The American Red Cross of Northern New England has welcomed Dr. Mark Levine, Elise Polli and Ryan Rothstein (pictured) to the Board of Directors of its Vermont chapter, headquartered in Burlington.

Levine, former commissioner of the Vermont Department of Health, currently serves as a professor of medicine at the University of Vermont's Larner College of Medicine; Polli is owner and realtor at Polli Properties in Williston; and Rothstein is president and general manager at WPTZ-TV and WNNE-TV.

State Reps. Chloe Tomlinson, P/D-Winooski, and Dara Torre, D-Moretown, have been named recipients of 2026 Environmental Rising Star Awards by Vermont Conservation Voters, a nonpartisan organization that works to elect environmentally friendly public officials.

The awards are presented biannually to newer legislators who have stepped up to be effective champions of VCV priority issues in their first or second legislative session and who have a bright future of environmental leadership.

Col. Mark Denton, executive officer to the undersecretary of the Army, has been named the 57th commandant of the Corps of Cadets and vice president of student affairs at Norwich University, effective June 15.