CRAIG M. WEZENSKI, of Orange, CT, has been promoted to vice president, senior account executive Private Client Group for Fidelity Investments, in Greenwich, CT. KEN WISNIEWSKI of Lakeville, MA, was appointed sustainment branch training chief, at Massachusetts Army National Guard, Joint Force Headquarters, in Milford. He has 19 years of continuous full- and part-time Massachusetts Army National Guard service. He is currently on a leave of absence from his Johnson & Johnson sales position. 1998 STEVEN J. GIETZ, of Attleboro, MA, the president and founder of the East Coast Technology Group, was featured in the Providence Business News. The business technology consultation company has been regularly named on Providence Business News’ list of fastest-growing private companies. 1999 BRIAN M. CANINA, of Cromwell, CT, has been promoted by PeoplesBank in Holyoke, MA, to first vice president controller. He has 13 years of financial and banking experience. 1999 CHRISTOPHER BURNS, of Barrington, RI, was selected as one of the winners of Providence Business News’ Chief Financial Officer Awards. He is CFO of Andera Inc., in Providence. The awards dinner was held at Bryant. AMY CANAVAN HIGGINS, MBA, of Clearwater, FL, is now vice president of human resources of Aquion Energy Inc., a developer and manufacturer of aqueous hybrid ion batteries and energy storage systems, in Pittsburgh. She was previously president of Global Human Resources Group, Inc.
ANTHONY J. MANGIARELLI, MST, CPA, of Coventry, RI, is now principal at Kahn, Litwin, Renza & Co., Ltd., in Providence, RI. He has more than 12 years of public accounting experience, with a specialty in audit services. He was recently named a winner in the Providence Business News “40 Under Forty” competition and serves on the finance committee of the United Way of Rhode Island. RYAN D. MARINI, of Franklin, MA, is founding partner of Boston Private Wealth Partners LLC, a fee-based financial planning service, in Quincy, MA. 2001 TESSA (MCINNISS) CANTERBURY, of Grand Junction, CO, owns and operates a yoga studio, YogaVinyasa, in her hometown. PATRICK MOONEY, of Warwick, RI, is now manager of the new TD Bank in Warwick. Previously, he held a position at Sovereign Bank. 2002 HEIDI (WALLACH) BRUNO, of East Lyme, CT, has joined ERA Property as a real estate salesperson. She previously managed Wallach’s Inc., her family’s retail floor covering business, for eight years. SAMANTHA DEPRIMA, of Manchester, NH , is director of marketing and public relations at Intown Manchester. Previously, she was project specialist for the organization. NICK SMITH, MBA, of Cumberland, RI, is now director of athletics at Assumption College, in Worcester, MA . Previously, he was assistant director of athletics at Stonehill College. Smith was director of operations at Bryant from 2000 to 2002.
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DENISE SZELAG, MBA, of Tiverton, RI, has won a Rhode Island Federal Employee of the Year Award from the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport. Szelag was instrumental in bringing a highly complex fiscal management system to the 22,000 employees across the Naval Sea Systems Command Warfare Centers’ 10 divisions nationwide. Her unparalleled knowledge of Navy systems and processes as well as managerial acumen and resourcefulness were critical to the seamless integration of the program.
2003 KEITH HANKS, of Decatur, GA, was promoted to account director at Response Mine Interactive in Atlanta. RMI focuses on search engine optimization and marketing campaigns. VALERIE LEDUC, of Harrisville, RI, is the recipient of the Sewell Scholarship for executive leadership development from the Women’s Foodservice Forum in partnership with Sysco. She is vice president of operations for Angelo’s restaurant in Providence.
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