Health Care and Rehabilitation Services (HCRS), Southeastern Vermont’s community mental-health agency, has hired Rosie Nevins-Alderfer as the new Project Director for the Windham Consortium on Substance Use (COSU). Nevins-Alderfer previously held the position of Director of Restorative Justice Programs at Youth Services where she worked from 2015 to 2018. Moving forward she will provide direction, coordination, and facilitation for COSU’s efforts.

The VT Welcome Wagon Project (VTWWP) is a program where new arrivals or returnees are connected with current residents, or ‘hosts' through an informal meet and greet. It provides new folks with the opportunity to learn more about the region and ask honest questions with honest answers about the ins and outs of the community---where’s the nearest laundry mat? Where do you go out to eat? What’s there to do on a rainy day? What’s the childcare situation like? The goal is to accelerate the time it takes to “figure out” VT and get connected to our community in meaningful ways.

Sterling College is pleased to announce that Moxie Mehegan, of Craftsbury Common, has accepted the role of Dean of Admission & Financial Aid. Mehegan comes to Sterling from Marlboro College, where they most recently served as the Associate Director of Graduate Admissions.

Rachel Siegel, Executive Director of Peace & Justice Center in Burlington, Vermont will step down in June after seven years leading the organization the board announced on January 13.

United Way of Northwest Vermont has hired Kristin Kany and Liz Jarvis as Working Bridges Resource Coordinators and promoted Connie Beal to Working Bridges Initiative Director and Sarah Allerton to Senior Resource Coordinator. In their new roles, both Kristin and Liz will work with Working Bridges employer partners, connecting with local employees at their work sites.