2014 FAIRFIELD COUNTY 40 UNDER 40
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Proquest LLC |
Compliance and Privacy Officer
"Forty years from now, I would be most proud of playing an important role within an organization that paved the path for people to live the best life possible. I would have accomplished this by helping to advance positive change and empowering others while demonstrating the highest integrity and respect for all. Being part of an organization that gives people the confidence to propel forward, to bring happiness within their lives and others and to pursue their passions would not only be an achievement but my motivation to keep striving for better."
Vice President
COMMERCE PACKAGING CORP.
"When I look back in 40 years, I want to know I've positively impacted those around me. I want to know that I've helped rebuild the local economy by utilizing the wealth of resources available in
Attorney
"Every milestone accomplishment is simply the result of accumulated hours, weeks and years of laboring to refine, evolve and grow. With every client, every dispute and every resolution, I have endeavored to maximize both the benefits to those I serve and the opportunities for personal growth. While, in hindsight, I may look back with satisfaction at certain tangible accomplishments, I take greater pride in knowing that each day I challenged myself to be and to do, better. In 40 years, I hope I will look back, satisfied that each day I demanded more and aimed to refine my skills and myself, permitting me to achieve an ever-expanding sphere of beneficial influence."
Executive Director
"Forty years from now I will consider myself proud if I can look back on my accomplishments and say I have given the world more than I have taken. While I am proud of my personal achievements I want to structure the next 40 years in a manner that uses my experiences to help people and communities realize their goals and aspirations. I will undoubtedly be proud of my educational accomplishments and decision to become a city planner. My career has introduced me to so many great people and places and I am happy to say I love what I do for a living."
Executive Director, Wealth Advisor
J.P. MORGAN PRIVATE BANK
"I would like to have helped build a community that values and cares for its youngsters, particularly by providing early childhood educational and enrichment opportunities, including for economically disadvantaged youth."
Senior Vice President-Chief Risk and Credit Officer
"When considering the future 40-year horizon, I believe my proudest accomplish ments will stem from my commitment to my colleagues and the people I have led. As young leaders emerge in their respective industries, we boast specialties and skills that elevate our careers. However, I believe the true measure of a leader is not their personal accomplishments, but rather the long-term impact to their colleagues and team. I am most proud of the promotion I have assisted an individual to achieve or the educational degree I inspired an individual to earn. I can only hope that my deep passion for my profession will continue to have a positive long-term impact on my family, community, team and colleagues."
Partner
"First and foremost, I will be most proud of the love and support of my wife, my high school sweetheart, who is my inspiration and compass on what is meaningful in a life well lived, and the raising of our daughter and son to be caring and responsible people. Professionally, two scores from now, I will be most proud of the strong relationships that I have already developed as an M&A and private equity attorney both in the office and with clients. I am thankful to my mentors (now fellow partners) at Finn Dixon & Herling who have encouraged me since I was a summer associate to develop these types of relationships and I am eternally grateful to our clients who have put their trust in me. In 40 years from now, I know that what will truly matter to me more than my personal accomplishments are my relationships with current colleagues and clients."
Americas Head of Business Continuity Management
UBS
"I will achieve many goals related to my career, personal life and community involvement in the next 40 years, but the accomplishment for which I will be most proud will be that I was a loving and supportive husband and father. Inevitably, my career will take several turns as the business landscape changes both positively and negatively. Rather than simply adapting to the changing environment, I will be proud of evolving my career in a way that allows me to continuously provide value, drive results and lead organizations. In addition, I will be proud of giving back to my community through charitable work that benefits those less fortunate and in a meaningful way. Ultimately, the proudest accomplishments in my life may not be my own, but they will certainly revolve around my family."
Partner
"I will be proud if I am able to leave a legacy in the legal field for being a fair and ethical attorney who had a positive impact on the communities in which we all live and work."
Small Business Banker, Vice President
FIRST NIAGARA BANK
"Forty years from now I will have lived out most of my life, certainly my most productive years. What I do now, the choices I make and the way I spend my life will determine how proud I will feel then. To have my name connected with honesty, fairness and integrity would make me proud. There would be satisfaction in knowing I honored the people I learned from and had the honor to teach others that I gave more than I received. To be financially sound, a contributing member of society and a source of strength and inspiration to my family, friends and colleagues would be a life that one could look back on with pride. It is my hope and my goal."
