Gifford Health Care’s Primary Care team continues to grow, with Physician Assistant Katherine Clemente starting this month in Randolph and Nurse Practitioner Pascale Stephani joining providers at Gifford’s Berlin location.

The International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) has presented Shelley Lutz (Center Rutland, Vt) with the 2018 “Scott “Superman” Scudamore Volunteer Leadership Award” for her relentless and selfless service to her community. Lutz is one of the founding members of the Pine Hill Partnership and currently serves as the organization’s secretary.

The award honors outstanding volunteers who are making a significant contribution to the mountain bicycling community. IMBA received more than 20 nominations from all ten regions in the United States.

NBT Bank New England President Matthew Durkee recently announced NBT hired Michael Posternak as a branch manager for the bank’s Burlington Office. Posternak has 18 years of experience in the financial services industry, starting as a market manager for the Chittenden Bank in St Albans in 2001. Prior to joining NBT, he spent eight years working as a branch manager in Ottawa, Ontario Canada.

Gabriel Diaz is the new director of two Sara Holbrook Community Center programs. Diaz will lead the Center’s before and after school enrichment program at Lyman C Hunt Middle School, which serves over 350 students annually. Tuition-free courses and workshops in areas such as STEM, the arts, agriculture, community service, and music are offered every five to seven weeks. Diaz will also direct the Burlington-Winooski Middle School Summer Program, offering enrichment activities for over 285 middle school-aged youth from the cities of Burlington and Winooski.

Paul Frank + Collins PC is pleased to announce the additions of Andrew JG Rome and Daniel R Long as associate attorneys. PF+C President, Stephanie Mapes stated, “We are so pleased to welcome talented lawyers like Andrew and Daniel to Paul Frank + Collins. Our firm continues to grow at nearly 30 attorneys and over 50 employees firm wide. Both Andrew and Daniel are wonderful additions to our next generation of lawyers, helping us build on our successes from the past 50 years.”

The Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (CVOEO) is excited to announce the 2018 Crystal Family New Hope Award recipients. This year, there will be two awards of $500 granted to Masiti Mohamed, and the Adhikari family, owners of the Everest Market in Essex Junction. The awards will be presented at festivities to be held at the Bobbin Mill Community Room, 234 So. Champlain Street, Burlington, on November 5 at 5:00 pm.