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Nathan has been the Executive Director of the Greater Hartford Community Foundation, Inc. and the Tournament Director of the Travelers Championship, Connecticut’s PGA TOUR event, since 2005. During this time, the tournament has generated more than $30 million for charity and has been recognized by the PGA TOUR for numerous awards. In addition to receiving the “Players Choice” award in 2017 and 2018, the Travelers Championship was named “Tournament of the Year” by the PGA TOUR in 2017 and has now won 14 TOUR awards since 2009. Others include “Most Fan Friendly Event” (2010, 2012, 2017), “Best Title Sponsor Integration” (2009, 2010, 2012), “Best Marketing Program” (2011), “Best Use of Players” (2012), “Best Charity Integration” (2013), “Best Special Event” (2016, when it hosted the Bruce Edwards Foundation Dinner) and “Best Tournament Sales” (2017). He is also a Class ‘A’ member of the PGA of America and an active member of the Connecticut Section of the PGA.
After graduating from Auburn University in 1996 with a degree in Mass Communications, Nathan worked for the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Academy of Golf as an instructor through 2001 while playing professional golf on various tours throughout the Southeast. He then went to work for the Bruno Event Team from 2001-2004 where he was the Executive Director of The First Tee of Greater Birmingham and also worked on all four major professional golf tours in the United States, including serving as Tournament Director for the Southern Farm Bureau Classic.
Nathan resides in West Hartford, Connecticut, with his wife, Carmen, and their two children.
Founder, and president of The Mitman Group, is a 50-plus market advisor with over 30 years of experience studying the mature market. A Ph.D. graduate in Gerontology, Transportation and Education from Michigan State University, Ruth has a diverse professional background in striving to improve the quality of life for the older population.
Dr. Mitman was a Corporate Gerontologist at The Hartford Financial Services Group, has served on the faculty of the College of Lifelong Learning at Michigan State University and was a consultant for AARP.
Ruth lives in West Hartford with her husband, The Rev. John Mitman. They have two children and four grandchildren.
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Arthur House is an adjunct professor in the Political Science Department of the University of Connecticut.
His background includes senior executive responsibilities in business, the U.S. Government and state government. Most recently, House served as Chief Cybersecurity Risk Officer for the State of Connecticut from October 2016 to October 2019 after four years as Chairman of Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. House was Director of Communications and Congressional Relations for the Director of National Intelligence and Chief of the Communications Group for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a combat support agency of the U.S. Department of Defense. He holds a top-secret security clearance. As a White House Fellow he served as Special Projects Officer on the staff of the National Security Council.
He worked in Asia and Africa as an economist and loan officer for the World Bank, served on the Bank’s Policy, Planning and Program Review staff and qualified to represent the Bank as fluent in French. In the private sector, House was Senior Vice President of Public Affairs at Webster Bank and held senior executive positions at Cigna, Aetna, and Tenneco. He was a member of Tenneco’s European Advisory Council. He is currently Lead Director of American Superconductor Corporation.
His career has also included three positions in the United States Senate: Chief of Staff to former Connecticut Senator Abraham Ribicoff, Chief of Staff to former Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd, and Legislative Assistant to Senator Chris Dodd. While working in the Senate his projects included the Camp David peace negotiations, the
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT II), Panama Canal Treaty ratification and the Tokyo Round trade negotiations. He was a Congressional Adviser to the United States Mission to the United Nations.
House is a graduate of Tufts College and has a Ph.D degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He has published a book on the United Nations Civilian Operations in the Congo and several articles on international relations subjects. He was Assistant Dean and on the faculty of the Fletcher School and taught graduate courses at the University of Connecticut, Georgetown University and the National University of the Congo.
House has extensive live and print media experience, including work as a public member of the Hartford Courant editorial board. House is married to Rita Jepsen. They live in Simsbury, Connecticut.
Dick was born in Baltimore, MD and graduated from Cornell University in mechanical engineering. He served in the US Air Force, and worked for Esso Research & Engineering before starting his own technology consulting firm. He later served in both the US Depts of Defense and Treasury, and held executive positions at Chase Manhattan Bank and McGraw-Hill.
In 1990, he taught at the International Management Institute in Kiev, Ukraine, and spent the next twelve years working in and out of Eastern Europe, ending up as executive vice president of the International Executive Service Corps. Dick is provost emeritus of the European College of Liberal Arts (now Bard College Berlin). Today, he is founder and publisher of Estuary Magazine, a quarterly print and online magazine all about the Connecticut River Watershed.
There are 115 mountains in NE USA that are over 4000 feet high. I have climbed all of them at least once. I was younger then. 14 of the 115 are in Maine, 48 in NH, 5 in Vermont, 46 in the Adirondacks and 2 in the Catskills. I’ll start with Maine and go west.
Dr. Ellen Eisenberg, Oral and Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences, UConn School of Dental Medicine. October 31, 2017 (Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health photo)
Ellen Eisenberg, D.M.D., FICD
Professor Emerita, Section of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences, UConn School of Dental Medicine
Associate Professor Emerita, Division of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UConn School of Medicine
Consultant, Oral Pathology Biopsy Service
Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) President Zulma R. Toro announced today (Jan. 14, 2022) that long-time Blue Devil administrator Tom Pincince has been named CCSU’s next Director of Athletics.
Pincince had served as the CCSU interim Director of Athletics since December 2019 and spent the 17 prior seasons leading the department’s communications efforts and serving as Athletics spokesperson.
“Tom’s performance as interim Athletics Director over the last two years illustrated his capability to lead our coaches and staff. He also demonstrated his dedication and sincere investment in our student-athletes. I am confident that Tom will continue that level of commitment while elevating the profile of our Blue Devils and athletic programs,” Toro said.
Pincince joined the department as Assistant Director of Athletics and Sports Information Director in August 2002. He went on to become Assistant Director of Athletics for Communication and Media Services, charged with managing the communications efforts for the entire department, including the evolution of the Blue Devils’ online presence. He also served as program administrator for the men’s basketball and baseball teams.
Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, under Pincince’s leadership CCSU Athletics has grown and collected many accolades over the last two seasons. Nine of its 16 athletic programs achieved perfect Academic Progress Rate scores, and 11 programs earned a team GPA above 3.0. Five student-athletes were selected Northeast Conference Scholar-Athletes, and a school record of 230 student-athletes were named to the league’s Academic Honor Roll with 3.2 or higher GPA. The Blue Devils also won six team conference championships, 19 individual conference crowns, posted more than 100 All-Conference selections, as well as 13 NEC Player of the Year and six NEC Rookie of the Year awards.
Pincince also helped to reestablish the Athletics Department’s Wellness Room to provide student-athletes a safe space to focus on their mental health.
“I’m honored and thankful to President Toro for the opportunity to lead our department and our student-athletes, and I’m truly grateful to be a Blue Devil,” Pincince said. “The last two years have been some of the most trying times we have ever experienced. Together, we have continued to hold true to our belief that we will make decisions based on what’s best for our student-athletes and to provide them with the best experience possible during their time in New Britain.”
A native of Woonsocket, R.I., Pincince’s collegiate athletic career began with a four-year stint as a member of the Stonehill College football program. After graduating in 1997, Pincince moved into administrative roles at Fairfield University, the University of New Haven, and the University of Hartford.
“CCSU is a special place. It’s been home for me for 20 years,” Pincince said. “I’m honored to lead our department and our student-athletes, thankful for the opportunity and truly grateful to be a Blue Devil. As I’ve said for the last two years, we will do this together, as we always do!”
Pincince, and his wife, Kyle, reside in West Hartford and have three daughters: Isabella, Sophia, and Lucy.