CBIA BizCast
217 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsA podcast for the business-minded in Connecticut. Interviews consist of business and community leaders who are shaping the future of Connecticut’s economy. The CBIA BizCast provides new content every other week, introduces members of the business community, and tells stories about how businesses are innovating and growing in Connecticut!
BizCast provides new content every other week, introduces members of CBIA staff, and tells stories about how businesses are innovating and growing in Connecticut!
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Positioning Small Business For Success
October 20, 2022 12:55 - 14 minutes - 34 MBCBIA’s BizCast team speaks with TD Bank’s Mike LaBella about the bank’s history in Connecticut and how it works to help small businesses thrive in today’s economy. LaBella will also open CBIA’s Made in Connecticut 2022 Manufacturing Summit Oct. 27 at the Toyota Oakdale Theater. A year ago when he spoke at the conference, LaBella said we were in a different place—unsure of where the economy was going to go, and with interest rates near zero. “Today we have 8% inflation, the highest in 30...
CBIA BizCast: Positioning Small Business For Success
October 20, 2022 12:55 - 14 minutes - 34 MBCBIA’s BizCast team speaks with TD Bank’s Mike LaBella about the bank’s history in Connecticut and how it works to help small businesses thrive in today’s economy. LaBella will also open CBIA’s Made in Connecticut 2022 Manufacturing Summit Oct. 27 at the Toyota Oakdale Theater. A year ago when he spoke at the conference, LaBella said we were in a different place—unsure of where the economy was going to go, and with interest rates near zero. “Today we have 8% inflation, the highest in 30...
CBIA BizCast: Shipman & Goodwin, CCH Partner for Transgender ID Project
October 07, 2022 16:51 - 34 minutes - 77.7 MBCBIA’s BizCast team speaks with Shipman & Goodwin LLP’s Jaime Welsh and Metropolitan Community Church of Hartford’s Rev. Aaron Miller about ways they support the transgender community and how businesses can support employees. The two organizations partnered with GLAD and other community groups for GLAD’s Transgender ID project, an ID clinic that offers legal name and gender change services to people.
Shipman & Goodwin, CCH Partner for Transgender ID Project
October 07, 2022 16:51 - 34 minutes - 77.7 MBCBIA’s BizCast team speaks with Shipman & Goodwin LLP’s Jaime Welsh and Metropolitan Community Church of Hartford’s Rev. Aaron Miller about ways they support the transgender community and how businesses can support employees. The two organizations partnered with GLAD and other community groups for GLAD’s Transgender ID project, an ID clinic that offers legal name and gender change services to people.
Navigating CHRO and DOL Complaints
September 22, 2022 14:09 - 24 minutes - 2.62 GBCBIA’s BizCast team speaks with CBIA HR Counsel Diane Mokriski about complaints employers receive by mail and how to respond. Mokriski said there are various types of complaints employers may receive from agencies related to CHRO or EEOC discrimination, an OSHA safety violation, improper tax withholding or a complaint related to a Department of Labor violation. Mokriski breaks down the process after receiving a CHRO discrimination complaint, and advice employers should adhere to throughou...
CBIA BizCast: Navigating CHRO and DOL Complaints
September 22, 2022 14:09 - 24 minutes - 2.62 GBCBIA’s BizCast team speaks with CBIA HR Counsel Diane Mokriski about complaints employers receive by mail and how to respond. Mokriski said there are various types of complaints employers may receive from agencies related to CHRO or EEOC discrimination, an OSHA safety violation, improper tax withholding or a complaint related to a Department of Labor violation. Mokriski breaks down the process after receiving a CHRO discrimination complaint, and advice employers should adhere to throughou...
Additive Manufacturing with Adia
September 07, 2022 18:26 - 25 minutes - 3.39 GBCBIA’s BizCast team speaks with Nicholas Gondek and Emily Turcan from Adia about the company’s focus on additive manufacturing. Gondek is the director of additive manufacturing and Turcan is a strategic account manager. Formerly known as ACT 3D Equipment and Services, the team rebranded to Adia earlier this summer. The team helps large and small companies throughout various industries develop 3D printing solutions.
