies.
