OF NOTE

WRAP HONORS LAURA SOLL FOR SERVICE

Laura Soll, a public relations and event management specialist with 30 years of experience in Southern New England, was honored at the annual WRAP — Women Raising Awareness Philanthropically — luncheon to benefit the Channel 3 Kids Camp. Over the years, she has been involved with a host of special projects and service to Connecticut, including veteran’s projects, Foodshare, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s Connecticut Chapter, and Citizens for a United Windsor. Pictured are, from left, keynote speaker Diane Smith; Soll; Denise Hornbecker , executive director of Kids Camp, and Denise D’Ascenzo, emcee of the event. Proceeds from the 2011 WRAP Luncheon helps to bring more than 4,000 children from Connecticut and New England attend the Channel 3 Kids Camp. 

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Mill Pond Village manager

wins national leasing honor

Andrew Lund, of the Broad Brook section of East Windsor, has been named National Apartment Leasing Professional of the Year by the National Apartment Association Education Institute.

Lund is property manager of WinnResidential’s 312-unit Mill Pond Village in Broad Brook. He joined the industry in 2008 when he was hired as assistant manager of The Loft at Main and Temple in Hartford. In only five months, he helped increase occupancy from 85 percent to 100 percent.

Since taking over Mill Pond Village, he has reduced turnover by 7 percent year over year, increased occupancy from 93 percent to 96 percent and increased resident satisfaction. He is credited with developing relationships with residents that exceed the normal call of duty by often working after hours to help them move in or holding resident meetings. He also started an incentive program for his staff to encourage leasing and increase closing rates, which have risen from 25 percent to 34 percent in just a short time.

Lund is active with the Connecticut association, serving on its board as treasurer. The association named him as its Leasing Consultant of the Year in 2008.

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In brief

• Martin McMahon, a financial planner and first person from Connecticut to swim the English Channel, will be honored by the Windsor Chamber of Commerce with its Jerry Hallis Memorial service award at its annual dinner June 24.

• Sharon L. Vasquez, provost of the University of Hartford, has joined the board of directors of the Connecticut Ballet.

• David DeMaio, president of Pat Munger Construction Co. Inc., has been selected to represent the New England region on Varco-Pruden Buildings inaugural Green Advisory Board.

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