Newsmakers Fairfield County 12-03-12

Snapshot

OPERATION TURKEY: FEEDING FAMILIES IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY was hosted Nov. 17 by Ed”™s Garage Doors in South Norwalk. The food drive, which benefited the Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County, helped more than 300 families in need this holiday season.

Operation Turkey
Rich Cunningham, Owner of Ed’s Garage Doors (top, 3rd from left) is joined by Norwalk Mayor Richard A. Moccia, State Senator Bob Duff, and many of Norwalk’s first responders during Operation Turkey in South Norwalk.

 

Credits, Clients and Awards

Lori Wallace
Lori Wallace.

 

 

LORI WALLACE of New Milford was recently named Realtor of the Year by the Greater New Milford Board of Realtors. Wallace is a sales associate in Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage”™s New Milford office. She is also vice president of the Greater New Milford Board of Realtors and will assume the responsibilities of board president in 2013.

 

 

 

 

ST. VINCENT”™S HEALTH SERVICES SYSTEM named four employees of the year at its Annual Service Awards Dinner held at the Waterview in Monroe.

Susan Capasso
Susan Capasso.

 

 

SUSAN CAPASSO of Wallingford was named St. Vincent”™s Employee of the Year. She is currently the college”™s dean of academic affairs and chairwoman of general studies. Capasso received a doctorate in educational leadership from the University of Hartford, a master”™s degree in genetics from Georgetown University and a B.A. in zoology from the University of Vermont.

 

 

Lucinda Ames
Lucinda Ames.

 

 

LUCINDA IANNARONE AMES of Derby was named St. Vincent”™s Medical Center Employee of the Year. She is senior marketing and communications associate for St. Vincent”™s Medical Center, and has a B.A. in English from Sacred Heart University.

 

 

 

 

Frances Hernandez
Frances Hernandez.

 

 

 

FRANCES HERNANDEZ of Seymour was named Special Needs Services Employee of the Year. She is currently administrator of adult day services.

 

 

 

 

Danielle Gentile
Danielle Gentile.

 

 

DANIELLE GENTILE of Trumbull was named Behavioral Health Employee of the Year. She is currently a senior mental health worker at the college”™s Westport campus. She received a B.S. in psychology from the University of Connecticut, Storrs and is pursuing a master”™s degree in health education at Southern Connecticut State University.

 


Peter Schelfhaudt
Peter Schelfhaudt.

 

 

UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT recently changed the name of its historic art gallery at the Arnold Bernhard Center to the Schelfhaudt Gallery, in honor of Peter Schelfhaudt, chairman and CEO of advertising firm Creative Partners. The official renaming ceremony on Oct. 25 included the opening of an exhibition by photographer Bob Poe that runs through Nov. 21.

 

 

Newsmakers

Ben Maini
Ben Maini.

 

 

BEN MAINI of Monroe was recently appointed treasurer of the newly formed Southern Connecticut affiliate of the Cancer Support Community (CSC), an international nonprofit organization dedicated to providing support to people affected by cancer. Maini is a partner with Reynolds & Rowella L.L.P., an accounting firm with offices in Ridgefield and New Canaan.

 

 

 

 

 

THE STAMFORD INNOVATION CENTER, which held its grand opening on Nov. 15, recently announced two appointments. The Center is one of the four hubs of the statewide Connecticut Innovation Ecosystem recently announced by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.

     PETER PROPP was named vice president of marketing.
     PATTIE SIMON was named vice president of sales and operations.

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