CBIA BizCast: Additive Manufacturing with Adia
September 07, 2022 18:26 - 25 minutes - 3.39 GBCBIA’s BizCast team speaks with Nicholas Gondek and Emily Turcan from Adia about the company’s focus on additive manufacturing. Gondek is the director of additive manufacturing and Turcan is a strategic account manager. Formerly known as ACT 3D Equipment and Services, the team rebranded to Adia earlier this summer. The team helps large and small companies throughout various industries develop 3D printing solutions.
Comcast RISE Offers Opportunity
August 26, 2022 19:38 - 13 minutes - 1.86 GBCBIA’s BizCast team speaks with Paul Savas, vice president of Comcast Business for the western New England region about what the company is doing to support small businesses. Savas said they launched Comcast RISE in 2020 as part of a Comcast $100 million commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
CBIA BizCast: Comcast RISE Offers Opportunity
August 26, 2022 19:38 - 13 minutes - 1.86 GBCBIA’s BizCast team speaks with Paul Savas, vice president of Comcast Business for the western New England region about what the company is doing to support small businesses. Savas said they launched Comcast RISE in 2020 as part of a Comcast $100 million commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
CBIA BizCast: Designing A New Workplace
August 19, 2022 18:32 - 25 minutes - 3.45 GBCBIA’s BizCast team speaks with Robinson + Cole LLP managing partner Rhonda Tobin about the firm’s plans to move its downtown Hartford office to a new location in the city. The firm announced it would be moving to One State Street, known as the Hartford Steam Boiler building, last month. “Our top mission is to deliver outstanding client service, and the way that we do that is to recruit and retain the best talent,” Tobin said.
Designing A New Workplace
August 19, 2022 18:32 - 25 minutes - 3.45 GBCBIA’s BizCast team speaks with Robinson + Cole LLP managing partner Rhonda Tobin about the firm’s plans to move its downtown Hartford office to a new location in the city. The firm announced it would be moving to One State Street, known as the Hartford Steam Boiler building, last month. “Our top mission is to deliver outstanding client service, and the way that we do that is to recruit and retain the best talent,” Tobin said.
CBIA BizCast: M&T Bank Commits to Small Business
August 12, 2022 14:28 - 25 minutes - 1.6 GBCBIA’s BizCast team speaks with Michael Weinstock, M&T Bank’s Hartford regional president about the new initiatives the bank has implemented to support small businesses across Connecticut. “We’re committed to Connecticut because we believe it is a good place to live, to work, and a prime location for businesses to thrive,” Weinstock said.
M&T Bank Commits to Small Business
August 12, 2022 14:28 - 25 minutes - 1.6 GBCBIA’s BizCast team speaks with Michael Weinstock, M&T Bank’s Hartford regional president about the new initiatives the bank has implemented to support small businesses across Connecticut. “We’re committed to Connecticut because we believe it is a good place to live, to work, and a prime location for businesses to thrive,” Weinstock said.
Preparing the Future Workforce
August 05, 2022 16:45 - 12 minutes - 1.71 GBCBIA's Bizcast team went to Pathways Academy in West Hartford where student interns presented projects to business clients, including Travelers and Hartford Healthcare.
CBIA BizCast: Preparing the Future Workforce
August 05, 2022 16:45 - 12 minutes - 1.71 GBCBIA's Bizcast team went to Pathways Academy in West Hartford where student interns presented projects to business clients, including Travelers and Hartford Healthcare.
Bishop’s Orchards Continues to Grow
July 29, 2022 18:43 - 24 minutes - 33.1 MBCBIA’s BizCast team speaks with Keith Bishop, a fifth-generation owner and CEO of Bishop’s Orchards in Guilford. Bishop’s family started the farm in 1871, growing vegetables and producing dairy. It has since grown into a destination. The farm offers everything from apple and pumpkin picking, to wine tasting, and other entertainment. Bishop and his three children work full-time to help run the family business. “I’m very proud of the family and where we have come,” Bishop said. He said t...
The Future of Commercial Real Estate
July 22, 2022 12:36 - 25 minutes - 35.6 MBCBIA BizCast host Ali Warshavsky speaks with Sentry Commercial co-founder and president Mark Duclos about post COVID-19 trends in leasing large office and industrial spaces. Duclos said remote and hybrid work environments changed what large corporations needed for space. He said landlords of larger buildings now have to evaluate if they can rent out a full space to a single company, need to divide it up for several, or even knock a building down. However, because of the e-commerce boom d...