Vice President,
FIRST NIAGARA BANK
"I want to be remembered for my community involvement and volunteerism that created a positive impact on the schools and communities that I live and work in. I especially want to be remembered for my strong work ethic and drive to be the best at what I do both in my professional and personal life. It is difficult nowadays to manage a work and family life. I take pride in the fact that although my life can get chaotic at times; I am there for my family while maintaining a successful career. I will be most proud when I look back and see the success of the individuals whom I have had the great opportunity to coach, develop and influence and I will be most proud when I see my daughters successful at their careers from the example I have set. After all, everything I do I do for them."
Director of Continuous Improvement
"I would want to be known as someone who was innovative, who worked well with his colleagues and was able to accomplish tasks and projects that were challenging and rewarding. I hope I am remembered as someone who was a leader and inspired the people I worked alongside to never give up and always find ways to constantly improve themselves."
Owner
CONCIERGE TAX SERVICES L.L.C.
"Forty years from today, I hope to be most proud of two main accomplishments, at least from a professional standpoint, and that would be to have fulfilled both my "little mission" and my "big mission." My little mission is to help each and every person who sits in the chair across from me on a daily basis. I hope to make them a better business owner, a better leader, more profitable, a happier person, a proactive decision-maker and, of course, I want to save them a significant amount of taxes through the power of proactive tax planning. I want to be a "go to" trusted advisor for each person I do business with. My big mission"' is to impact the accounting profession as a whole, helping other accountants also become the same trusted advisor to the people they do business with, by offering extreme value through proactive tax planning."
Managing Partner
WORKFORCE PARTNERS
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Vice President, Senior Financial Consultant
"As I look forward to the next 40 years I realize that the path of the last 10 years with Webster is what has brought me to where I am today. Starting as an intern, I have always focused on my education and working hard for my clients. I would consider myself to be truly accomplished if I am able to continue to help my clients reach their goals with confidence. Additionally, if I can manage to balance this with continuing to support and be supported by my loving family I will consider myself to be truly blessed. Finally, catching a blue marlin from a kayak in the next 40 years wouldn't hurt either."
Senior Advisor
CHARTER OAK INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES
"I will be most proud of my family, my wife, Erin, and son Sam, who are my two best friends. I will continue to be proud of the positive impacts I have made on my clients and my community. Every small accomplishment contributes to a solid foundation from which a successful career is built. I believe professional success in this business begins with integrity; by doing what is right for the people who trust us with their financial well-being."
Clinical Nutritionist
HEALTHFUL DIRECTION
"As a clinical nutritionist I have helped numerous individuals improve their health and well-being. Using advanced nutritional and coaching techniques, my clients are truly empowered to make powerful and lasting changes. When I look back in 40 years at the tremendous growth that I have seen in these individuals from all walks of life, I will feel blessed to have been part of their health transformation. My involvement with the recovery efforts after the
Owner
HOFFMAN EDUCATION & MARC HOFFMAN-LD ADVOCATE
"Forty years from now I would like to be known for helping ensure that all children succeed academically. To this end, all schools must be aware of how neuro diversity influences learning. As we gain greater understanding of the biology behind learning, I believe student-centered learning environments will replace teacher-centered education. When we look at each individual in terms of their strengths instead of their shortcomings, we encourage the out-of-the-box thinking that is needed to solve societal problems. The good news is there is much being done to promote a culture of opportunity and nurture the broad range of talent we need in order to thrive in the 21st century.
Senior Manager
"Working in a professional practice alongside many of my family members, it's no surprise that the majority of our current clients are families and the businesses that they own and operate. I strive to provide them with sound tax compliance, strategic advice, auditing and other specialized services along with the foresight that a broad-based firm like ours has acquired through many years of experience. I can appreciate the short- and long-term financial challenges each enterprise, individual and family encounters and am very gratified that the profession I have chosen addresses such immediate and important needs. But as a family man above all, 40 years from now my proudest accomplishment will be to have lovingly raised my children and to have remained close with my own family."
