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Business in Brief

Awards and Recognitions

The Patient is U Foundation has awarded Guilford Radiology its Halo Award for commitment to great outcomes; easy, courteous access; and compassionate care. Guilford Radiology has provided evidence-based medical care to the Guilford community for more than 35 years, providing state-of-the-art exams, including 3D tomosynthesis mammography and high-field-strength MRI.

Lung cancer screening is an example of Guilford Radiology’s commitment to the community. In 2011, when the United States Task Force proved that lung cancer screening CT scans saved lives, insurance didn’t cover this new exam. In order to provide this life-saving exam to the community, Guilford Radiology offered this CT exam for only $100. For veterans, lung cancer screening has been free on Veteran’s Day. Guilford Radiology was the first center along the shoreline to get the ACR Lung Cancer Screening Center Certification. Guilford Radiology recently acquired a new 80 slice CT scanner, allowing for the lowest radiation dose possible.

For all Guilford police, ambulance, and firefighters, and all U.S. active service personnel and veterans, if insurance doesn’t pay for lung cancer screening exam, Guilford Radiology will conduct the exams for free.

Rob Curry and Jorge Gil, realtors at Pearce Real Estate, have been named 2017 Rising Star Real Estate Agents in a survey conducted by Five Star Professional in partnership with Connecticut Magazine. Barbara L. Pearce, CEO and president of Pearce Real Estate, extended her congratulations to Curry, a sales associate in the company’s Shoreline Guilford office, and to Gil, a sales associate in the New Haven office and a member of the Edgehill Realtors team.

David Mayhew has been named 2016 Top Producer for the Pearce Real Estate Guilford residential office where he is an agent. He also was named a 2016 Top Producer companywide.

“We are delighted that David Mayhew has won this well-earned dual distinction,” said Pearce CEO and President Barbara L. Pearce. “His sphere of influence is growing by clients who refer him to family and friends and who appreciate his unflappable demeanor and attention to small details. He is an asset to clients and to us,” she added.

Sandy DiLieto of the Page Taft Guilford office was the 2016 top listing agent and number one agent for units sold among agents company-wide. Linda Toscano placed second for volume and units sold, while Steve Spurrell ranked number two in listings attained. Both Toscano and Spurrell work in the Guilford office.

F. Michael Ayles, FAIA, NCARB, Principal of Business Development at Antinozzi Associates, has been elevated to the College of Fellows by the American Institute of Architects (AIA), awarded to professionals for exceptional work and contributions to architecture and society. Three percent of the AIA’s 90,000-plus members have received this distinction. Ayles joined Antinozzi Associates in 1994 and has led the firm’s business plan/strategy, marketing efforts, and staff recruitment and retention since 2006. In addition, he is assigned as principal-in-charge/project manager for selective client projects. In Guilford, Ayles chaired his town’s Standing Building Committee, Historic District Commission, and participated on other major town planning and facility committees. Since 2007, he has served as an elected official on the Board of Finance; he also served on the Soundview Family YMCA Board of Managers.

Armando Rams, senior loan officer in the Primary Residential Mortgage, Inc., (PRMI) Guilford office, was ranked the office’s top volume producer for 2016. He also ranked as the number-two PRMI loan officer in the state and in the top 50 loan officers nationally for PRMI.

“Armando joined PRMI in 2014 and I am delighted that he is part of our company,” said PRMI Division President Ian Perry. “He is a natural leader and a conscientious member of our team. Armando is a 25 year resident of the Connecticut Shoreline. He, his wife, Tracy, and two children reside in Guilford where he has always been very involved in the community.”

Additions and Promotions

• Captain Michael Shove assumed the position of assistant chief of operations by the Guilford Board of Fire Commissioners.

Appointments

Shanna Dickinson has joined the Pearce Real Estate Company as residential sales associate in the Shoreline Guilford office and is a member of the Popplewell Team, consisting of Sue and Amanda Popplewell. Dickinson is a life-long Branford resident and currently lives there with her husband Chris and four young children. She has a B.S. in business from Albertus Magnus College, and a diploma in software and business administration. She previously worked as an administrative assistant in private industry.

Heidi Simmons has joined Susan Shaw Santoro and Kate Esposito as a member of the top-producing Susan Santoro Group at Press/Cuozzo Realtors. Simmons joins with experience in banking. A graduate of Guilford High School, she majored in human services and business management at Gateway Community College. Simmons resides in North Haven with her husband, Ben, and their two daughters. She is a member of the New Haven Middlesex, Connecticut and National Associations of Realtors.