Oma’s Pride Maintains Family Legacy
July 15, 2022 11:48 - 36 minutes - 50 MBCBIA BizCast host Ali Warshavsky speaks with Oma’s Pride president and CEO Capri Brighenti and her son Adam DeJulius, the company’s COO. Brighenti said her grandmother, an entrepreneurial spirit, started the business in 1950 when she began selling eggs from the family’s Avon farm. Miller’s Food expanded to include the Oma’s Pride pet food brand in 2001. Keeping it in the family, DeJulius took over as COO three years ago. “You know in your heart the work that gives you meaning,” DeJuliu...
Bead Industries CEO Jill Mayer
July 07, 2022 16:05 - 17 minutes - 1.88 GBCBIA BizCast host Ali Warshavsky speaks with Bead Industries CEO Jill Mayer about the challenges of running a business in the post-pandemic world. Among those challenges is getting women back to the workplace, an issue with particular resonance at family run Bead, where women make up 60% of the workforce. As a mother, Mayer understands how tough it is to return to work after maternity leave and wanted to make it easier for employees at the company's Milford and Cheshire locations. Bead em...
Woman-Owned Business of the Year Untapped Potential
July 02, 2022 12:43 - 25 minutes - 744 MBCBIA BizCast host Ali Warshavsky speaks with Candace Freedenberg, founder and chair of the woman-owned social enterprise Untapped Potential. Freedenberg says the organization works to remove barriers and create necessary stepping stones for women to get back into the workforce. “I looked at this as an economic opportunity,” said Freedenberg. “Whenever you have stagnated talent, a skilled workforce, and those with education and experience that are not able to add to the labor market, it’s ...
AI Engineers’ Kevin Hussain Talks Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
June 24, 2022 15:54 - 30 minutes - 926 MBCBIA BizCast host Ali Warshavsky speaks with AI Engineers’ Kevin Hussain about the need to expand diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. Hussain, who is associate vice president of bridge inspections at the Middletown-based engineering firm, immigrated to the U.S. from the Caribbean. He chose to attend Capital Community College and the University of Hartford because each was affordable and he could get to classes using public transportation. “If I had a seat at the table, the first...
Avelo Air Fights Inflation in the Skies
June 17, 2022 14:24 - 19 minutes - 546 MBCBIA BizCast host Ali Warshavsky speaks with Travis Christ, chief marketing officer for Avelo Air, about the airline maintaining its low-fare strategy as inflation drives up the cost of fuel and other supplies. Avelo launched in 2021 in Burbank, California, and made its maiden flight from Connecticut’s Tweed New Haven Airport last November. The demand was so high for the flights Avelo offered to six Florida cities, Christ said it expanded to a total of 14 destinations, despite many airlines ...
Green Check Verifies Cannabis Business Financing
June 09, 2022 19:49 - 23 minutes - 32 MBCBIA BizCast host Ali Warshavsky speaks with Paul Dunford, co-founder of Green Check Verified in North Haven. Green Check Verified helps provide cannabis banking solutions and expert advisory services for financial institutions. The company began exploring the industry in 2014 and noticed that firms didn’t know how to connect with banks who were willing to work with them. “The biggest thing we had at the beginning was figuring out how we get financial institutions who have been told for ...
Athletic Brewing’s Race to the Top
June 03, 2022 19:49 - 15 minutes - 21.4 MBCBIA BizCast host Ali Warshavsky speaks with John Walker, co-founder of Athletic Brewing in Stratford. Walker helped Bill Shuflet brew the original ales in 2017 when the avid athlete decided he wanted to enjoy a beer without worrying about alcohol affecting his performance the next day. Athletic Brewing was recently named to TIME’s list of the most influential companies, with Walker saying that the rapid growth is due to the passion behind the product and the brewery’s mission. Athletic ...
Workforce Top Priority for CSCU’s Cheng
May 27, 2022 13:53 - 18 minutes - 25.3 MBCBIA BizCast host Ali Warshavsky speaks with Terrence Cheng, president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system. Cheng was previously the campus director of UConn Stamford. He said he took this role last July as it was a once in a lifetime opportunity to make a difference across the state, managing 12 community colleges, four state universities, and Charter Oak State College. As the state struggles to resolve the labor shortage crisis, Cheng said he is exploring ways to sp...
