Fairfield County Newsmakers, 6.2.2014

Edible Arrangements names president

Wallingford-based Edible Arrangements L.L.C. announced that Robert Price, former senior vice president and chief marketing officer for CVS/pharmacy, has been named president of the fruit bouquet company.

Veteran marketer and Bigelow Tea join CT Challenge effort

The Southport-Based CT Challenge welcomes Pamela (Pam) Dey as director of marketing, communications and digital strategy. Dey possesses more than 20 years experience in brand building and will expand the reach of the state”™s health, wellness and nutrition programs to a broader audience of cancer survivors.

And through Fairfield-based Bigelow Tea Co., CT Challenge will be better able to help cancer survivors rebuild, improve and prolong their lives through mind-body health, exercise, nutrition and community-building support programs tailored to their needs.

Voices for Children welcomes new members

Connecticut Voices for Children, a New Haven-based organization dedicated to improving opportunities for children across the state, has three new board members.

David Nee, a Fairfield resident, recently retired as the first executive director of the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund, founded in 1993 to improve education for Connecticut”™s children.

Nancy Roberts, a resident of West Hartford, is the former president of the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy, a regional association of grant makers in Connecticut, where she served for 22 years.

Ann Baker Pepe, a Hamden resident, serves as the director of development at the Foote School, an independent K-9 preparatory school in New Haven.

Farmhouse replica boosts campaign

In support of the Greenwich Land Trust”™s $1.5 million campaign to restore and maintain the Louise Mueller Preserve on Round Hill Road, People”™s United Bank has funded the design and construction of an approximately 1/10th scale replica of the property”™s farmhouse at 5”™x10”™.

The preserve provides the Greenwich Land Trust with four acres of open space, including gardens and orchards, the farmhouse, three barns, a stone potting shed and the remains of a greenhouse.

Xerox supports museum

The Lockwood Mathews Mansion Museum has received a major grant of $20,000 from the Xerox Foundation in support of its educational and cultural programs.

The 1864 mansion on the Norwalk waterfront is a rarity, predating many of America”™s landmark estates by decades, and is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Attorney to receive state social studies award

The statewide Connecticut Council for Social Studies named Stephen P. Wright, of the law firm Goldman, Gruder & Woods, as one of four recipients of the 2014 Bruce Fraser Friends of Social Studies Award.

The award is given to nonteaching professionals who have shown outstanding support for the social studies and its teaching in Connecticut, according to the council.

Kudos for Hotel Zero Degrees in Norwalk

Hotel Zero Degrees in Norwalk announced it has received a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence Award. The accolade is given to establishments that consistently receive outstanding traveller reviews on TripAdvisor and is extended to qualifying businesses worldwide.

CPA society elects leaders

The Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants announced three Fairfield County CPAs have been elected its board of directors for the 2014-2015 year:

Ӣ President-elect Bruce L. Blasnik, CPA of Stamford; partner in the firm of OӪConnor Davies L.L.P. in Stamford;

Ӣ Treasurer Frank A. Rowella Jr., CPA of Ridgefield; managing partner of Reynolds & Rowella L.L.P., with offices in Ridgefield and New Canaan; and

Ӣ Member-at-Large/Advisory Council Chairman Eliot M. Bassin, CPA, certified fraud examiner of Stamford; partner in the firm of Bregman & Company P.C. in Stamford.

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