The Connecticut Lodging Association (CLA) recently recognized five hotel team members from Waterford Hotel Group with “Stars of the Industry” awards during the CLA’s 111th annual meeting.The members include: Ron Wichowski, general manager, Hilton Hartford; Juan Gil, kitchen receiver, Hilton Hartford; Nelly Gonzalez, room attendant, Sheraton Hartford Hotel at Bradley International Airport; Justin Tarr, night […]
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The Connecticut Lodging Association (CLA) recently recognized five hotel team members from Waterford Hotel Group with “Stars of the Industry” awards during the CLA's 111th annual meeting.
The members include: Ron Wichowski, general manager, Hilton Hartford; Juan Gil, kitchen receiver, Hilton Hartford; Nelly Gonzalez, room attendant, Sheraton Hartford Hotel at Bradley International Airport; Justin Tarr, night auditor, Residence Inn Mystic; and Leigh-Ann Wilson, banquet manager, Marriott Hartford Downtown.
The Trinity Club of Hartford will honor Karraine Moody, executive director of the Hartford Area Habitat for Humanity and a 2001 graduate of Trinity College, as the club's person of the year.
Moody was appointed executive director of Hartford's Habitat for Humanity in July 2014. Since then, she has successfully launched a comprehensive neighborhood revitalization initiative that includes a financial freedom center and orchestrated the grand opening of the first Habitat for Humanity ReStore in the region. She was honored earlier this year by the Hartford Business Journal as a 40 Under Forty award recipient.
Dan Socci, CEO of EthicalChem in South Windsor, was recently presented with Clean Water Action's Innovation Award. The award was designed to highlight the use of safer chemicals through green chemistry innovation by a Connecticut company. EthicalChem was recongnized for using high-performance, plant-based chemistry in a variety of applications effectively and without toxic chemicals.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford was awarded the 2015 CareerLaunch Innovation Award from Boys & Girls Clubs of America in recognition of its high quality, successful and innovative implementation of the CareerLaunch program, which helps local teens explore job and career opportunities. The Club is one of just five award recipients nationwide and will receive $5,000 along with this distinction. With the $5,000 award, the Club plans to improve resume-building workshops, career goal setting and networking.
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