The Middletown Press (Middletown, CT)
Business accolades
• The following Hamdenarea independently owned and operated Weichert-affiliated offices have announced their 2016 Office Award Winners. From Weichert, Realtors — Regional Properties: Anubha Agarwal (Ambassador Club); Donna Ricci (Ambassador Club); Eric Radziunas (Ambassador Club); Donna Frandy (Sales Achievement); Gina Farricielli-Torre (Sales Achievement); Tracy Yasgar-Matthews (Sales Achievement); Cheryl Melillo (Sales Achievement); Michael Sirochman (President’s Club); Toni Ross (President’s Club); James Montanaro (Ambassador Club); Audra DiGello (Executive Club); John Hedden (Executive Club); Lori Miko (Executive Club); Clinton Tebbetts (Sales Achievement); Darlene Eaton (Sales Achievement); Dina Edelkopf (Sales Achievement). “Our affiliates accomplished so much last year,” Bill Scavone, president and chief operating officer of Weichert Real Estate Affiliates Inc., said in a release. “We are extremely fortunate to have such knowledgeable, dedicated and tireless Realtors.”
• John Lahey, president of Quinnipiac University, has been awarded the first-ever Edward Netter Award for Business and Industry for his contributions to Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy and the community, according to a release. Lahey “embodies the qualities prized by ACGT co-founder Edward Netter: intellect, creativity, tenacity, curiosity and compassion,” the release said. Barbara Netter of Greenwich, ACGT’s honorary chairman of the board and co-founder, presented the award. “I’m so thrilled to honor Dr. John Lahey,” Netter said in the release. “He has worked closely with Edward and me over the years to guide ACGT and to fund some of the most innovative and breakthrough cancer research in decades. I know Edward would be extremely proud to know what ACGT has been able to accomplish these years under the stewardship of John Lahey.” ACGT is the nation’s only nonprofit dedicated exclusively to cell and gene therapy treatments for all types of cancer, the release said.
• Milone & MacBroom recently was presented with two Achievement in Civil Engineering (ACE) Awards from the Connecticut Society of Civil Engineers, for their work on the 20year Meriden Green flood control project. ACE Awards recognize projects on which significant engineering expertise or innovation was exhibited. The firm and project partners City of Meriden, AECOM, and CES Inc. received the Water Resources ACE Award, as well as the Sustainability ACE Award, a special honor awarded to one applicant whose project demonstrates incorporation of the ASCE Sustainability elements, according to a release. Additionally, Peter Heynen, director of Geotechnical Services, received the Benjamin Wright Award, presented to a local civil engineer who has demonstrated outstanding practice and has made significant contributions to the field of civil engineering.
• Lori-lynn Chatlos of Shelton, a 29-year employee with the Connecticut Department of Labor, has been awarded the Opportunities Industrial Center of New Britain Inc.’s OIC Essence Award for 2017, according to a release. Chatlos, who works out of the Bridgeport American Job Center, is a businesses services specialist who helps employers with their business needs. She was recognized for her help in administering OIC programs since 2003, working with chapters in New Britain, New London, Waterbury, Bridgeport and New Haven.
• Dr. Ramon Gonzalez of Guilford, medical director of the Radiologist Assistant and Physician Assistant programs at Quinnipiac University and founder of Quinnipiac’s Community Access Imaging Services, received the Visionary Award during the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce’s 15th annual Regional Health Care Breakfast and Awards ceremony June 13. “It was an honor to receive this award recognizing the importance of volunteerism in health-care service for the less fortunate,” he said in a release. Gonzalez was recognized for his contributions to the health and wellness of lowincome residents in Greater New Haven. Community Access Imaging Services is a weekly clinic that offers free diagnostic imaging to low-income, uninsured or underinsured residents of Greater New Haven.
• Marilyn Faber, BSN, RN, parish nurse coordinator for St. Vincent’s Medical Center, was recognized by the Connecticut Hospital Association as a 2017 Healthcare Hero, according to a release. The award celebrates the invaluable contributions of health care workers, both to their field and to the community at large, the release said. Faber, of Shelton, “leads an active group of 76 churches and 222 registered nurses that extends healthcare services through local congregations of all faiths, responding to the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of individuals,” the release said. “She is in the process of establishing the first such university site in Connecticut at Sacred Heart University. She has also partnered with St. Vincent’s Pastoral Care to recruit volunteers into a new patient visitation program.”