Director
OFFICE OF PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, CITY OF BRIDGPORT
"I will have helped the communities of
Owner
A LITTLE SOMETHING WHITE BRIDAL COUTURE
"I will be most proud if I can look back and say that I led a fulfilling life. This means I will have been a dedicated parent and wife and raised my children to be kind, involved citizens who are leading happy and fulfilling lives of their own. It also means my business would have remained successful, continued to grow and thrive and made a meaningful impact on the lives of my customers. It also means that I was able to dedicate a portion of my life to giving back to my community. Achieving any one of these things would be wonderful, but to achieve them all would truly be amazing."
Detective/Sniper, Team Leader/Instructor
"My proudest accomplishment will be having served my country in the
Senior Clinical Analyst
EHR CONCEPTS
"In 40 years, I will be most proud of having the best of both worlds. Being home. Eighty percent of what I do is from my office in my home. My children are in preschool and after-school programs and sometimes even daycare, but I'm here. I'm here to help out in class when needed, to go to sporting events and to bring in the cupcakes - all while having the vibrant career that I love. I sincerely believe my company is made p of the brightest and most innovative in the electronic health record industry. Even on the most frustrating, demanding days - I love what I do. I love helping hospitals and doctors' offices make their ENR software capture what they want and need and what is best for the patients."
CFO and Senior Vice President
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Vice President, Operations
EASTERN LAND MANAGEMENT INC.
"I would be most proud to look back and see how we continued the growth of a small family-owned business into a regionally recognized business. We have provided growth opportunities for our employees and their families. Looking back at some of the projects as they have been developed and how that will benefit the community 40 years from now."
Realtor
WILLIAM PITT SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY
"Over the next 40 years, my accomplishments will include 1) My clients consistently describing me as a reputable, trusted adviser for their real estate transactions and portfolios; 2) Earning the top agent award for the WPSIR Darien at least once and being an annual platinum award winner; 3) Serving new entrepreneurs as a role model in order to give them confidence, provide them encouragement for building relationships in the community and to help guide them to be honest, respectable, thoughtful leaders; and 4) In 2053, be able to say that I have attended New Orleans Jazz Fest for 52 consecutive years."
Principal
SIX TO SIX MAGNET SCHOOL-COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
"Forty years from now I hope to look back on all the students that have grown up in the Six to
Associate Vice President Investments, Fundamental Choice Portfolio Manager
WELLS
"Forty years from now, as it pertains to my career, I hope to have a wealth management practice of multigenerational clients, nonprofit organizations, charities and small businesses that my team has assisted in accomplishing their long-term goals. I also hope to have participated in the growth of the local charities with which I am involved, through creating awareness, fundraising and accomplishing their missions. Lastly, I would be most proud of being a dedicated husband, father, son and brother to my family members."
ANGELA PELLERINI 27
AMERICAN HALAL COMPANY INC.
"Forty years from now, I would be most proud of myself for opening up my own business to better the health of this country by integrating a farm-to-table restaurant/grocery store with a resource center for family wellness. It is my hope that this would spread to many locations across the nation to allow everyone the opportunity to bring life back to the basics. I would be very humbled if I read an article written about myself that had the words serial entrepreneur, philanthropist and activist associated with my success."
Financial Services Professional
PINNACLE STRATEGIES INC.
"Your personal growth is what determines the growth of your business." This lesson has been handed down to me by my good friend and mentor Big John. I couldn't agree with him more. Forty years from now, if I were to look back on what accomplishments about which I would be most proud, it would have to begin with my own personal growth. Building a reputation of integrity in both my personal and in my business life is first and foremost the most important accomplishment I could ever achieve. Mentoring many successful agents in my industry and instilling in them the mantra of "pass it on" to the next generation would be my second most-proud accomplishment. Having developed many clients into lifelong friendships and having impacted the lives of hundreds/thousands of different families through the work I've done would rank third and fourth respectively."
Leasing Manager
SEABOARD PROPERTIES
"In 40 years, I would like to see the city of
Executive Director
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE LOWER
"Without hesitation, my proudest moment would be the day a relationship with me comes to fruition - a club member reaching for a seemingly unattainable goal, a new door opening for a child, a simple friendship formed. I understand how important relationships are. Those I share with my family, my friends, my colleagues and coworkers - all the people I encounter on a daily basis have had everything to do with who and what I am today. Their unwavering confidence in my abilities and support when times were tough allowed me to achieve what I believed was far beyond me. My hope is to have the opportunity to inspire as I have been inspired, to empower as I have been empowered. I hope to be a catalyst for my family and the youth in my community, to help them also achieve the unimaginable."
