Brian E. Tims ’05 ’08 JD was admitted as a partner to the Connecticut-based law firm, Halloran & Sage. Based out of their Westport office, Mr. Tims is a member of the Firm’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Labor & Employment, Commercial Litigation, and Criminal Defense Practice Groups. He has been recognized perennially as a “Rising Star” by Connecticut Super Lawyers since 2013, and was honored as a “New Leader of the Law” by the Connecticut Law Tribune.
Ted P. Ammon ’06 is now the Director of Sales at Privy Inc., a fast-growing eCommerce tech start-up in Boston. Mr. Ammon is responsible for defining go-to-market strategy for direct sales. Previously, he worked at inbound marketing tech giant, HubSpot, where he was part of the sales organization and helped to build out their eCommerce division.
Richard S. Cheney ’83 MBA has been appointed as the regional director of the Massachusetts Small Business Development Center at Clark University. Mr. Cheney recently served as the Director of Operations of the Graduate School of Business at Bryant University and as Associate Director of Continuing Education and Community Engagement at Central Connecticut State University.
Anthony L. Mattacchione ’98 MBA has been appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of AMRI, a global pharmaceutical contract research, development and manufacturing organization that partners with the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries to improve patient outcomes and quality of life. Mr. Mattacchione has more than 30 years of experience in financial leadership positions with high growth companies across the life sciences tools, biopharmaceutical, chemicals and technology sectors. Before joining AMRI, Mr. Mattacchione spent five years at Bruker Corporation where he most recently served as their chief financial officer.
John P. Budaj ’90 is the Vice President of Information Technology at Fallon Health in Worcester. Mr. Budaj joined Fallon Health, a nationally recognized, not-for-profit health care services organization, in 2012 as the Senior Director of Medical Economics, Data Management and Reporting. Prior to joining Fallon, Mr. Budaj was IT Director of Enterprise Data Management and Infrastructure at ConnectiCare, Inc. & Affiliates
Steven R Giacomi ’00, ’08 MBA has officially announced his entry into the race for State Representative for Waterbury’s 73rd district. Mr. Giacomi is a lifelong resident of Waterbury. A business, finance, and economics teacher at Oxford High School, he spent ten years in banking and finance before becoming an educator. He is active in many community and civic organizations, including the Board of Directors of the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Waterbury and Literacy Volunteers of Greater Waterbury.
Anthony A. Joyce III ’83 has been promoted to senior Loan Officer and Executive Vice President of Chelsea Groton Bank. Mr. Joyce joined the Bank in 2014 with over 30 years of experience in lending. In addition, Mr. Joyce is a Board member of Catholic Charities of Norwich, the Parish Council of St. Peter and Paul, and the Diocese of Norwich Finance Council.
James M. Brown ’85 MBA has been named Director of Marketing at Marywood University. Mr. Brown is responsible for developing and implementing an integrated marketing and communications plan for the University. Prior to joining Marywood University, Mr. Brown was the marketing practice lead for GLP Partners, LLC, New York, NY. During his distinguished career, Mr. Brown has served as vice president of marketing for Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield, Erie Insurance Group, Cigna, MetLife, and Citibank.
Kevin W. Dinnie ’85, ’87 MBA has joined Jetty, a financial services company, as Senior Advisor. Jetty’s President, Luke Cohler, said “Kevin Dinnie’s decades of managing real estate portfolios for The Blackstone Group, Lehman Brothers, and GE Capital represent an invaluable level of real estate expertise that we’re lucky to have on board.”
Kirk H. Lusk ’93 MBA has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc. Mr. Lusk had served as Chief Financial Officer for NBIC since January 2013. He has over 20 years of finance and insurance experience working as an Underwriter, Controller and Chief Financial Officer.
