Scott D. Beggs ’94 MBA has joined Basin Street Properties as chief financial officer. Basin Street Properties, a real estate investing firm, has acquired 19 locations involving nearly a million square feet over the past two years.
Howard J. Bryerman ’75 has opened a franchise of PROSHRED®, a shredding business. Mr. Bryerman is an investment professional with 20 years of experience as a high yield bond portfolio manager and analyst. Mr. Bryerman has partnered with his wife, Simone, in their new business.
Carol Cox ’00 has been named vice president of strategy and corporate communication at NuVasive, Inc. Ms. Cox is an executive with extensive global healthcare experience in corporate strategy, investor relations, corporate communications, media relations, brand strategy and government relations.
Melissa B. Cummings ’98 MBA has joined Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island as chief marketing and sales officer. Ms. Cummings currently serves on the Board of Directors for the University of Connecticut Center for Healthcare and Insurance Studies.
Gregory J. Fedele ’00 MBA has been named president of Innovative Capital Holdings’ subsidiary Sabreliner Aviation. Mr. Fedele was most recently the senior vice president of customer business, helicopters and light turboprops at Rolls Royce.
Thomas M. Foran ’81 has joined Standard Insurance Company as vice president of underwriting and product development for the Employee Benefits Group. Mr. Foran joined Standard Insurance Company from Symetra where he was vice president of Group Life and Disability.
Betsey B. Gainey ’97 is the 2014 winner of Hartford Business Journal’s 40 under 40. Ms. Gainey is currently the vice president and director of client services at Cronin and Company, the largest full-service independent marketing communications agency in Connecticut.
Haiyan Grzelak ’06 EMBA has been awarded the Teacher of the Year award at the Chinese Cultural Center at Central Connecticut State University where she taught Chinese to a class of students ranging in age from 11-50.
William S. Hall ’08 MBA has been designated as a premier advisor at Wells Fargo Advisors. The Premier Advisors Program is a distinction that reflects Mr. Hall’s achievement of professional success by meeting or exceeding Wells Fargo Advisors’ high standards as measured by one or more of the firm’s criteria for revenue generation, educational attainment and client-service best practices.
