The Board of Directors of Central Vermont Economic Development Corporation announced Wednesday, June 1st that they have hired Jamie Stewart to replace outgoing Executive Director Sam Andersen to lead the non-profit organization. Stewart comes to the organization with over 20 years of Regional Development Corporation experience in Vermont, with prior Executive Director Positions held in Addison and Rutland Counties. “Sam and the Board have done a great job at building the resources of CVEDC, which has positioned the organization for growth.

NPI Technology Management President John Burton has been selected to join the board of the South Burlington Business Association for a term of 3 years. This organization was formed in 2014 to give a voice to local businesses. The purpose of the SBBA is to encourage and promote economic development and vitality of the City of South Burlington.

The Vermont Manufacturing Extension Center (VMEC) has announced the addition of Karl Swanke to its statewide team as a VMEC Professional Manufacturing & Business Growth Advisor.

Karl is an experienced Lean Manufacturing Practitioner, Business Analyst, Product Engineer and Project Manager with more than 20 years working in manufacturing, supply chain, and development areas of organizations. He is also the holder of seven U.S. Patents and is experienced implementing Agile process techniques to accomplish change more quickly.

Rehabilitation Therapy at The University of Vermont Medical Center has announced that Jon Robinson has joined the Inpatient Rehabilitation Therapy team on the Fanny Allen Campus. Jon earned his Doctorate in PT from UVM in 2013, and received his board certification for the Neurologic Clinical Specialty in 2015. He has worked in our Central Vermont Medical Center inpatient rehabilitation therapy, where he worked in the Neuro Rehabilitation Center. Jon has a strong knowledge and passion for the treatment of people with neurologic diagnosis and is eager to continue to improve his practice.

Jonathan Slason recently rejoined RSG, bringing over ten years of experience in a wide range of transportation planning and engineering efforts—including impact fees and other innovative finance and revenue mechanisms, corridor and townwide management plans, and detailed traffic operational assessments. In his role as a Senior Engineer at RSG, Mr. Slason will provide project leadership with a focus on long-range planning, project scoping, and traffic operations for public and private clients. Mr.

Recognizing outstanding scholarship and teaching, Norwich University faculty have named Mathematics Professor Daniel McQuillan a Charles A. Dana Professor. The prestigious award carries a $10,000 annual stipend.

McQuillan has taught 17 different mathematics courses since arriving at Norwich University in 2002, teaching most often: Discrete Mathematics; Calculus; Mathematics: A Liberal Art; and the Mathematics capstone (senior seminar) course.

DuBois & King consulting engineers announce Matthew Wilson has joined the firm as a Systems Administrator. Matt’s professional experience includes serving as IT Manager for the Woodstock Inn and Resort and as Assistant Network Administrator for the Randolph National Bank. Mr. Wilson resides in Bethel. He joins the firm’s Information Technology Group and works out of DuBois & King’s Randolph headquarters.

Ahmed Abdeen Hamed is a biomedical research scientist at Merck. Previously, he was an interdisciplinary computer scientist in the University of Vermont's Social-Ecological Gaming and Simulation Lab, where he built tools to help doctors, researchers, and pharmaceutical companies. One of the lab's projects involved mining data on Twitter and other social media sites to find unknown dangerous drug interactions before they were reported in medical research libraries.

The University of Vermont College of Medicine has announced the winners of the 2016 Medical Alumni Association Awards to be presented during its annual Medical Alumni Reunion, Friday June 10, 2016, on the UVM College of Medicine campus.

The Medical Alumni Association of the College of Medicine has, for four decades, honored the accomplishments of its members for their work caring for patients, creating new advances in the laboratory, and contributing to their communities.