Pizzella steps up at U.S. Trust
U.S. Trust announced Robert Pizzella was appointed managing director and regional investment executive for the Connecticut and Long Island region and will be based in the firm”™s Fairfield County offices. In his new role, Pizzella will direct the region”™s design, development and implementation of integrated investment advice and portfolio management strategies across seven offices. Prior to joining U.S. Trust, Pizzella served as a managing director and member of the senior leadership team for New England at Merrill Lynch Private Wealth Management.
Fairfield hosts top-tier executive
John Sculley, a former CEO of Apple and PepsiCo, will speak at Fairfield University”™s Quick Center for the Arts Feb. 26., 6 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Marketing Club of Fairfield University”™s Charles F. Dolan School of Business.
Sculley was behind marketing campaigns like the Pepsi Challenge and was recruited by Steve Jobs to helm Apple. His talk is titled, “Globalization ”“ The Future of American Brands.”
“I believe an entirely new middle class is taking shape and it will become the biggest definer for building billion-dollar businesses,” said Sculley. “But we are now talking about a very different middle class and a very different economy. For our new middle class, Amazon is replacing Walmart as our aspirational model of a store with exceptional price-value combined with superb customer convenience.”
Bank ups library accessibility
The Union Savings Bank Foundation in Danbury awarded a grant of $2,500 to New Fairfield Free Public Library. The funds will help support renovations needed to make the library compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act and will include an elevator and automatic entry/exit doors. The Union Savings Bank Foundation has awarded grants totaling $203,308 to 45 nonprofits in western Connecticut. Pictured from left are Marie O”™Neill, Union Savings Bank executive vice president and chief marketing officer; Linda Fox, library executive director; and Fran Dattalo, Union Savings Bank president and CEO.
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Cooking up something good
DEANE Inc.”™s Stamford showroom has a newly renovated culinary center described as “state of the art, stylish” and encompassing the latest in kitchen design trends.
“Our design team has created a new Culinary Center atmosphere that will inspire our clients and allied professionals to create designs throughout their homes,” said owner Peter Deane.
With showrooms in both Stamford and New Canaan, DEANE serves clients in Connecticut, Westchester County, N.Y. and New York City.
Besides serving as a showroom for DEANE”™swork, the culinary centers host events and cooking lessons by Stamford- and New Canaan-based Culinary Works, which works in both DEANE showrooms.
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Boots on the ground battling cancer
The Breast Cancer Alliance (BCA), founded in 1996, holds its annual mile-long Walk for Hope, a commemorative trek down Greenwich Avenue, honoring and remembering loved ones who have battled the disease. The date is Sunday, April 27, with a 10:30 a.m. check-in at 359 Greenwich Ave. There is a health fair, music by Shine Events and complimentary breakfast courtesy of Z Hospitality. The walk begins at 11 a.m. PepsiCo sponsors refreshments afterward.
Walk co-chairpersons are Caroline Brecker, Nicole Ewing and Julie Genovese. Yonni Wattenmaker is the BCA executive director
The BCA is one of the largest private, noncorporate breast cancer organizations in the U.S. It has awarded more than $19 million in grants supporting its mission to improve survival rates and quality of life for those impacted by breast cancer through better prevention, early detection, treatment and cure. For more information call (203) 861-0014 or go to the BCA website.
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Lucky 13 at Cartus
For the 13th consecutive year, Danbury-based Cartus Corp., a provider of global relocation services, was ranked one of the Top 125 companies for organizational development and training by Training magazine ”“ a training industry publication.
Cartus is the only relocation services provider to be included in Training”™s Top 125. The rankings were announced Feb. 3 at a gala in San Diego.
“We”™re very proud to have been named to this prestigious list for 13 straight years,” said Amy Meichner, Cartus senior vice president, global human resources. “Our employees are dedicated to serving our clients and customers worldwide, and the collaboration between our learning and development staff and our other business groups is what helps us identify the innovative solutions that are the foundation of our focus on service.”
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Help wanted at Reed
Reed Exhibitions is launching a sales academy at its Norwalk headquarters for the Americas. The Academy is targeting men and woman looking for that “first-job opportunity” in sales. Twenty jobs are available across the first year.
Participants in the sales academy will get full-time employment, a full benefits package and an intensive six-month training program. If successful, they will have an opportunity to move into a sales role at Reed Exhibitions.
Reed Exhibitions bills itself as the world”™s leading trade show organizer; it runs 500 events in 42 countries and employs about 3,000 people. Norwalk is home to the company”™s headquarters for the Americas division with about 350 employees in Connecticut. The Americas division also has offices in New York City, Los Angeles, Mexico City and Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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A stand on fracking waste
State Rep. Tony Hwang, R-Fairfield/Trumbull, and other lawmakers, environmental and consumer advocates and community leaders gathered in Hartford recently to announce a statewide legislative campaign to ban the importation, processing and/or treatment of fracking waste in Connecticut.
The bipartisan sponsors of multiple fracking waste ban bills were joined by environmental and public health experts and community leaders to discuss the legislation and grassroots efforts to support it. Fracking waste bills will be heard in the Energy and Technology, Public Health and Government Administration and Elections committees of the General Assembly during this legislative session.
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Dey rises to the challenge
The nonprofit CT Challenge in Fairfield welcomed Pamela Dey as director of marketing, communications and digital strategy, a new position.
Dey brings more than 20 years experience in brand building and sales-generating program development using a range of cross-media marketing, promotion and communication tactics to the job, where she is charged with expanding outreach of health, wellness and nutrition programs to a broader audience of cancer survivors. She will also work in tandem with Lee Crouch, CT Challenge director of development, to create cause marketing programs and sponsorship opportunities.
