Three high school seniors win scholarships
Three high school seniors are recipients of the Richard E. Taber Citizenship Award administered by the First County Bank Foundation for demonstrating good citizenship at school, at home and in the community.
Winning $5,000 scholarships were Casey Bang from Staples High School in Westport, Claire Howlett from Westhill High School in Stamford and Lila Sferlazza from Norwalk High School in Norwalk. The program awards scholarships to three deserving students and is designed to recognize and encourage young people who are honest, hard-working, helpful and fair.
Head of Webster Private Bank and wife honored
Dan FitzPatrick, executive vice president and head of Waterbury-based Webster Private Bank, and his wife, Helen, were honored by the Fiver Children”™s Foundation of New York City with the 2014 Richard Adams Leadership Award.
The two have been involved with the foundation for more than 10 years and were chosen in recognition of their work both in support of the foundation and for their long involvement in charitable activities.
Bridgeport student wins business plan competition
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship students from Stamford, Norwalk and Bridgeport high schools participated in a countywide business plan competition, which took place at UCONN Stamford June 4.
A panel of five judge selected Kolbe Cathedral High School junior, 16-year-old Ambar Romero, from Bridgeport, as the first-place winner with her business, Styles by Ambar, an online shopping site for gently used recycled fashions.
Bonora of First County is promoted
First County Bank recently promoted John Bonora to senior vice president, chief credit officer and chief risk officer. Bonora will oversee the strategic direction and leadership of the enterprise-wide compliance and operational risk-management program. His responsibilities will also include commercial credit administration, consumer credit administration, residential processing, underwriting and loan review.
Mayor’s artworks unite Norwalk’s past and present
Owing to efforts of the Norwalk Arts Commission, Mayor Harry Rilling has two new pieces of art in his City Hall office. Jeffrey Price, owner of the Artists”™ Market and Aleksander Rotner, vice president of the Norwalk Camera Club, donated two framed scenes of Norwalk, past and present.
Ryan Ryan Deluca welcomes associate
Ryan Ryan Deluca L.L.P., a law firm with an office in Stamford, hired associate Amanda L. Carlson, who will practice primarily in the defense of civil lawsuits. She is admitted to practice in Connecticut.
Building and Land Technology hires leasing director
Building and Land Technology of Stamford announced that Kathleen Williams has joined the company as director of leasing. Williams brings more than 28 years experience to the post. In her new position, she”™ll focus on commercial leasing across the company”™s portfolio, which includes properties in Norwalk and the commercial properties at the redeveloped Harbor Point.
CPA Society presents Educator of Excellence Award
The Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants presented Fairfield University professor of accounting Dawn W. Massey, who is a CPA and Ph.D. and who lives in Branford, with an Educator of Excellence Award at the organization”™s second annual awards night, known as “The Eddys,” held at Cascade in Hamden.
United Way awarded
The ninth annual Reaching Home Celebration Dinner and Housing Awards June 12 awarded attorney Merle Berke-Schlessel, president and CEO of United Way of Coastal Fairfield County, the Diane Randall Leadership Award for her commitment to creating solutions to preventing and ending homelessness. Since 2005, Berke-Schlessel has provided support through United Way to help end homelessness in Bridgeport.
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