NEWS
from
Central Connecticut State University
Honored as a "Leadership Institution" by the
Association of American Colleges & Universities
Media contact:
Bart Fisher,
Associate
Director of
Marketing and Communications
(860) 832-1624;
Fisherb@ccsu.edu
CCSU, American Savings Foundation Chair to Host
Forum on Investment Policy, Banking and Credit
NEW BRITAIN –
April 23, 2008 - John J. Patrick, president and
CEO of Farmington Savings Bank, and Gerard O.
Haviland, principal of The Haviland Group, will
speak at an April 29 forum focused on investment
policy, banking, and credit. The forum is being
hosted jointly by the Central Connecticut State
University School of Business and the American
Savings Foundation Chair in Banking and Finance.
It is free and open to the public, but
registration for the 7:30-9:20 a.m. is event
required.
Mr. Patrick recently joined Farmington Savings
Bank as its new president and chief executive
officer after a highly successful term as
president of TD Banknorth, Connecticut. He will
discuss the current banking environment in
Connecticut and nationally as lending
institutions rearrange their priorities and many
giant banking and finance companies focus on
liquidity issues as a result of the current
international credit environment. How does the
current environment affect credit availability
to consumers and corporations? Will government
intervention assist in the recovery or will it
only serve to delay and perhaps prolong the
current pullback in the real estate and
financial markets?
Mr. Haviland has over 30 years of experience in
financial affairs management and
entrepreneurship ownership management. The
Haviland Group attends to a large client base of
business owners, corporate executives,
attorneys, physicians and other professionals.
Mr. Haviland will discuss investment policies
and their impact on long term investment
portfolio performance. Are policies critical
prior to developing investment strategies? Are
investment strategies and policies intertwined
and reliant upon one another? What should an
investor focus on when developing an investment
policy?
Brian Charlebois holds the American Savings
Foundation Chair in Banking and Finance at
CCSU. He has more than 25 years of experience
in banking and related financial services. In
addition to his duties as ASF Chair, Charlebois
is president and CEO of Green Hill Associates, a
provider of consulting, coaching and advisory
services to private business, professionals and
executives.
The American Savings Foundation is an
independent charitable foundation dedicated to
strengthening the community by supporting
education, human services, and the arts, with a
special emphasis on the needs of children,
youth, and families. The Foundation was
established by American Savings Bank’s board of
directors to give back to the towns and
communities served by the bank for 140 years.
In 2003, American Savings Bank merged into
Banknorth, Connecticut, and the American Savings
Foundation became a fully independent private
foundation. To date, the Foundation has awarded
more than $19 million on total grants and
scholarships to the community.
The American Savings Foundation Endowed Chair in
Banking and Finance at Central Connecticut State
University was created in 2002. The mission of
the chair is to bring “real world” academic
preparation to the people and institutions in
the Connecticut communities historically served
by the bank.
The forum will begin with continental breakfast
on the second floor of the Robert C. Vance
Academic Center on the CCSU campus. The
conference itself will be held in Vance 105.
To register or to find out more information,
please contact Ms. Rosa Colon at the CCSU School
of Business at (860) 832-3209.
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