Robert Nichols recently joined VHB’s Land Development Team as Lead CADD designer. He brings close to 15 years of public land development design experience, most recently serving as a Senior Designer for Timmons Group in Richmond, Virginia where he was responsible for developing construction documents utilizing the latest versions of Autodesk products, enforcing and developing company CAD standards and file management policies, and training junior engineers and new hires in AutoCAD and Autodesk Civil 3D.

As VHB expands its energy services, we are delighted to welcome Scott Johnstone as the company's New England Energy Market Leader. With more than 30 years of experience leading energy efficiency and renewable programs nationwide, Scott excels at building partnerships with government agencies, utility companies, and private developers. Based out of VHB's South Burlington, VT, office, Scott's focus will be on expanding VHB's energy practice throughout New England and across VHB's footprint.

VHB is pleased to announce that Jack Johnson has joined VHB’s South Burlington, Vermont office as a Geomatics Specialist. Jack brings diverse experience in survey and GIS, having most recently been served as a Survey Technician for Kee Mapping & Surveying in Asheville, North Carolina. Jack holds a BS in Geomatics from Northern Michigan University.

The Community Health Centers of Burlington (CHCB) are pleased to announce the promotion of Elicia Thompson, DDS, to the position of Dental Director. Dr. Thompson will replace Diana Greenough, EFDA, who will retire from the organization on October 1, 2019, after 45 years in non-profit dental care.

Burlington Housing, Vermont’s oldest and largest municipally chartered housing authority, announced today that Laura Zeliger will serve as its new executive director. Zeliger will replace Allyson Laackman, who currently leads the organization that helps very low-income Burlington-area residents find and retain housing through rental assistance and support services.

Stephanie Eames has been appointed liaison to the Board and member through her tenure as Policy Council President of United Children’s Services which oversees Bennington County Head Start/Early Head Start. This program provides children and their families with the building blocks necessary to succeed in learning, parenting and life.

Twenty-two attorneys from the northern New England law firm Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC have been selected by peer review for inclusion in the 2020 ranking of Best Lawyers in America ©. Three of those attorneys have also been named lawyers of the year in their respective practice areas. The results are based on client, lawyer and law firm surveys conducted by Best Lawyers beginning in January of this year.