Blending English Tradition with American Innovation
May 20, 2022 19:37 - 17 minutes - 2.42 GBCBIA BizCast host Ali Warshavsky speaks with Adam von Gootkin, co-founder and CEO of Highclere Castle Spirits. Gootkin and his family have distilled spirits since the 1800s in Connecticut. Their history inspired him to first create Onyx Spirits Company and now Highclere Castle Spirits. Highclere Castle Gin is distilled in England using botanicals from the Highclere Estate, but is headquartered in Essex, Connecticut. “I wanted to liquify the spirit of the castle that set the incredibly...
PEZ Passion Becomes a Career
May 13, 2022 13:24 - 32 minutes - 44 MBCBIA BizCast host Ali Warshavsky speaks with Shawn Peterson, direct to consumer business manager at the PEZ Visitor Center in Orange. Peterson’s passion for PEZ, collecting dispensers, and writing a book on the candy’s history brought him to Connecticut for a new career. He said the company offered him the role to create and oversee the center. Peterson said the visitor center attracts many people traveling from out of state. He often hears that visitors decided to stop in because they ...
Immigration Part of Labor Shortage Solution
May 06, 2022 18:06 - 37 minutes - 69.5 MBCBIA BizCast host Ali Warshavsky speaks with Shipman & Goodwin LLP’s Brenda Eckert, an employment and family immigration law attorney. Eckert participated on a panel at CBIA’s Economic Update conference last month that focused on the role immigration can play in helping address the labor shortage. She sees increasing competition for foreign workers, noting Connecticut can support immigration by improving access to affordable housing and transportation. “One of the challenges for a U.S. em...
Habitat Aims to Grow More Homeowners
April 29, 2022 15:23 - 16 minutes - 30.4 MBCBIA BizCast host Ali Warshavsky speaks with Karraine Moody, CEO of Habitat for Humanity of North Central Connecticut. The organization recently changed its name and now serves families east of the Connecticut River. Moody says Habitat does more than build homes, teaching people how to become homeowners while investing sweat equity and learning financial literacy. The organization's goal is to create generational wealth through homeownership. “It sets the standard that homeownership is ...
KeyBank Invested in Digital Banking
April 14, 2022 17:18 - 17 minutes - 32.2 MBCBIA BizCast host Ali Warshavsky speaks with Jim Barger, market president of KeyBank, ahead of CBIA's April 21 Connecticut Economic Update, where he will make opening remarks. Barger said KeyBank has invested in several fintech companies to enhance the digital channels they have. Since the beginning of COVID-19, Barger said customers have become more reliant on digital banking and the bank is learning how to balance those services with the ones offered in brick and mortar branches. “What ...
Jelan Agnew on the Power of Mindfulness
April 08, 2022 15:17 - 25 minutes - 47.9 MBCBIA BizCast host Ali Warshavsky speaks with Jelan Agnew, a licensed clinical social worker and mindfulness instructor at Copper Beech Institute. Agnew began practicing mindfulness two minutes a day to help manage anxiety. She admitted it wasn’t easy at first but worked up to practicing for longer lengths of time, even completing a seven-day silent retreat. “What I love about mindfulness is there is a non-judgemental component that is not what you learned in other institutions, there is no...
Goodwin University Prioritizes Workforce Development
March 31, 2022 22:23 - 16 minutes - 1.36 GBCBIA BizCast host Ali Warshavsky speaks with Melanie Hoben, director of workforce development at East Hartford-based Goodwin University. Goodwin is playing a key role leading workforce development initiatives, and is the only school in Connecticut to receive a U.S. Closing the Skills Gap Grant to upskill incumbent workers. In addition, Hoben said Goodwin uses a 44-foot trailer as a mobile lab to introduce middle and high school students to manufacturing and provide training to manufacturer...
Navigating the Labor Shortage
March 25, 2022 13:19 - 15 minutes - 440 MBCBIA BizCast host Ali Warshavsky speaks with Shipman & Goodwin attorney Keegan Drenosky about the challenges employers face in navigating the labor shortage. Drenosky says most employers are noticing job applicants looking for more than high salaries, with a good work-life balance also important. She notes that many jobseekers in the manufacturing industry are looking for a company that will upskill employees and provide opportunities for growth. “I think one of the things that employees...
2022 Legislative Session Update
March 23, 2022 19:23 - 12 minutes - 328 MBCBIA BizCast host Ali Warshavsky speaks with CBIA's Eric Gjede about two important bills being debated this legislative session. Gjede said employers welcomed HB 5003, which directs additional federal pandemic relief funds toward paying down the state’s huge unemployment trust fund debt. “Until that debt is satisfied the business community will see higher and higher unemployment taxes each fall,” said Gjede. While Gjede said reducing unemployment debt will help Connecticut’s economy, he ...
