Southern Vermont College (SVC) has announced the appointment of Jennifer Macksey as the College’s new Chief Financial Officer/Chief Administrative Officer.

NBT Bank President and Chief Executive Officer Martin Dietrich recently announced that Matthew K. Durkee has been promoted to executive vice president.

Durkee joined NBT Bank in 2009 to lead NBT Bank’s expansion into Vermont and establish a regional headquarters in Burlington. Today, he serves as regional president for NBT Bank in New England and also provides executive leadership for the bank’s Residential Mortgage Division.

David Mears has joined the High Meadows Fund Board of Directors. Mears, a professor at Vermont Law School, brings three decades of experience addressing environmental challenges, most recently as commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation for the State of Vermont.

The Automaster has announced T.J. Maynard has been appointed to the position of client advisor for their BMW franchise.

The additional staffing stems from current and anticipated growth in BMW sales since the company recently remodeled its BMW Showroom.

“We are very excited to have T.J. join our team here at The Automaster BMW,” said Jacques Lefrancios, General Sales Manager at The Automaster BMW. “T.J. is an experienced professional, and very easy-going and approachable which is essential to our core values as a company,” Lefrancios expanded.