Ciulla elected chair of CBIA

Webster Financial Corp. and Webster Bank President John Ciulla has been elected chair of the Connecticut Business & Industry Association, succeeding former EBM-Papst President and CEO Bob Sobolewski. Ciulla also serves on the board of the Business Council of Fairfield County.
The CBIA board also elected two vice chairs: Mary Kay Fenton, executive vice president and chief financial officer with Achillion Pharmaceuticals in New Haven and Chris DiPentima, president of Pegasus Manufacturing, based in Middletown.
“Given CBIA”™s prominent place in Connecticut”™s economic and political arenas, it”™s important that the board plays a major role in setting direction for the association,” Ciulla said. “I”™m looking forward to leading that effort.”