Niki Hayes of Williston, VT recently was awarded the designation of Certified Professional Insurance Agent (CPIA), a professional designation conferred by the American Insurance Marketing and Sales Society (the AIMS Society). The AIMS Society is the only insurance organization dedicated solely to recognizing training and service quality among property and casualty insurance personnel. The mission of the AIMS Society is to improve the selling skills and insurance knowledge of its members by upgrading professionalism through information and education.

The Emergency Department at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) is pleased to welcome Nurse Practitioner Martha Roberts. With this appointment, Roberts also joins the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Putnam Medical Group. Roberts earned a dual master’s degree in Nursing and as an Acute and Primary Pediatric Nurse Practitioner from Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. In addition, she holds a master’s in Nursing with Adult Acute and Critical Care Nurse Practitioner certification from Georgetown University in Washington, DC.