As part of Hartford Business Journal’s 2020 C-suite Awards, we recognize top executives who have made significant contributions to their companies. We’ve identified six leaders who stood out for their commitment to excellence and guiding their companies through extremely difficult conditions amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The winners include Jeff Flaks, president and CEO of Hartford HealthCare, whose hospital system has been at the forefront of the state’s coronavirus response, and two health insurance executives — Wendy Sherry, Connecticut market president of Cigna and ConnectiCare President Eric Galvin — who have also responded to the pandemic.
Other honorees include Candace Adams, the CEO and president Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England; American Eagle Financial Credit Union President and CEO Dean Marchessault; and Foodshare CEO Jason Jackubowski, who has been dealing with rising food insecurity among individuals and families left struggling from the economic downturn.
In this special section, we also honor some longtime local executives who have made lasting impacts on the business community with Lifetime Achievement Awards.
They include Joe Brennan, former CEO and president of the Connecticut Business & Industry Association; Galo Rodriguez, president and CEO of the Village for Families & Children Inc.; Bob Sullivan, president of Standard Builders Inc.; Anne Evans, area director of the U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration; and the late Oz Griebel.
In terms of methodology, the business community was invited to nominate C-suite executives for both awards and the winners were chosen by HBJ’s editorial staff.
Please join HBJ in congratulating our winners and all their accomplishments. We will be honoring our C-Suite award winners virtually Nov. 9, and our Lifetime Achievement Award winners Nov. 11.
– Greg Bordonaro, Editor
Click here to meet HBJ’s 2020 C-Suite and Lifetime Achievement honorees