Mobius hosted its annual Mentoring Celebration at the Vermont Statehouse on Thursday, January 14. Nearly 100 adult volunteer mentors, youth mentees, program staff and supporters from across the state gathered together to officially recognize January 2016 as Mentoring Month in Vermont. The celebration was made possible through funding support from lead sponsor Redstone Commercial Group, and other local business sponsors.

Mercy Connections has been nurturing self-sufficiency through education, mentoring, entrepreneurship and community since it was founded in 2001.

Mercy Connections has announced that Carmen Tall has been selected as the Women’s Small Business Program (WSBP) director. The Women’s Small Business Program is one of Mercy Connections’ key strategies for empowering and encouraging the entrepreneurial aspirations of women, helping women make informed decisions about business, and acquiring the confidence and skills to be successful. New classes are beginning February 3.

Foundry Executive Chef Sean Miller and his team took home a silver medal at the recent American Culinary Federation Competition, held January 6 through 8 at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York. The fifth annual ACF-sanctioned event brought in food service chefs from colleges, country clubs and restaurants throughout the Northeast.

SchoolHack Solutions of Bristol has announced the hiring of Ed McGuire to its management team of educational professionals. The company is currently offering its LiFT™ personalized learning platform to schools throughout the country.

“We are excited to have Ed as part of our management team” says David Lipkin, CEO of SchoolHack Solutions. “Ed understands the needs of schools as they shift to competency based education and personalized learning and was one of the first authors and builders of this movement throughout the state as well as the country.”

PRIMMER recently made the announcement that Jesse D Crary and Adam R Mordecai have become shareholders of the firm.

One the firm’s shareholders, Jeff Johnson, comments: “Jesse is a key member of the firm’s captive insurance practice. He is licensed and practices law in Washington D.C. as well as Vermont. Jesse has an established reputation for working very hard to produce great client outcomes.”

Connie Fellion was recently named Partner at McSoley McCoy & Co. Fellion joined the firm in 2015 after working for 27 years at KPMG. Connie oversees the daily work flow of the assurance services provided by the firm to ensure the firm delivers to our client’s professional services of the highest quality.

Also, McSoley McCoy & Co. welcomes three additions to its staff: Jazmin Tejada, Doreen Yusufu, & Dustin Storie. All three are recent graduates of SUNY Plattsburgh.

Pictured:

1) Connie Fellion

2) Jazmin Tejada