Executive Director, Martha Maksym, of the United Way of Chittenden County presented the Community Impact Award to the team of Jan Demers, E.D. of CVOEO, John Collinsworth from UVM Medical Center, and John Caulo and Tom Bonnette of Champlain College for their collaboration in creating a temporary warming shelter in Burlington this last winter.

In the two month period the shelter was open, a total of 92 peoplesought and received a safe and warm place to rest for the night; 10 moved on to transitional or permanent housing; 14 found employment.

Senior Project Manager David Crawford has joined the South Burlington office of design firm Stantec.

Crawford has over 40 years of management experience in the public and private sectors, particularly in Vermont city and town government. His roles have ranged from town manager in charge of financial, personnel, and capital project management, to director of construction management for multi-million-dollar public works and school projects for such towns as Winooski, Essex Junction, Rutland, and Middlebury.

Chambers & Partners, publishers of Chambers USA, named Eric M. Knudsen, attorney and partner at Langrock, Sperry & Wool, LLP, a “notable practitioner” in real estate law.

The Chambers survey of US lawyers states, “The ‘excellent and outstanding’ Eric Knudsen is held in high regard by peers for his representation of lessors and commercial property developers.” The firm, Langrock Sperry & Wool, also received “ranked” status from Chambers.

The University of Vermont Medical Center's Frederick C. Binter Center for Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders is one of just 29 centers in the U.S. to be named “Centers of Excellence” by the Huntington’s Disease Society of America (HDSA) for 2015. Other designees include Stanford University, Duke University, the Cleveland Clinic and Johns Hopkins University. Centers were cited for "an exemplary commitment to bringing more comprehensive care" to Huntington's Disease (HD) patients and families.

Puroclean Managed Services has announced that Monica Moore has joined the company as Director of Business Development.

Moore brings to the PuroClean Team over ten years’ experience in the fire and water damage industries. She has held leadership roles across operations, business management, project management and sales all adding to the capabilities of our organization.

Norwich University continues its 2015 Todd Lecture Series with “Leadership in the Digital Age” a presentation by Lieutenant General Mark S. Bowman, Director Command, Control, Communications and Computers (C4) / Cyber and the Chief Information Officer for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Thursday June 18, 2015 at 10 a.m. in Plumley Armory.

At the Pentagon, Bowman develops C4 capabilities; conducts analysis and assessments; and evaluates C4 requirements, plans, programs and strategies.

Ron Montalbano, a Real Estate Sales Professional from Middlebury, has joined KW Vermont.

Ron will be joining Keller Williams as an Individual Agent. Ron has over five years of experience in Real Estate as well as building and designing new homes. We are thrilled to bring Ron and his vast variety of skills to our team.

Brattleboro Internal Medicine, a member of BMH Physician Group, announced Amy Gadowski, MD is joining the practice and began seeing new patients as of Monday, May 4, 2015.

Gadowski has practiced medicine at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital in a number of different capacities over the years. Most recently, she has been working as a Hospitalist as well as providing care for patients at the Center for Wound Healing.

The Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (VABVI) would like to publicly recognize volunteer Gerald “Jerry” Dupont of Burlington, Vermont for his extensive service to our organization and clients.

Allyson Sweeney, director of Community Relations at The Arbors at Shelburne, which is owned and operated by Benchmark Senior Living, has received a national hero award from The Assisted Living Federation of America. The Arbors at Shelburne also received Benchmark Company recognition at their annual awards Gala. Tara Graham received Executive Director Rookie of the Year; Allyson Sweeney received a Light of the Sales Award, and Nicole Cook was a company finalist for Compassionate Caregiver of the Year.