Kevin C. Merchant, president and CEO of Jewett City Savings Bank, has announced the appointment of three new Corporators. John L. Lombardi of Brooklyn, David T. Panteleakos of Woodstock, and Gabrielle Labonte of Putnam were elected at the Bank’s 135th Annual Meeting of Corporators held recently.

Lombardi
John Lombardi is CEO of the Orchard Group, LLC, a consulting service for the construction industry, and is also a full time member of faculty at Quinebaug Valley Community College's Construction Technology Department.  He formerly served on faculty at New England Institute of Technology, and as a Small Business Development Center educator at Bryant University.

Companion with industry licensing and certification, Lombardi holds associate and bachelor degrees from the Pace University Lubin School of Business.  He is a fall 2008 candidate for a master’s degree in Strategic / Organizational Leadership at Mountain State University.

Currently, Lombardi serves as Chairman of United Services, Inc., as a member of Brooklyn's Building Code Enforcement Review Board, and as a Corporator of Westcott-Wilcox Elderly Residential Housing, Inc.

Former community service includes terms as Chairman of Brooklyn's Economic Development Commission, Vice-Chair of the Northeast Connecticut Visitors District, Director of the Quinebaug-Shetucket Heritage Corridor, Inc., Co-Chairman of the Killingly High School “School to Career” Initiative, and member of the Exchange Club of Northeast Connecticut.

Panteleakos
David T. Panteleakos is the administrator and CEO of Westview Health Care Center in Dayville. He is a third generation healthcare administrator and has been very active in the health care industry as a Connecticut licensed nursing home administrator since 1987.

Panteleakos is a Corporator for Day Kimball Hospital and also a member of the Day Kimball Hospital’s Philanthropic Committee.  He is well known in Northeastern Connecticut for his philanthropic work through his organization, Broadway Live Productions, LLC, which has created an entertainment and art venue in the Putnam area while donating the net proceeds of events to a variety of charitable organizations.  

Panteleakos holds a BS degree from Eastern Connecticut State University and a MS degree from the University of Connecticut, respectively. He is also licensed with the State of Connecticut as a nursing home administrator.

Labonte
Gabrielle Labonte has been a practicing attorney since 1994. She has practiced in the Towns of Putnam and Killingly and has also served as Deputy Chief Clerk in Tolland Judicial District for Juvenile Matters and as the Associate General Counsel for Aetna U.S. Healthcare.

In addition to her practice in estate planning and probate work, Labonte devotes time and talent to community activities, including her service on the Board of Directors of the ARC of Quinebaug Valley, Putnam Rotary, and as a Corporator of Day Kimball Hospital.  

She served as the 2007 Chairperson of the Windham County Judicial Law Day program, a service-oriented program provided by the Windham County Bar and Windham County Judiciary to provide information about access to the courts to all of the high schools in Windham County.

Labonte holds a bachelor’s degree in business management from the University of Connecticut and a law degree from Suffolk University Law School.