The Vermont Bar Foundation has announced the appointment of Hannah King as executive director and the election of Bonnie Badgewick as chair of the organization's board of managers.
King previously served as deputy campaign manager and finance director for Becca Balint for Congress as well as director of communications and business development at the Lake Champlain Chamber. She is a graduate of the University of Vermont, where she majored in community and international development.
“I am thrilled to take on this role during such a pivotal time for the foundation,” King said. “I am proud to work alongside a board of dedicated individuals who have a shared passion for expanding access to justice for our most vulnerable neighbors.”
Badgewick is a partner at Woodstock Law, a boutique litigation and general practice law firm in Woodstock. She is a cum laude graduate of Siena College and holds a law degree from Suffolk University Law School in Boston. Badgewick serves on the executive board of the Inns of Court, Joan Loring Wing chapter, and is former president of the Tri-State Defense Lawyers Association.
“I am honored and humbled to be the incoming (board) president at such a pivotal time for the Vermont Bar Foundation,” Badgewick said. “The board is looking forward to the year ahead with renewed enthusiasm for all the amazing and necessary work of the VBF in providing avenues of access to justice for those Vermonters in need.”