WATERBURY REGIONAL CHAMBER HONORS THREE FOR SERVICE
Peter Baker, president and CEO of Crystal Rock Water Company/Vermont Pure Holdings with national headquarters in Watertown, has been named the winner of the Waterbury Regional Chamber’s Malcolm Baldrige Community Award.
In addition to his position with Crystal Rock, Baker serves on the finance committee of the Waterbury Police Athletic League and the board of directors of the Palace Theater in Waterbury.
Richard DuPont, president of Resource Development Associates in Watertown, is winner of the chamber’s leadership award. He is chairman of the chamber’s Manufacturing Advisory Council, on the chamber’s Board of Directors, and is chairman of the board for the Watertown-Oakville Chamber of Commerce, a division of the Waterbury Regional Chamber.
And Francine Nido, assistant to the president/CEO of New Opportunities, Inc. in Waterbury, is winner of the Volunteer of the Year Award. Since age 12, Nido volunteered with Meals on Wheels in Waterbury and since 1980 she has personally delivered meals. Nido also volunteers on the board of directors of the Waterbury chapter of UNICO National.
The awards will be presented during the 17th annual Malcolm Baldrige Chamber awards banquet on Tuesday, Sept. 20, at the Aqua Turf Club in Plantsville. Event co-chairs are Carmen Anthony Vacalebre, chairman of Carmen Anthony Restaurant Group, and Jaci Carroll, founder of Jaci Carroll Staffing Services Inc.
Baldrige, a former resident of Woodbury, guided Waterbury’s Scovill Manufacturing Co. for more then two decades. He was appointed President Ronald Regan’s Secretary of Commerce and is known for his legacy of success through quality.
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BAR ELECTS KNAG
Paul E. Knag, a partner at Murtha Cullina LLP, has been elected chair of the Health Law Section of the Connecticut Bar Association. He has more than 30 years experience in the areas of health care and litigation and is chair of the firm’s health care practice group. He is based in the firm’s Stamford office.
The CBA’s Health Law section focuses on areas and issues related to the provision of healthcare services, the regulation and licensure of healthcare providers (including institutional), medical malpractice and medical jurisprudence, medical disabilities, and legislative proposals concerned with these fields.
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CASE STUDY CHOSEN
A case study of GeoDesign Inc., written by Theresa M. Casey, founding principal of On Target Marketing & Communications LLC, has been included in a newly published book, “Positioning for Architecture & Design Firms” by Jack Reigle.
Casey, based in Columbia, identified GeoDesign, of Middlebury, for a case study based on GeoDesign’s success in spite of the economic downturn that began in 2008.
GeoDesign Incorporated is a privately held engineering consulting firm that completes environmental investigation and remediation projects throughout the Northeast.
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