The National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) has announced the election of new officers and board members, including David Rees Evans, PhD, President of Southern Vermont College (SVC). The three-year term board appointment for Evans and seven other campus leaders (representing the association’s eight national regions) was announced at the 2017 NAICU Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, earlier this month.

AM Peisch & Company, LLP is pleased to announce the admission of Andrew P Simonds, CPA as a partner in the Firm. Andrew works out of AM Peisch’s office in Rutland, VT and is a 2008 graduate of Castleton University. Andrew began his career with AM Peisch upon graduation and was certified as a public accountant by the State of Vermont in October 2012, after earning a Masters of Accounting with a concentration in Forensic Accounting from Florida Atlantic University. He provides accounting, auditing, consulting, and tax services to a wide variety of clients.