Thomas O. Barnes, ’78 MBA has been awarded the Hartford Business Journal’s Lifetime Achievement Award.  Tom Barnes, chairman of the Barnes Group, represents the fifth generation of his family to have been actively employed by the Bristol-based manufacturer founded by his great, great grandfather. In addition, Mr. Barnes chairs the company’s charitable foundation, and he’s active in many other community organizations.

Matthew R. Bradford, ’16, ’17 MS employed with PriceWaterhouseCoopers, has been named one of the 2017 Sells Award winners.  The American Institute of CPAS bestowed the 2017 Elijah Watt Sells Award upon 58 CPA candidates who obtained a cumulative average score above 95.5 across all four sections of the CPA Examination and passed all four sections of the Examination on their first attempt.

Alan R. Schumann Jr. ’89 MBA has been promoted to Senior Vice President-Operations at the Hartford Federal Credit Union.  Mr. Schumann has over 30 years of credit union and banking experience.  His responsibilities include oversight of lending, regulatory compliance, branch operations, and human resources.

James M. King, ’01, ’08 MBA  has been promoted to President of Eljen Corporation.  After serving two tours in Iraq, Army veteran James King got his MBA at UConn and then joined East Hartford-based wastewater management firm Eljen Corporation.  His first major initiative as Eljen’s top executive includes expanding the company’s footprint to the West Coast.  Eljen’s workers are his most prized commodities, King said. The staff of about 50 consists mostly of U.S. military veterans and refugees of conflicts in countries, including Bosnia and Myanmar.

John W. Marchetti ’00 MBA has joined the firm of Stifel Financial Corp (NYSE: SF) as Managing Director and Senior Analyst covering the applied technology and communications infrastructure sector.  Mr. Marchetti is based in Stifel’s New York office.  He comes to Stifel with more than a decade of sell-side equity research experience.  Prior to attaining this position, Mr. Marchetti served at Morgan Stanley and Cowen & Company.  Most recently, he served as Senior Vice President for Strategy and Business Development at Cloudbus, a privately held NaaS company.  He also served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps for four years.

Robert E. Valliere ’85 has been named the new Executive Vice President of Insurance Operations for CSAA.  Mr. Valliere will oversee business aspects and functions such as claims, policyholder service, product management, underwriting, agency support and actuarial.  He has over 30 years of experience in the insurance industry, the last 14 of which he spent in key leadership positions with AAA and CSAA Insurance Group.  Mr. Valliere currently serves on the J.D. Power Insurance Advisory Board.

David Longfritz ’91 MBA has  been appointed Global Chief Marketing Officer for Forresters Financial, an international financial services provider.  Forresters Financial has more than three million clients and members in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom.  Mr. Longfritz has previously held senior executive level marketing positions at John Hancock, Dunlop Maxfli Sports, Titleist and FootJoy Worldwide, and Procter & Gamble.

Mario Leite ’98 is the cofounder of Tea*Riffic Ice Cream, an artisanal ice cream company crafting super-premium ice cream infused with fresh brewed loose leaf and herbal teas.  His company is proud to announce that Tea*Riffic Ice Cream has just won the 2018 Bronze Sofi Award for their Masala Chai ice cream.  The Sofi Awards is the most prestigious food products competition in the specialty food industry, with more than 2,600 domestic and international entries this year across 39 categories.

 

Marc Hudak ’06 MBA has been named president of CarePartners of Connecticut, Inc, a partnership between Hartford HealthCare and Tufts Health Plan.  Mr. Hudak most recently served as the market president for Evolent Health of Arlington, VA.  Previously, he was vice president of care integration and innovation at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island.

Jasmine Alcantara ’95, ’99 MBA has been named a finalist for the 2018 Enterprising Women of the Year Award.  The Enterprising Women of the Year Award is widely considered one of the most prestigious recognition programs for women business owners.  The winning nominees must demonstrate that they have fast-growth businesses, mentor or actively support other women and girls involved in entrepreneurship, and stand out as leaders in their communities.  Ms. Alcantara is the Owner/Consultant at JLA Group.