University of Vermont Provost and Senior Vice President Patricia Prelock today announced the appointment of Leslie V. Parise, Ph.D., as dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS).

Parise has built a long and successful career at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (UNC-CH), where she rose through the ranks from assistant to full professor. For the past decade, Parise has served as the chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, which currently ranks fifth in the United States for National Institutes of Health-funded biochemistry departments.

Northern Counties Health Care, Inc. (NCHC), an award-winning northeastern Vermont community healthcare network comprised of five primary care centers, three dental centers, and a home health care and hospice division, is pleased to welcome Patrick Anderson, PA-C to the St. Johnsbury Community Health Center. He will be accepting new patients.

Ben Russell, CFP®, CRPC®, APMA® a Private Wealth Advisor with Russell, Blanchard & DuBois, a private wealth advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. Colchester, VT has qualified for the company’s Circle of Success annual recognition program and will be honored for this achievement in 2020.

To earn this achievement, Russell established himself as one of the company’s top advisors. Only a select number of high-performing advisors earn this distinction.

He has 19 years of experience with Ameriprise Financial.

ReArch is delighted to announce that Holly LeClair has joined our team as a Health & Safety Manager. In her new position, Holly will promote and foster the health and safety culture at ReArch Company. She will focus on maintaining, improving and implementing our company’s health and safety standards, along with protocols and procedures. Holly will ensure that ReArch is compliant with occupational health and safety guidelines and spearhead all training programs for employees and subcontractors to support their health and safety needs.