NARDOZZI, POST UNIV. DEAN, APPOINTED
TO ‘MAIN STREET WATERBURY’ BOARD
James Nardozzi, dean of Post College and director of the university’s master of public administration program, has been appointed to the board of directors of the Waterbury Regional Chamber of Commerce’s “Main Street Waterbury” downtown revitalization, a program for the downtown district that has been an initiative of the chamber since 2003. The program is part of a coast-to-coast movement led by the National Trust Main Street Center that has established nearly 2,000 community programs across the country over the past two decades. Together, these programs have produced an investment in traditional commercial districts of more than $10 billion and spurred the rehabilitation of countless historic structures, while providing space for tens of thousands of new businesses and creating hundreds of thousands of new jobs for local citizens.
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MCKINNEY WINS MINORITY SMALL BIZ AWARD
Fred W. McKinney, president and CEO of the Greater New England Minority Supplier Development Council in Hamden, has been designated the U.S. Small Business Administration Massachusetts Minority Small Business Champion, an award presented annually to an individual who has fulfilled a commitment to support minority entrepreneurship. The development council’s mission is to significantly increase procurement opportunities for certified minority business enterprises. Dr. McKinney will be honored at an event at Fenway Park in Boston on June 6.
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CT COUNCIL FOR EDUCATION REFORM
APPOINTS TWO MEMBERS TO BOARD
The Connecticut Council for Education Reform, a nonprofit organization representing business and civic leaders, has expanded its Board of Directors with the addition of Kim Jeffery, president and CEO of Nestlé Waters North America, and Mary Barneby, head of UBS Private Wealth Management in Stamford. CCER’s mission is to represent the business and civic voice for comprehensive reform efforts to close the achievement gap while raising academic outcomes for all students in Connecticut.
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BOY SCOUTS TO HONOR ENERGY LEADERS
Two prominent leaders in Connecticut’s Energy and Public Utilities will be honored at the Boy Scouts of America’s annual “Energy Industry Good Scout Dinner” on Wednesday, May 2, at the Waterview in Monroe. Dan Esty, commissioner of the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, and George Logan, director of capital and planning at Aquarion Water Co., were selected by a committee of their peers for their community service.
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FOODSHARE HONORS PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE VOLS
Foodshare recently recognized the members of its President’s Circle at an annual luncheon held at United Way headquarters. Membership in the circle is an honor reserved for individual and group volunteers who have achieved a significant milestone with Foodshare. Among the groups recognized were: American Eagle Federal Credit Union, Bank of America, Gifts of Love, Gilead Congregational Church, Pepperidge Farm, Tranquil Menagerie 4-H Club, United Congregational Church of Tolland and YHB Investment Advisors. Individuals recognized include: Fred Arnold, Peter Chenette, Carmen Evans, Lowell Fewster, Tony Hayes, Sunny Lindamood, Linda Martyn, Kat McCartney, Ed Siegel, Andrew Stern and Jim Urso. President’s Circle volunteers dedicate hundreds of hours becoming involved in a variety of ways.
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