The Lamoille County Planning Commission (LCPC) announced that Tasha Wallis of Morrisville, an accomplished executive with leadership experience in both government and the private sector, will join the Commission as Executive Director on July 1, 2015.

Physician Assistant Leslie Osterman has joined Gifford’s primary care team and is now seeing patients in the Randolph and Bethel clinics.

She previously worked for 10 years as respiratory therapist at Fletcher Allen, where she learned about patient care offered by physician assistants (PA). PA’s are specially trained to examine, diagnose, and treat patients under the supervision of a medical doctor (MD).

Dody Fraher-Ruland, Residential and Retail Loan Manager of Merchants Bank announced that Dan Pitner has joined Merchants Bank’s home lending division as a Lending Associate. Pitner joins Merchants Bank from Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, with over 8 years experience in home lending. His primary focus will be Addison, Rutland & Bennington Counties.

OpenTempo, Inc., a premier provider of integrated workforce optimization solutions for healthcare, today announced that Andy Comeau will assume the role of its new Chief Executive Officer, as well as a member of the board, effective immediately. Its former President and Chief Executive Officer, Rich Miller, will be assuming a new role as Chief Strategy Officer. Rich, one of the co-founders of OpenTempo, has led the organization for the past nine years.

Comcast Cable announced today that Sandy Weicher has been appointed Vice President of Customer Care for the company’s Western New England Region, which includes Vermont, Connecticut, New York, Western Massachusetts and Western New Hampshire.

“Sandy’s passion for both the employee and customer experience are undeniable,” said Mary McLaughlin, Senior Vice President of Comcast’s Western New England Region. “Her dedication and leadership will help us in continuing to create a culture focused on providing superb service.”

AllEarth Renewables has announced the hiring of Sonya Krakoff as its marketing coordinator.

Krakoff, of Burlington, previously worked as an account executive at People Making Good Public Relations and served as an AmeriCorps VISTA at an affordable housing association in East Boston, Ma. She has a bachelor’s of arts in English from St. Lawrence University.

“We are thrilled to have Sonya join AllEarth Renewables and bring her experience and creativity to our team,” said David Blittersdorf, president and CEO of AllEarth Renewables.

SymQuest Group, Inc. announced the addition of Nicole Juiffre and Scott Dean to the company’s South Burlington headquarters. Juiffre is SymQuest’s newest Document Solutions Account Executive and Dean joins as a Client Support Representative, assisting SymQuest’s clients throughout Northern New England.