Mohegan Sun Expands with Sports Betting
March 17, 2022 17:42 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBCBIA BizCast host Ali Warshavsky speaks with Ray Pineault, president and CEO of Mohegan Gaming and Entertainment. Pineault took over as interim CEO in 2021 after four years as general manager of the casino. He is also a Mohegan tribal member. The first legal sports bet placed in Connecticut was in September at Mohegan Sun, something Pineault said his team had been waiting to see at the casino for years. “We look forward to the growth and expansion of sports wagering in Connecticut,” sai...
Penn Globe’s Marcia LaFemina Wants to Transform Lives
March 10, 2022 19:42 - 18 minutes - 34.5 MBCBIA BizCast host Ali Warshavsky speaks to Penn Globe president Marcia LaFemia about her plans to transform a Fair Haven building into a manufacturing training center. LaFemina applied for a grant to rehabilitate a vacant building and create a place of opportunity struggling to find a career path in the area. If the grant is approved, she said Penn Globe employees, as well as other manufacturers in the state, will be hired to train students there. “It makes sense to have manufacturers tr...
Hartford HealthCare’s Flaks on COVID-19’s Impact
March 03, 2022 17:37 - 28 minutes - 53.6 MBCBIA BizCast host Ali Warshavsky speaks with Hartford HealthCare president and CEO Jeff Flaks about the pandemic’s long-term impact on healthcare. Flaks says Hartford HealthCare is focused on challenging conventional thinking while using new technologies to better healthcare delivery in the state. “In healthcare, we don't want to go back to normal,” Flaks said. “We have to be better than normal. “Our being better than normal is ensuring everything that we have learned around infection con...
WBDC, JPMorgan Chase Partnership Supports Women-Owned Businesses
February 24, 2022 20:54 - 27 minutes - 51.2 MBCBIA BizCast host Ali Warshavsky speaks with Fran Pastore, CEO and founder of the Women’s Business Development Council and Rafia Zahir-Uddin, vice president for global philanthropy with JPMorgan Chase. Pastore and Zahir-Uddin discuss the long partnership between WBDC and JPMorgan Chase to support women-owned businesses across Connecticut. Pastore opened WBDC’s first checking account with a $60 deposit 25 years ago at a JPMorgan Chase branch in Stamford. The bank is now a major investor in W...
CBIA BizCast: New CMO Tackles Manufacturing Workforce
February 18, 2022 17:01 - 23 minutes - 42.7 MBCBIA BizCast host Ali Warshavsky speaks with Paul Lavoie, the state’s new chief manufacturing officer. Lavoie took over the role this month following Colin Cooper's retirement. Lavoie spent the last 10 years at Carey Manufacturing, where his favorite part of the day was walking the shop floor talking to employees and watching products come to life. He said one of his biggest regrets is not starting in the manufacturing industry earlier in his working life. “I am passionate about manufactu...
CBIA BizCast: Bioscience Collaborative Drives Workforce Initiative
February 10, 2022 19:38 - 13 minutes - 17.9 MBCBIA BizCast host Ali Warshavsky speaks with Steve Weiss, vice president of human resources at New Haven-based biopharma company Arvinas. Arvinas is one of a number of bioscience companies participating in the Sprint Initiative—Student Program to Ready Interns for Next-Generation Talent. Launched by the New Haven Regional Bioscience Collaborative, the program is designed to provide real-world job experience for students attending Colleges and universities in Connecticut. Weiss said student...
CBIA BizCast: Cooper Reviews Time As State’s First CMO
February 04, 2022 14:53 - 29 minutes - 54.9 MBCBIA BizCast host Ali Warshavsky speaks with Connecticut’s first chief manufacturing officer Colin Cooper, who is retiring from the role. CBIA, affiliates CONNSTEP and ReadyCT, and the Connecticut Manufacturers' Collaborative championed the need for the position, which the legislature created in 2019. The former CEO of the Whitcraft group took office just months before COVID-19 shut down the state. Cooper said his favorite part of the role was getting to tour the state and see the bread...
CBIA BizCast: What’s Next for StamfordNext?
