CBIA Members Elect New Board Directors

The membership of CBIA, the state’s largest business organization, has elected nine new members to its board of directors.

The group is composed of business leaders from across the state, representing a wide range of industry sectors and sizes.

The election results were announced at CBIA’s annual meeting in Hartford on Nov. 20. The new directors begin serving their four-year terms Dec. 1.

“This is the most diverse board in CBIA’s rich 209-year history,” said CBIA president and CEO Chris DiPentima.

“Not only do they represent a wide variety of industries and business sizes from all corners of the state, but for the first time, we have more women than men on our board.

“It’s that diversity of experience, insight, and perspective that will help create innovative solutions to our biggest challenges and help build a vibrant economy with meaningful opportunities for all.”

The new directors are:

• Timothy Diemand, Partner, Wiggin and Dana, Hartford
• Maureen Gallo, President, Beekley Corporation, Bristol
• Derrick Gibbs, Jr., Founder, Budr Cannabis, Middletown
• Susan Jackson, Office Managing Partner, KPMG LLP, Hartford
• Rebecca Karabin-Ahern, Co-President, ACME Monaco Corporation, New Britain
• Jacqueline Laramee, President, NDC Commercial Construction, Inc., Plainville 
• Anthony Medici, Senior Director of Manufacturing, Medtronic, North Haven
• Christina Oneglia Rossi, Vice President, Business Development, O&G Industries, Inc., Torrington
• Nicole Russo, CEO & President, Microboard Processing, Inc., Seymour

The board will elect a new chair to succeed Fuss & O’Neill Inc. president and CEO Kevin Grigg at its Dec. 4 meeting.

Grigg will remain on the board as the immediate past chair.

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CBIA is Connecticut’s largest business organization, with thousands of member companies, small and large, representing a diverse range of industries from every part of the state. For more information, please contact Scott Beaulieu (860.244.1929).