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Patrick Duffany has been appointed to lead the state and local tax practice at J.H. Cohn LLP. He’ll be based in the Glastonbury office of the audit, tax, and business advisory firms. Duffany joined the firm as a state tax partner in 2009, with a particular emphasis on Connecticut and New York tax matters. He has more than 20 years of experience in state and local tax matters, including income/franchise, sales and use, conveyance, property, and gross receipts tax filing and compliance issues. He is a frequent speaker on state tax matters and is chair of state CPA society’s state tax committee
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CB Richard Ellis Group Inc. (CBRE) has promoted of Michael J. Riccio and Mitchell W. Kiffe to senior managing director, capital markets. The two — Riccio in Hartford and Kiffe in Tysons Corner, Va. — will be co-heads of production for CBRE’s Debt & Equity Finance practice. In his new role, Riccio will focus on expanding life company correspondent and lender relationships while remaining the northeast Debt & Equity Finance regional leader and continuing to serve long-standing institutional accounts. Kiffe will continue his multi-family market focus while also seeking to enhance CBRE’s collaboration with Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae and the FHA as well as other capital sources. Riccio has led CBRE Capital Markets Debt & Equity efforts in Connecticut. During his more than 26 years in the real estate sector, he closed over $4 billion of mortgage transactions in major metropolitan areas around the United States in all property types. Prior to opening the CBRE Capital Markets office in Hartford, Riccio spent 23 years at CIGNA.
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nPlusOne Consulting, an organizational development consulting firm based in West Hartford, has added Betsy Flaherty as an associate partner. Flaherty brings 15 years of legal experience in government, education and healthcare as well as knowledge of not-for-profit organizational policy. She has been a board member of the American Diabetes Association and a guest lecturer for the University of Vermont Medical School. Flaherty will be focusing on client relations, new markets development, as well as training.
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Daniel J. McMahon of Marlborough has been named a partner at CCR LLP, a regional accounting firm with offices in Glastonbury. McMahon specializes in providing attest and non-attest services to privately-held companies, with extensive expertise in business advisory and internal control risk assessment services for small- and medium-sized businesses. He serves as liaison partner to the BDO Seidman Alliance and is responsible for developing and executing the firm’s overall Sales and Marketing strategy. The firm employs more than 200 in offices that stretch from Boston to Orlando.
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Shawmut Design and Construction has appointed Michael C. Sanchez as its vice president of field operations. He joined Shawmut in 1992, and most recently served as director of field operations. Over the last 18 years, Sanchez has had a variety of roles from project superintendent to general superintendent, as well as project manager to managing director of the commercial group. Shawmut is headquartered in Boston with offices in New Haven, New York; Providence; and Las Vegas.
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Mintz & Hoke Communications Group in Avon has named Sara-Beth Donovan to the new position of vice president and director of media from senior media planner. She will direct the overall media product for Mintz & Hoke and assume leadership of Media Only, Mintz & Hoke’s stand-alone media planning and buying service. Donovan joined Mintz & Hoke in 2007 and was responsible for setting media strategies and direction for major clients.
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Shipman & Goodwin has added new associates in its Hartford office. Matthew J. Monteith practices in the areas of business and finance. Chastity V. Roberts practices in the area of litigation. Katherine M. Romel practices in the area of business litigation. John P. DiManno practices in the area of labor and employment. Michael J. Fritz practices in the areas of business and finance, handling a variety of commercial transactions for private equity funds, hedge funds, commercial banks and other business entities. The law firm has more than 140 attorneys. Its offices are in Hartford, Stamford, Greenwich and Lakeville, Conn. and in Washington, D.C
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FM Facility Maintenance has added Satya Vellore as its senior vice president, technology and service care. Vellore brings over 18 years’ experience in maintenance and logistics processes related to facilities operation. He will be responsible for guiding the long term technology strategy for the Hartford-based firm that manages over 35,000 customer locations nationwide.
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Wheeler Clinic has promoted Laura S. Minor to staff development manager. She joins the organization’s quality and behavioral health operations team and will help coordinate the Plainville clinic’s new workforce development initiatives. Minor was the program manager for the, clinic’s prevention, wellness and recovery program, and the training manager for the clinic’s employee assistance program. She is an adjunct professor in the University of Connecticut’s Department of Community Medicine.
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Adams & Knight Inc. has added designer Chris Spada to its interactive team. The Avon-based marketing communications agency said Spada’s skills are already on display in the recently launched Cookies for Heroes website for the Girl Scouts of Connecticut.
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Jerry Kelly has joined Velocity Print Solutions in Middlebury as an account executive. Jerry has over 20 years of experience in the print and mail industry and most recently was with Printech. Velocity Print Solutions has offices in Boston and Albany as well as Middlebury.
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Marcum LLP, an independent public accounting and advisory services firms with offices in Hartford and New Haven, has hired Mark Fogel as its chief human resources officer. He will oversee the human resources function across Marcum’s 23 offices, with a focus on talent recruitment and retention and further enhancing the firm’s recognized training programs. In the past 32 months, Marcum has rapidly advanced its growth strategy, expanding its presence throughout the Northeast, Florida, California, Hong Kong and mainland China. Fogel is Long Island’s most decorated senior human resources executive and a recipient of multiple human resources leadership and innovation awards nationally, including the Society for Human Resources (SHRM) Human Capital Leader of the year award. Prior to joining Marcum, Fogel was the vice president of human resources and administration for Leviton Manufacturing Co. Inc. He also has held human resources and operations positions for the Limited Inc. and Macy’s.
