Capstone Community Action has tapped the organization's chief of programs and advancement, Alison Calderara, to serve as its next executive director. She succeeds Sue Minter, who stepped down in December 2024 after leading the agency for six years.

In her new role, Calderara will oversee Capstone’s programs, staff and business affairs while guiding the organization’s community impact, financial sustainability and long-term growth.

State Reps. Edye Graning and Monique Priestley have been selected to participate in an immersive five-day leadership-development program by the Council of State Governments, a nonpartisan organization that serves as a resource for state leaders in all 50 states and the six U.S. territories.

The United Way of Northwest Vermont, a local independent nonprofit serving Chittenden, Franklin and Grand Isle counties, has elected two new officers and four new members to its board of directors.

Rick Blount (pictured), a consultant at Gade Associates, was elected chair, and Katie Titterton, co-owner of Clear Spot Communications, was named secretary, in unanimous votes by the board. They will join vice chair Adrina Walker and treasurer John St. Hilaire, who will continue in their current roles, as board officers.