Connecticut Chapter Welcomes Newest Board Members

HARTFORD, CT — October 29, 2007 — The Connecticut Chapter welcomes several new members to its Board of Trustees. They are Bruce D. Kenyon of Old Lyme; Alanna C. Rathbone of New Canaan; Allen Rosenshine of Manhattan and Lyme; and Richard Scott Warren of Groton.

Mr. Kenyon, a consultant for Northeast Utilities, has enjoyed a distinguished career in the utilities industry. He launched his life’s work in 1970 as a start-up engineer with Northeast Utilities in 1970, and had risen to unit superintendent when he moved on in 1976. He next served as senior vice president-nuclear and then senior vice president of division operations for Pennsylvania Power & Light Company. In 1990, he became president and chief operating officer of South Carolina Electric & Gas Company. In 1996 he returned to Northeast Utilities as president and CEO of Northeast Nuclear Energy Company, where he restarted the Millstone complex after a federal shut-down. He also oversaw the start-up of Northeast Generation Services Company, the operation and sale of Seabrook Station in New Hampshire, and the operations and sales of most of Northeast Utilities’ non-nuclear generation assets.

A native of Ohio, he is a graduate of Miami University in Ohio and Cornell University’s Executive Development program. He served five years in the U.S. Navy, with assignments at the nuclear power school, the submarine school, aboard the USS George Washington, and at a nuclear reactor prototype.

Ms. Rathbone is a fine arts consultant and principal in Alanna Rathbone Fine Arts, an advisory service she has run since 1985. She specializes in American paintings from the 19th and 20th centuries, assisting clients in understanding values and markets, acquiring art from galleries and auction houses, and determining the best placement for artwork in their homes.

Ms. Rathbone holds an art history degree from New York University and previously worked at Sotheby’s and the Richard York Gallery in New York City. A California native and long-time New Canaan resident, she volunteers with many Fairfield County non-profits, including New Canaan Country School and the Bruce Museum in Greenwich. Active with The Nature Conservancy since 2000, Ms. Rathbone’s contributions include hosting an event at her home focusing on nature as an inspiration for Connecticut artists.

Mr. Rosenshine has been recognized by Advertising Age as one of the past century’s one hundred most influential people in advertising. He joined BBDO in 196 as a copywriter an rose to become chief executive of the worldwide agency in 1985. In 1986 he spear-headed the creation of Omnicom Group, now the world’s foremost marketing communications company, of which BBDO is the largest subsidiary. Under his leadership, BBDO has expanded to 78 countries and enjoys a reputation as the industry’s most creative global advertising agency. CEO until 2004 and chairman through 2006, he is now chairman emeritus.

Allen was born in New York City and graduated from Columbia College. In addition to serving on many boards and committees in the advertising industry, he is a founding partner for A Drug-Free America, where he is currenly vice chairman, creative director, and board member.

Dr. Warren, professor of Botany and department chair, has been with Connecticut College since 1970. His primary research focuses on the wetlands and marshes of New England; he has published extensively and presented at many conferences. His expertise comes into play both in classes on plant physiology and in his fieldwork. Warren is an outspoken advocate for the protection of wetlands and tidal marshes. He has worked to reduce the spread of the invasive reed phragmites in the Lower Connecticut River Estuary, and has received numerous research grants and contracts in areas ranging from the assessment of tidal marshes to their restoration.

He earned a bachelor’s in biology with a minor in chemistry from Defiance College and a Ph.D. from the University of New Hampshire. Defiance College honored him with the 2002 Alumni Citation for Academic Excellence.

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