• Accounting                                                                    
• Business Administration                       
• Business Office Technology                   
• Hospitality
• Marketing

Matthew P. Hightower, CPA
Business Department Chair
(860) 383-5275

Professor Hightower is the Business Department Chair and Accounting Program Coordinator. He has over 21 years of successful business and education experience. After graduating from Teikyo Post University in 1981, he successfully became a Certified Public Accountant and joined the international accounting firm of KPMG Peat Marwick. He left KPMG to start Hightower Cavasino & Co in 1986, which continues as a successful local accounting firm. He joined Three Rivers as an adjunct professor in 1986 and accepted a full-time position in 1990. Additionally, Professor Hightower is an Investment Advisor Representative and Securities Principle, successfully completing the NASD Series 24, 7, 63 and 65 examinations. He also maintains insurance licenses with Life, Accident and Health, Variable Annuity, and Variable Life authorities. He is a member of both the Connecticut and American Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Arthur Braza
(860) 383.5222
Web Site:http://abraza.com

Art has more than 24 years of successful business and teaching experience. For 8 years Art worked for a leading national corporation and for 20 years as a college professor at both two and four year colleges. He has an undergraduate degree from Bryant College in Accounting and an MBA from Bryant with a concentration in Accounting. Currently Art is an Associate Professor at Three Rivers Community College.

Irene Woods Clampet
(860) 383-5231

Irene has been at Three Rivers in the role of Marketing Program Coordinator since 1993. She holds an MBA in Marketing Management from St. John's University, a BA in Economics from SUNY - Queens College and an AA from SUNY - Queensborough Community College.

Prior to her position at TRCC, Irene taught at Suffolk Community College, Nassau Community College and SUNY - Empire State College. She has professional experience in marketing and retailing and was a marketing research consultant for McGraw Hill Publishing.

Peter Edmondson
(860) 383-5259

Peter has been at Three Rivers Community College in the Hospitality Management program since 1992. He holds a Masters degree in Hospitality Management from the University of Massachusetts, a Bachelors degree from the University of New Haven and an Associates degree from Manchester Community College.

Prior to his position at Three Rivers, Peter held various Hotel Management positions with both the Hilton Hotels Corporation and the Sheraton Corporation.

Larry A. Flick
(860) 383-5248

Larry has over 30 years of successful business and teaching experience. For 10 years, Larry worked with a leading multinational corporation and for 20 years as an individual entrepreneur and teacher. He has an undergraduate degree from Oregon State University in Marketing and an MBA from California State University in Operations Research Techniques. Formally Larry was CEO of Sique.com, an eLearning consulting and development company. He has been an adjunct Professor at Norwalk Community College for 10 years and is currently teaching full time at Three Rivers Community College.

Kent Harding
 

Kent has a BS in Physics & Applied Mathematics and an MS degree in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science from University of Maryland, and an MBA in Finance and Manufacturing from Harvard Business School. He has had many years of experience in Engineering with Westinghouse Defense Research Labs as well as Finance & Accounting experience with Ortec, Inc., Peat, Marwick & Mitchell (now KPMG), and F. W. Woolworth Corporation.. More recently, Kent was President & CEO of Ship Analytics, Inc. and Property Resources, Inc., as well as President of NU-SYM, Inc. Currently Kent is a full time Professor with Three Rivers Community College teaching courses in Accounting and Business Administration.