People are at the very heart of the Lake Champlain Chamber’s mission to create economic opportunity. LCC is committed to equal justice, safety, respect, and opportunity for all people. As part of that commitment, LCC is happy to announce the formation of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee. The DEI Committee is working with LCC to help inform and prioritize efforts related to equity and inclusion. LCC is thankful to these members of our community for their service on this committee:

The VNA & Hospice of the Southwest Region, (VNAHSR), one of the state’s largest providers of skilled home health and hospice services, recognized Claire McCaughey, a personal care attendant in the CarePlus program as Clinical Employee of the 2nd Quarter of 2021 and Edmond “Ed” Young, IT support technician as Non-Clinical Employee of the 2nd Quarter of 2021.

Clean Energy Group (CEG), a national nonprofit advocacy organization focused on enabling a just clean energy transition, has announced that Melanie Santiago-Mosier will join CEG and its sister organization, the

Norwich University’s Center for Global Resilience and Security (CGRS) has named Dr. Kaitlin Thomas as associate director and Dr. Ronald Lessard as senior fellow.

On July 1, Dartmouth Engineering welcomed five new members to its Board of Advisors for three-year terms: Vijay Kumar, Jian Lu Th'93, Christopher J.

David Silverman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Union Bank, is pleased to announce that Holly O’Brien has been hired as a Residential and Consumer Loan Officer. She will be working out of Union Bank’s Shelburne Village location at 5068 Shelburne Road (formerly a Citizen’s Bank location) which is scheduled to open in October of this year.

Vermont Information Technology Leaders, Inc. (VITL) welcomes Shawn Burroughs, CIO of Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital (NVRH), to its board of directors. Shawn will be chairing the board’s Technology Committee.

Al Claussen and Karren Meyer have joined the Grace Cottage Family Health & Hospital Board of Trustees. Claussen holds an MBA in Business Administration from Norwich University and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Maine – Orono. He is Project Manager for Noho Health Inc. dba Care/of in Brattleboro, and previously, he was Branch Officer for Berkshire Bank (Manchester, VT) and Store Manager and Category Sales Manager for Yankee Candle (S. Deerfield, MA).

David Silverman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Union Bank, announced that Dave Micklas has been selected for the Branch Manager position at the bank’s new Shelburne Village branch, located at 5068 Shelburne Road (formerly a Citizen’s Bank location). The property is currently undergoing extensive renovations and is scheduled to open in October of this year. Union Bank’s Shelburne Village location will be the bank’s third office to open in Chittenden County since 2019, when it opened new branches in Jericho and Williston.