Hayley Shriner, former high school completion program plan manager and educational adviser at Vermont Adult Learning, has joined United Way of Northwest Vermont as resource coordinator for the Working Bridges program. Working Bridges is a United Way initiative designed to help workers keep and grow stable employment.

Vermont Electric Power Company recently announced the following personnel appointments and promotions: Maura Collins, elected to the board of directors; Jaime Smyrski, promoted to corporate secretary; and Colin Owyang, appointed as chief operating officer.

Collins, executive director of the Vermont Housing FInance Agency since 2019, joins the VELCO board as a representative of the Vermont Low Income Trust for Electricity. She is a graduate of the University at Buffalo and holds a Master of Public Administration from the University of Vermont.