AHEC names executive director

Tom Ayres has been named as the executive director of the Champlain Valley Area Health Education Center (AHEC) in St. Albans. A veteran non-profit administrator, Ayres previously served in leadership posts in marketing, communications, and public relations with the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, the United Way of Chittenden County, and Fletcher Allen Health Care. He and his wife, Anne Barrett, reside in Burlington.

The Champlain Valley AHEC improves access to quality health care by working with community and academic partners to support healthcare workforce development through recruitment, retention and continuing education of health care professionals. Champlain Valley AHEC is located in St. Albans, Vermont and serves the counties of Addison, Chittenden, Franklin and Grand Isle.