DELMONICO ELECTED TO CBIA BOARD Jennifer Morgan DelMonico, managing partner for Murtha Cullina LLP, a law firm with an office in Stamford, was elected to the board of directors of the Connecticut Business & Industry Association (CBIA). The election was announced at the CBIA annual meeting, Oct. 29. Del-
monico, one of 12 new members elected to the CBIA board, begins her four-year term Dec. 1. She currently serves as the vice chairwoman of the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce and the immediate past chairwoman of Easter Seals Goodwill Industries.
‘A TASTE OF FAIRFIELD’ YIELDS SUCCESS
DEC. 2-3, 9-10 & 16-17
Western Connecticut Health Network is hosting a series of three morning and evening comprehensive diabetes education classes, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Tues., Dec. 3, 10 and 17 and 5-7 p.m., Wed., Dec. 2, 9 and 16, 41 Germantown Road, Suite B03, Danbury. To register, call Joan at 203-739-4980.
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ENERGY EFFICIENCY EVENTS FOR RESIDENTS
DEC. 3 From left: Banji Iyun, junior board of advisors vice chairman; Sherlene Rodriguez, junior board of advisors vice chairwoman; and Robert F. Cashel, president and CEO, FCA.
A Taste of Fairfield County’s third annual event attracted more than 150 attendees and more than 10 food vendors. Hosted by Family & Children’s Agency’s (FCA) junior board of advisors, proceeds from the Nov. 12 event are to benefit FCA’s Family Support
United Illuminating representatives work alongside the Connecticut Food Bank to prepare LED and energy-saving packets for 10,000 families within the UI region.
As part of the Energize Connecticut Initiative, an effort to empower Connecticut residents to make smarter energy choices, New Haven-based The United Illuminating Co. (UI) is partnering with the North Haven-based Connecticut Food Bank — a nonprofit with locations in Wallingford and Fairfield — to host LED light bulb and energy efficiency education events
at food pantries within UI territory. These events are to encourage residents to make their homes more energy efficient by replacing their old incandescent light bulbs with Energy Star LEDs. Distribution of these items began Nov. 17 and will run a 30-day cycle as the participating pantries pick up supplies for their customer base.
PAOLETTA COMPLETES YEAR OF LEADERSHIP TRAINING Washington, D.C.-based Institute for Organization Management, the development program of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, announced that Jocelyn Paoletta, director of commissions for the Bridgeport Regional Business Council, completed her first year at Institute for Organization Management, a four-year nonprofit leadership training program at Vil-
lanova University in Pennsylvania. Institute graduates are recognized as leaders in their industries and organizations. Paoletta has assisted in designing new marketing and communication opportunities for the BRBC community, the organization’s new website and its newest publication, “The QR” She also manages BRBC’s Women’s Leadership Council.
family law attorneys for client satisfaction in Connecticut. ALM’s list is created by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell to identify lawyers who have been rated by their peers and AIOFLA is a third-party rating service recognizing practitioners in their respective fields.
& Prevention services, a program providing support and guidance to more than 1,500 families with young children. The evening included food and drinks from venues throughout the region, live music, raffles and a program presentation.
WESTMED OPENS SECOND GREENWICH OFFICE WESTMED Medical Group held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its second medical office in Greenwich, Nov. 16 at 644 W. Putnam Ave. This location offers urgent
care services for non-emergency injury or illness with on-site radiology and laboratory services and primary care and medical specialists.
FIRST COUNTY BANK GRANTS $20,000 TO NONPROFITS
Pullman & Comley is hosting its annual labor and employment law seminar, offering its perspective on developments over the past year and what to expect in 2016, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., The Sheraton Hartford South Hotel, 100 Capital Blvd., Rocky Hill. To RSVP, call 203-330-2058.
DEC. 4 Ridgefield Playhouse is featuring Hot Tuna with Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady as part of the Pepsi Rock Series powered by Xfinity, performing an acoustic set of rootsy blues, folk and bluegrass, 8 p.m., 80 E. Ridge Road, Ridgefield. For more information, call the box office at 203-438-5795.
DEC. 9 The World Affairs Forum is hosting its Ambassador’s Roundtable Breakfast & Lecture, 7 a.m. coffee, 7:30 a.m. breakfast and 8 a.m. presentation/Q&A, Stamford Yacht Club, 97 Ocean Drive West, Stamford. The topic is “Mr. Putin: Understanding the Man at War with the West,” featuring guest speaker Fiona Hill. For more information, contact the World Affairs Forum at 203-356-0340.
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SHATTUCK RECOGNIZED AS ‘LEADER IN LAW’ Laura Shattuck, a senior associate attorney for Westport-based Nusbaum & Parrino PC, was recognized as one of ALM’s 2015 “Women Leaders in the Law” and selected by The American Institute of Family Law Attorneys (AIOFLA) as one of the 10 best
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From left: Jim Darling, senior vice president, commercial lending at First County Bank; Wendy Bentivegna, grant director at Positive Directions; and AnnaMarie Boccuzzi, estate and trust officer, First County Bank.
Stamford-based First County Bank Foundation awarded four Westport-based nonprofits a total of $20,000 to support their missions. Since 2001, the foundation has awarded more than $7 million in grants. The organizations included: Homes With Hope, $10,000 for its emergency shelter for homeless single mothers and their children;
Positive Directions, $5,000 for its adolescent behavioral health treatment program; Project Return, $2,500 for its HEAL program (health, empathy, love, altruism), which provides adolescent girls and young women in crisis a nurturing environment to heal and grow; and $2,500 to United Way of Westport.
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Women’s Business Development Council is hosting a seminar, titled “Exploring Entrepreneurship,” about how to decide whether entrepreneurship is right for you, noon to 2 p.m., TEAM Inc., 30 Elizabeth St., Derby. WBDC is also featuring “Launch Pad: Get Started on Your Business Plan,” a workshop that can help with the transition into the developmental stage of business planning, noon to 2 p.m. CityCenter Danbury, 268 Main St., Danbury. For more information, visit ctwbdc.org. The CT/Westchester Committee of the Columbia’s Business School Alumni Club is presenting a panel discussion, titled “Marketing Your Business” about using traditional marketing approaches as well as new techniques, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Dec. 10, Greenwich Library, 101 W. Putnam Ave., Greenwich. To register, visit cbsacny.org. NOVEMBER 30, 2015
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