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Simsbury Bank announced that Barbara Wallace and Craig Porter have received promotions. Wallace, the bank’s operations officer, was promoted to vice president and Porter, the bank’s information systems officer, was promoted to assistant vice president. Wallace has been with the bank since 1995 and during that time has served in several roles including branch manager of the Granby office and since 2001 as operations officer with responsibility for operations and all electronic banking. Porter has been with the bank since 1998 and has led the information technology area, responsible for hardware, software and network management as well as IT risk management.
Hoffman Auto Group office manager Christine Michelson was presented with a cake and her choice of any brand new Ford Edge or Escape, Toyota Highlander, Honda Pilot, Saab 9-7X, or the Audi Q5 in recognition of her 40th year of dedicated service with the company. Michelson currently serves as the office manager for Hoffman Ford/Isuzu/Audi/Porsche Office Manager in East Hartford. Chris Michelson began as a clerk and was later promoted to office manager and is the longest employed woman to work at the Hoffman Auto Group in its history.
Karl J. Krapek was appointed recently by Gov. M. Jodi Rell as chairman of the board of trustees of the Connecticut State University System. He has served on the board for 16 years, primarily as vice chair and chair of the finance and administration committee. His involvement began while he was president of Pratt & Whitney and grew during his years as president and chief operating officer of United Technologies Corporation.
Pullman & Comley LLC has announced that sttorney Joshua A. Hawks-Ladds has been appointed as chair of the executive committee of the Labor & Employment Section of the Connecticut Bar Association. In this role, he will be managing the affairs of the Labor & Employment Section for the coming year. The section aims to promote dialogue among practitioners who represent unions, employers, individuals or those who are neutrals, and to facilitate good relations among these practitioners.
Dr. Phillip P. Smith, head of the Center for Continence and Voiding Disorders at the University of Connecticut Health Center, is the recipient of a Dennis W. Jahnigen Career Development Scholars Award from the American Geriatrics Society. The Jahnigen Career Development Scholars Awards Program provides two-year grants of $200,000, including an institutional match, to assist young faculty as they initiate and ultimately sustain a career in research and education in the geriatrics aspects of their discipline. Smith is the only 2009 Jahnigen scholar from Connecticut and one of seven nationwide. The grant will support his research in the area of lower urinary tract function in old age.
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