Movers & Shakers from the Sept. 13, 2010 Issue
Worcester law firm Pojani, Hurley & Ritter LLP has hired NEIL F. PETERSEN JR. as an associate in its corporate and commercial finance practice areas. Petersen previously was an associate with Riemer & Braunstein LLP in Boston, with experience representing commercial banks and other financial institutions. He has a bachelor’s degree from the College of the Holy Cross and a law degree from Boston College Law School.
The Massachusetts Restaurant Association Educational Foundation, the educational arm of the South-borough-headquartered MRA, has named its 2010-2011 board officers. ROBERT MILLIKEN, board president, New England Coffee Co.; LINDA ZAMMER, board vice president, Cape Cod Restaurants Inc., and RAPHAEL OLIVER, board treasurer, Top of the Hub. Other MRAEF directors include: ALAN AYRES, Corporate Chefs Inc.; DAVID CELUZZA, Slattery’s Res-taurant; TOM SHEA, Briar Group; CHRISTINE SAN JUAN, Bertucci’s Ristorante; ERNIE TREMBLAY, Sylvan Street Grille; BOB WONG, Kowloon Restaurant; CATHIE BAINES, Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School; STEVE CUMMINGS, Brae Burn Country Club; WIOLETTA ZYWINA, Da Vinci Ristorante; FRANK GUIDARA, Uno Chicago Grill; and DAVID COLELLA, The Colonnade Hotel.
Former Worcester Sharks head equipment manager VINNY FERRAIUOLO has joined the San Jose Sharks as assistant equipment manager, and CHRIS DAVIDSON-ADAMS has been hired to replace him. Ferraiuolo worked for the Worcester Sharks for the past four seasons. He’s worked in hockey for a total of 14 seasons, including time at the Bridgeport Sound Tigers and the Providence Bruins. Davidson-Adams joins the Sharks from the Dallas Stars National Hockey League team. He has spent 10 seasons in professional hockey, working for teams including the Muskegon Fury, the Grand Rapids Griffins and the Houston Aeros.
Connecticut-based People’s United Financial Inc. has officially named JOHN P. BARNES as CEO. Barnes was also named president and CEO of the company’s subsidiary, People’s United Bank. He has been acting as interim president and CEO since Philip R. Sherringham left that position in April.
Shrewsbury-based Central One Federal Credit Union recently elected ROLAND CARLSON chairman of its board of directors, and re-elected JAMES CHALKE and JEFFREY POND as vice chairman and secretary, respectively. The board also added two new members: CHRIS BARIL of Shrewsbury and ELAIN KAMYCK-RACINE of Sutton. They replace retiring board members ROBERT ZEVESKA and THOMAS DAVEY. Also re-elected to the board were Carlson, who lives in Worcester, and CARL MASSHARDT of Leicester. Chalke is a resident of Lancaster, and Pond lives in Auburn.
ED FRIEDRICHS, former CEO of Gensler Architecture Design and Planning Worldwide, has been appointed chairman of Wayland architecture and engineering consulting firm ZweigWhite in Wayland. Friedrichs helped build Gensler from a 20-employee firm to a worldwide presence with 2,400 employees. In 2003, he formed Friedrichs Group, which helps organizations with strategy, culture, organizational issues, sales and marketing. He also serves on the boards of Glumac and Miyamoto International.
MICHAEL N. LUSSIER, president and CEO of Webster First Federal Credit Union, has been elected chairman of the National Association of Federal Credit Unions. Lussier is serving a one-year term in the position, which began July 22. Lussier has worked in credit unions for 23 years. Before becoming chairman, he served on the NAFCU executive committee and was chairman of the audit committee.
The Worcester Regional Research Bureau has promoted STEPHEN D. EIDE to senior research associate. Eide joined the research bureau in July 2008. In his new position, Eide will research and write reports on public policy issues in Worcester and the surrounding region. Eide has a bachelor’s degree from St. John’s College in Santa Fe, N.M., and a Ph.D. in political philosophy from Boston College.
Webster Five Cents Savings Bank has appointed ROBERT E. MCKENNA and ERIC A. ROSEN as new trustees/directors of the bank. McKenna is senior vice president, treasurer and chief accounting officer at Commerce Insurance Co. He was elected as a corporator of the bank in 2007. Rosen is vice president of logistics and treasurer at Quabaug Corp. in North Brookfield. He has been a corporator at Webster Five since 1998.
Nichols College in Dudley has named LARRY MULLER as dean for the Division of Graduate and Professional Studies. Muller worked at Nichols as a marketing professor and general business program chair from 2006 to 2009. In January 2010, he became dean of the College of Business at Ohio Valley University in West Virginia. He also worked for Ohio Valley University from 1992 to 1996 as vice president for institution advancement and from 2001 to 2006 as chair of the Business and IT School.
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