Hartford, CT The 2018 CT Entrepreneur Awards were announced on April 20. The awards identify, recognize, and celebrate Connecticut’s leading entrepreneurs, ventures, and ecosystem elements that support them. 

The Construction Institute won the Community Favorite Event Award for The Women Who Build Summit. Special thanks are due to the program task force members for creating and building such a meaningful program: 

• Carolina Cudemus, Gilbane Building Company; 

• Kathy Cowles, id3a; 

• Marie Maia, Montagno Construction Company; 

• Seaneen Thorpe, Centerbrook Architects; 

• Milena Erwin, Women’s Business Center, University of Hartford, 

• Veronica Cook, University of Connecticut, 

• Annie McEvoy, New England Real Estate Journal; and 

• The Construction Institute team. 

Thanks are also due to the panelists and to the generous sponsors.