The Connecticut Business and Industry Association (CBIA), the state”™s largest business organization, has elected 14 new members to its board of directors ”“ three of them from Fairfield County.
The diverse group represents a cross-section of Connecticut”™s business community including a range of industry sectors, sizes and geographical locations. The incoming directors begin serving their four-year terms Dec. 1.
“Our directors have a critical role in setting the organization”™s strategic direction,” CBIA President and CEO Joe Brennan said. “These individuals are among the state”™s top business leaders and their experience will help us develop our policy agenda.”
Newly-elected county-based members are Richard J. Iovanne, market manager, senior vice president, People’s United Bank in Bridgeport; David J. Lewis, president and CEO, OperationsInc in Norwalk; and Reed M. Salvatore, CEO, Accurate Lock & Hardware Co. in Stamford.
Also elected:
- Drew Andrews, managing partner & CEO, Whittlesey, Hartford
- Eric B. Galvin, president, ConnectiCare, Farmington
- Josh Geballe, president, Thimble Islands Ventures, Guilford
- William S. Harmon, president, Retirement Corporate Markets, Voya Financial, Hartford
- Paul M. Kelley, vice president and general manager EPG, Alinabal Holdings Corp., Milford
- Marietta S. Lee, vice president and corporate secretary, The Lee Co., Westbrook
- Christopher J. Luise, co-CEO, Adnet Technologies, Farmington
- Scott A. Mayo, senior vice president, BGI and president, Barnes Industrial, Barnes Group, Inc., Bristol
- Moy N. Ogilvie, managing partner, McCarter and English, Hartford
- Wendy E. Sherry, president, Cigna Connecticut & Payer Solutions, Cigna Healthcare, Bloomfield
- John R. Strahley, managing director, Ironwood Capital, Avon
The board will elect a new chair Dec. 6 to succeed Mary Kay Fenton, executive vice president and CFO at Achillion Pharmaceuticals. Fenton will remain on the board as the immediate past chair.
