WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
The Spring 2004 issue of The Connecticut Golfer included a human interest article about two 2003 Widdy Neale
scholarship recipients, Chelsea Riccio and Brent Silano. Ten years later, Chelsea and Brent have excelled in their
fields of interest.
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HELSEA
RICCIO
had
worked on the grounds crew at
Manchester Country Club, was a
four year honors student at East Hartford
High School, was a student government
representative for four years, and was
captain, most valuable player, and allconference selection in volleyball. Her
high school volunteer activities included
working for Habitat for Humanity,
teaching religious education, working
in soup kitchens, coaching for Special
Olympics, and tutoring elementary school
children.
In 2007 Chelsea graduated from
Emmanuel College in Boston with a degree
in History and Secondary Education.
After teaching in the Boston area, she
accepted a position with Education,
Inc., a corporation headquartered in
Plymouth, Massachusetts, that specializes
in providing educational services to
students who are confined in hospitals or
other medical facilities, special schools,
or various behavioral institutions. The
instructional goal is to prep are students
to transition back to their schools after
long or short-term placements for various
medical, emotional, or psychological
reasons.
In a relatively short time her
responsibilities have grown from those
of Teacher to Team Leader to Assistant
Director, to now Deputy
Director.
Chelsea’s responsibilities now include
communicating directly with senior staff
at hospitals and school districts; training
staff members in the training of teachers;
working with the expansion team to
launch new accounts across all four
districts comprised of MA, NH,
NY, NJ, DE, PA and SC; supervising
services at hospital and behavioral
centers across six states MA, NY, DE,
NJ, PA, and SC; recruiting, hiring,
training, managing and evaluating
staff; forecasting and projecting
weekly and monthly profit and loss
reports; creating year-over-year
operation plans including budgets,
staffing, and account growth; and
evaluating new accounts.
RENT SILANO worked in
the golf shop at Torrington
Country Club. He was a
high honors student at Torrington
High School and a member of the
National Honor Society. He was
a church usher, a Little League
School and present pictures
Widdy
coach, a leader in the high school’s Above: High Recipients Chelsea Riccio andof 2003Silano. Neale
Scholarship
Brent
Distributive Education Clubs of
America program, a volunteer in
the 2004 NCAA regional tournament,
the Torrington Christmas Village, and an
qualified for the Division 2 National
instructor in the local schools Drug and
Championship in Orlando, and finished
Alcohol Resistance Education program.
18th in the country. He has twice won the
Brent was the 2-handicap captain of his
club championship at Torrington Country
high school golf team and top player in the
Club.
Naugatuck Valley Conference.
Brent is currently a fully registered
Brent earned a Bachelors in
Senior Financial Associate at Webster
Business Administration from the
Investments, a division of Webster Bank,
University of New Haven with honors in
N.A. with operations in Litchfield,
2007 and received an MBA in 2008 from
Torrington, Canton, and West Hartford.
UNH with concentrations in finance
He is a member of the Torrington Young
and strategic leadership. At UNH Brent
Professionals Organization. Brent is
was the four-year captain of the golf team
married and lives in Canton. He enjoys
golf team winning team championships
Bentley, his two-year old Siberian Husky.
and individual medalist honors. He won
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ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPS
On June 24, 2014, the Officers of the Scholarship Fund approved an endowment policy that provides the opportunity for donors to
establish perpetual, named scholarships. An endowment may be established with an initial, tax deductible contribution of $10,000
with a five-year fund goal of $50,000. Within the framework of the Fund, donors may offer specific criteria for such awards.
The first endowment program now in place is the “Marty,” a perpetual scholarship that recognizes and honors the career contributions
of Martin J. “Marty” Moraghan as long-time CSGA rules and competitions director. Marty also served as President of the CSGA in
1977-78.
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