The Connecticut Business & Industry Association (CBIA) has elected 12 new members to its board of directors.

Each member will serve a four-year term.

The new members elected to the 2008 CBIA board of directors are:

*Tony Ceci, executive managing director, RSM McGladrey Inc./McGladrey & Pullen LLP, Stamford 

*J. Dennis Chalk, president and general manager, Rockbestos-Surprenant Cable Corp. (RSCC), East Granby

*Donald R. Droppo Jr., senior vice president, sales and marketing, Curtis Packaging Corp., Sandy Hook 

*Denise G. Essenberg, assurance and business advisory services partner and office managing partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Hartford 

*George J. Frantzis II, co-owner, Lake Quassapaug Amusement Park Inc., Middlebury 

*Donna R. Galluzzo, president and CEO, Homecare Management Strategies Inc., Wallingford 

*Toni M. Hoover, senior vice president and director, Pfizer Laboratories, Groton/New London 

*Will P. Lennon, vice president, operations, Electric Boat Corp., Groton 

*Paul A. Marold Jr., president, Ahlstrom Nonwovens LLC, Windsor Locks 

*Philip R. Sherringham, president and CEO, People's United Bank, Bridgeport 

*William A. Teed II, regional president, Travelers, Hartford 

*Maureen Weaver, chair, executive committee, Wiggin & Dana LLP, New Haven