Marketing Manager
"Looking forward 40 years, I hope to have multiple milestones that are true accomplishments in my life. As a woman who has invested in a career in business, I would be most proud to lead a global marketing team for a Fortune 500 company. My reputation as a strategic thinker and decision maker would have left behind a legacy where I'm known for growing a business. Additionally, I would be equally honored to be a true entrepreneur. I would have both successful endeavors and not so successful ones, but gained experiences that would influence my professional and personal life. I hope to be part of an amazing family that grounds me and a benefactor to both my graduate and undergraduate university programs."
Broker/Agent
THE RUSSELL AGENCY
"My greatest accomplishment will have been giving forward to help others in the same way some extraordinary people helped me. They were not driven by personal gain or recognition but rather by a value system that instilled in them a responsibility to help others. To date, they have built the foundation for my success. Tomorrow, I will be challenged with expectations beyond my vision, forcing me to overcome perceived obstacles to further achieve my personal and professional goals. The lessons learned, guidance given and opportunities opened for me in the past and in the future will be my responsibility to give forward to others. I will look back and feel good that I welcomed the burden, met the challenge head on with no regrets and left a legacy for others to follow."
Owner
JCS CONSTRUCTION GROUP
"Forty years from now, I hope to have built a brand that is not only a household name in the tri-state area, but a brand that is renowned for having established a standard for excellence and integrity in all aspects of our dealings. It's worth saying that our accomplishments are not always measured by our successes but rather by the bumps and struggles we face along the way to success and how we deal with the adversity. Above all however, what I hope to accomplish most in the next 40 years is to have instilled in my three sons and my daughter the courage, the belief and the knowledge that they may achieve or change anything in the world that they put their minds to and work hard to attain. I hope to be a role model to them and to be the type of man that makes them proud to call me their dad. Without a doubt, that would be my greatest lifetime accomplishment. And a house in Montauk wouldn't be bad...."
Attorney
"Aside from raising a happy and healthy family, 40 years from now I would be most proud of being able to say that I did all that I was able to help improve the economic prosperity and quality of life of the city of
Founder
Shelton
"As a young man, I was taught by my parents and grandparents a certain set of values, which were rooted in being honest, working hard and helping others. These values have guided me throughout my life. Forty years from now, I would hope these values continue to lead me to help people, enhance the quality of life for families and make a positive difference in our communities. I would hope that I could look back and see that I contributed in making a tangible difference in the lives of others. I hope my greatest achievement is inspiring others to become engaged in their community for the betterment of all people. I would hope others see that a life of service can be very rewarding and fulfilling."
Director,
AMERICARES
"In 40 years, I hope to look back and see that I have made a material difference in the access to quality health services for women and girls around the globe - especially in
KATHERINE B. VADASDI 37
Orthopaedic Surgeon
"I'll look back with pride on the bond with family, my career and good health. My children and husband are the most important component. I will support them with confidence and love to reach their greatest potential. I will strive to be the most effective orthopaedic surgeon possible helping patients optimize physical and athletic health. Through research I will work to advance orthopaedic knowledge and techniques. I hope to spend considerable time challenging and exploring my mental and physical abilities and boundaries through athletics while enjoying a level of fitness that enables me to continue to participate in triathlons, mountaineering, ski mountaineering and more. I will explore worldwide adventures with my family and continue to find the balance in my life that is so crucial."
Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon, Specialist in Hand, Wrist and Elbow Surgery
"I would be most proud of being able to help people with difficult musculoskeletal problems through my personal direct care of patients in the local
Art & Digital Director
WESTFAIR COMMUNICATIONS INC.
"In 40 years, I want to look back and feel that everything I did inspired the people around me, especially my family. As a creative and conceptual thinker I would be most proud of being a leader in my creative fieldintroducing award-winning design concepts and helping clients understand the value of well-presented projects. Regardless of where my career takes me, whether it be my own business or growth within the publishing field, I hope always to be inspiring creativity and helping others to grow."
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