February 01, 2022 21:03 - 27 minutes - 37.6 MBCBIA BizCast host Ali Warshavsky speaks with StamfordNext president Wes Bemus about the nonprofit collaborative’s mission to invest in the start-up ecosystem and generate economic growth. The state considers Stamford one of Connecticut’s four “Innovation Places.” State funding and grants are dedicated to turning the city into a data science ecosystem. Bemus said that while Stamford has seen a lot of large corporate companies come and go, many of their employees want to remain in the cit...
Sikorsky’s Digital Transformation
January 27, 2022 20:19 - 18 minutes - 589 MBCBIA BizCast host Ali Warshavsky speaks with Paul Lemmo, president of Stratford-based Sikorsky Aircraft, a Lockheed Martin Company. Lemmo was the keynote speaker at CBIA’s recent Made in Connecticut 2021: Manufacturing Summit, where he spoke about the company’s digital transformation. He also addressed workforce development, noting the company’s approach to to recruit talent from those taking STEM courses at nearby colleges and universities. Lemo says those graduates want to come to a ma...
How Robots Help Kids with Autism
January 20, 2022 16:55 - 22 minutes - 550 MBCBIA BizCast host Ali Warshavsky speaks with Jean Pierre Bolat, CEO of MOVIA Robotics in Bristol. The company designs robot-assisted instruction systems to help teach children with autism. University of Connecticut professor and scientist Timothy Gifford founded MOVIA Robotics in 2010. Bolat joined the company three and a half years ago after a long career in the U.S. Navy and in cybersecurity. He was inspired by the company's mission because he has a son on the spectrum. Bolat said ...
Electric Boat’s Graney Talks Workforce, Supply Chain, Growth
January 14, 2022 13:28 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MBCBIA BizCast host Ali Warshavsky speaks with General Dynamics Electric Boat president Kevin Graney. Graney is the keynote speaker at CBIA’s Jan. 21 Economic Summit + Outlook conference. Graney took over as president of the Groton-based submarine manufacturer in 2019. He says Electric Boat is in a period of heavy growth, driven by major U.S. Navy contracts. That growth requires hiring thousands of skilled workers over the next few years, which Graney recognizes as a significant challenge. ...
HR Hotline’s Diane Mokriski Answers Your Questions
January 06, 2022 16:50 - 25 minutes - 47.7 MBCBIA BizCast host Ali Warshavsky speaks with CBIA HR counsel Diane Mokriski about the most frequently asked questions of 2021 and what she expects in 2022. Mokriski addresses a range of questions, including whether an employee should be paid if they are out with COVID-19, paying employees for snow days, and if a company can offer unpaid internships to college students home over winter break. “Unpaid internships—the labor department doesn't favor them,” said Mokriski. “They really wan...
Tracking COVID-19 Variants with Jackson Labs
December 16, 2021 18:44 - 31 minutes - 58.4 MBCBIA BizCast host Ali Warshavsky speaks with Dr. Charles Lee, director of The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine in Farmington. Lee’s team is responsible for determining which COVID-19 variants are present in Connecticut, using genomic sequencing to identify strains in positive samples. The state is using resources like Jackson Labs to sequence 25% of all positive cases to determine how many cases of the original variant, Delta, or Omicron cases there are in Connecticut. “The entire ...
Whitcraft Expands Work-Release Program
November 24, 2021 16:58 - 20 minutes - 38.3 MBCBIA BizCast host Ali Warshavsky speaks with Jacqueline Gallo, the chief operating officer of Whitcraft, about the aerospace manufacturer’s work release program. Gallo started filling open positions on the second shift at the company’s Eastford facility with Enfield Correctional Institution inmates in 2018. Gallo said not only did Whitcraft need workers, she personally witnessed family members have a hard time finding a meaningful career after incarceration. “They are getting a fair w...
Foxwoods’ Jason Guyot—from Bellhop to CEO
November 19, 2021 18:20 - 21 minutes - 516 MBCBIA BizCast host Ali Warshavsky speaks with Foxwoods Resort Casino president and CEO Jason Guyot. Guyot, who began his career at Foxwoods as a bellhop in 1995, became interim president in April 2020 while the casino was closed during the pandemic. He was named president and CEO in March this year. “It wasn't like there was any one day where I said ‘hey, I want to be CEO of Foxwoods,’” said Guyot, the first member of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe to lead the company. “I have been here fo...