Soxxy, the leading performance-fashion sock brand, announces a sponsorship deal with gold medal snowboarder, Lindsey Jacobellis. Lindsey is the first elite action sports athlete to join Soxxy's roster.

"Lindsey caught my attention when she won the silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. I felt an immediate bond, as a woman who also grew up in Connecticut, ski racing in New England," said Soxxy CEO, Sarah Stabile. "I admire her dedication, it requires a true inner and outer strength to compete at Lindsey's level."

Ledyard National Bank has announced that Reginald Greene has been promoted to Executive Vice President, Director of Lending and Credit. Reggie is responsible for all aspects of Ledyard National Bank’s lending business including commercial, residential and consumer lending, and will continue to manage the credit function of the Bank. Reggie joined Ledyard in 2012 as the Senior Commercial Lender.

Dr. Naomi Fukagawa, professor of medicine at the University of Vermont, has been named director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, the oldest and most comprehensive of the six human nutrition research facilities under USDA.

The Human Nutrition Research Center conducts multi-disciplinary basic science and applied human nutrition research with the goal of defining the role of food and its components in optimizing human health and reducing the risk of nutrition-related disorders.

James P. Farrington, a 13-plus-year veteran of Saint Michael's College's Facilities Department as a project manager and architect, will be the new director of facilities and College architect, effective March 1.

Lake Sunapee Bank is pleased to announce the recent hire of John Duddie as Vice President, Commercial Loan Officer. Mr. Duddie brings a wealth of commercial lending and overall banking experience to Lake Sunapee Bank and is a familiar face to many in the Randolph area, having worked at Randolph National Bank as a Commercial and Residential Loan Officer from 2006 to 2013.

Sodexo, a world leader in providing integrated facilities management and food service operations, today announced the hiring of Anne Rowell of Craftsbury, Vt., as the director of its “Vermont First” local food initiative. Rowell – a Vermont native, Middlebury College graduate and local food advocate – will lead Sodexo’s program to help grow the local food economy and to supply consumers with more locally sourced food.