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Howard R. Zern has been elected executive vice president of Simsbury Bank. He had been leading the bank’s retail, operations and technology units. Zern’s career in financial services has spanned more than 30 years during which he served in a variety of senior managerial roles in merger integrations, branch banking administration, market management, employment and corporate training at Hartford National Bank and its successors including Bank of America. He has held leadership positions with several not-for-profit organizations, including vice chairman of TheaterWorks in Hartford, treasurer of the Artists Collective in Hartford and chairman of the Urban League of Greater Hartford. Also, the bank added Jeffrey J. Stever and Stephen J. LaFlamme as commercial relationship managers. Stever brings over 20 years of business banking experience to the role, working most recently with Textron Financial. LaFlamme also brings over 20 years of business banking experience. He had a long career with Savings Institute Bank & Trust Company in various commercial banking roles. Simsbury Bank is an independent, local bank with approximately $325 million in assets. It has offices in Avon, Bloomfield, Granby and Simsbury and a loan production office in Canton. Simsbury Bank is wholly owned by publicly traded SBT Bancorp Inc.
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Rocky Hill-based design/build/furnish firm Solidus Inc. has appointed Courtney Grover as executive vice president. Grover will be responsible for business development activities in northern New England, as well as the continued integration of new products and services. He was chief operating officer of BrandPartners, brings more than 25 years of experience providing turn-key services and merchandising for both retail and financial services clients.
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Worx Branding & Advertising, in Prospect has hired George O’Shea as vice president, business strategy. O’Shea will help the regional agency grow its presence in the greater Boston market. He brings sales and marketing experience gained at Rubbermaid and The Mennen Co. Previously, O’Shea ran business development at Proteus Design, now Motiv Design, in Boston.
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Viridian Energy, a Norwalk-based provider of green retail energy, named Joseph Waldman as chief operating officer. Waldman joins Viridian with more than 15 years of experience in operations, including eight years in retail energy operations and management. Waldman held executive positions with MXenergy and Gateway Energy Services Corp.
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Lee Deer has been promoted to general manager of Three Belles Marina in Niantic. In his new position, Lee will be the senior manager responsible for all aspects of the marina’s operations including wet slips, indoor and outdoor valet, dryland and mooring customers. Prior to his promotion, Deer was the yard manager at the Smith Cove marina.
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Hartford Hospital has added three doctors to its medical staff. Jason Gluck is a transplant cardiologist and director of the Emergency Cardiac Care Program, specializing in managing advanced heart failure. He graduated from New York College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed his residency in Internal Medicine at New York Hospital Medical Center, Queens. There, he received his fellowship training and later completed a fellowship in advanced heart failure / transplant cardiology at Columbia University Medical Center. Martin D. Ollenschleger is an interventional neuroradiologist, treating conditions such as acute stroke and cerebral aneurysms with minimally-invasive techniques. He graduated from UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School. He then completed a combined residency and fellowship training program in neurology, radiology and diagnostic neuroradiology at New York University ˆ– Langone Medical Center. Immad Sadiq is an interventional cardiologist, specializing in treating blockages in the coronary and non-coronary arteries, including carotid and peripheral arteries, using catheter-based minimally-invasive techniques. He comes from The Miriam Hospital in Providence, where he was an assistant professor of medicine at Brown University.
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Geoff Keifer has joined Connecticut Trailers in Bolton as sales manager and coach. His career has included sales and general management responsibilities with large building product manufacturing and distribution units including Andersen Windows, Huttig Building Products, and Weyerhaeuser.
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The Connecticut River Watershed Council has named Andrew Fisk as its executive director. Fisk, who served as director of the Land and Water Bureau at the Maine Department of Environmental Protection for seven years, brings experience with a range of state and federal environmental quality statutes and oversight of a 134-person agency with an annual budget of $15 million. He also served as president of the Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution Control Agencies and chair of the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission. The Middletown-based council is a citizen advocate dedicated to promoting the restoration and sustainable use of the Connecticut River watershed.
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Sandra Rizza has joined the Connecticut Development Authority as credit analyst, supporting the portfolio loan officer activities in underwriting, outreach efforts and special projects. She has worked with multiple banks and commercial lending institutions.
