Websticker.com names Kristen Condit director of sales

Websticker.com, located in Stowe’s lower village, has promoted Kristen Condit to Director of Sales.

Condit grew up in New Jersey and graduated from the Art Institute of Philadelphia in 2006 with a degree in Graphic Design. After college she worked in the service industry in resort towns across the country: Vermont, Colorado, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Idaho. Between jobs she always returned to Vermont, her favorite state. She joined Websticker.com in June 2012 to manage Websticker.com’s inside sales and customer service.

Gov Shumlin appoints three members to Vermont State Colleges Board of Trustees

Gov. Peter Shumlin has appointed two new members to the Vermont State Colleges Board of Trustees, Churchill Hindes of Colchester and Michael Pieciak of Winooski, and has reappointed Linda Milne of Montpelier.

The Governor explained the reasoning behind his appointments, “At this particular time, financial expertise will be especially helpful on the VSC Board of Trustees and all three of my appointments will contribute significantly in that Regard.”

Full Barrel Cooperative Brewery & Taproom moves forward -members elect board, approve bylaws, logo

Do you know who owns your beer? After a year of organization, planning, and home-brewing beer, the members of Full Barrel Cooperative Brewery & Taproom are one step closer to making the answer to be “you.” On Sunday, March 1st, member-owners gathered in Burlington and voted to approve the brewery’s first bylaws, elect a board of directors, and select the brand’s first logo. The milestones come on the heels of the brewery receiving incorporation status from the State of Vermont in early February.

North Country Angels appoints board leadership

North Country Angels, Inc. (NCA), Vermont’s only angel investment group, is pleased to announce the appointment of Ken Merritt as Managing Director and Scott Gale and Dan Pflaster as Directors.

NCA is comprised of individual investors, who meet monthly and invest in early-stage companies throughout New England. Members of the group have invested in a diverse group of companies, many of which have had successful liquidity events, including Boston Heart Diagnostics, Eating Well, Jet Boil, Pluromed and Westminster Cracker Company.

Citizens Financial Group chairman and CEO Bruce Van Saun receives Foreign Policy Association’s corporate social responsibility award

The Foreign Policy Association (FPA) presented Citizens Financial Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Bruce Van Saun with a 2015 Corporate Social Responsibility Award last Thursday at its annual dinner in New York City. The Corporate Social Responsibility Award is given to an individual or corporation for demonstrating exceptional corporate citizenship.

Adam Hergenrother and UPN receive business innovator awards at Keller Williams Realty international event

Adam Hergenrother, Operating Principal of KW Vermont and CEO of Universal Properties Network (UPN), was honored to receive recognition for blazing the trail for real estate expansion (opening teams outside of a Realtor's core market area) at the annual Keller Williams Realty Family Reunion Awards Lunch in Orlando in early February. Hergenrother and UPN were named the #1 Business Innovator in Units (with 300 units closed in 2014) and the #2 Business Innovator in GCI (with $1.6 Million in 2014).

Randy Amis to chair VHFA Board of Commissioners

Governor Peter Shumlin has appointed Randy Amis of Burlington to chair the Vermont Housing Finance Agency (VHFA) Board of Commissioners.

L. Randolph Amis (Randy), 59, has been an attorney in Burlington, Vermont since 1981. He is currently with the firm of L. Randolph Amis, Esq., P.C. which has a wide variety of clients in residential and commercial real estate matters, business matters, estate planning and probate actions.

Four Seasons Sotheby’s International Realty participates in real estate conference

Four Seasons Sotheby’s International Realty, a real estate firm with 22 offices throughout Vermont and New Hampshire, recently participated in an orientation conference held for companies that have recently joined the Sotheby’s International Realty® network of residential real estate brokerages.

The firm became a Sotheby’s International Realty affiliate on January 22, 2015 and is part of a real estate network that includes more than 16,570 independent sales associates located in approximately 760 offices in 60 countries and territories worldwide.

Vermont Furniture Guild recognizes steering committee, embraces growth

The Guild of Vermont Furniture Makers is located at an interesting nexus, where the working lands economy meets Vermont’s craft heritage. A registered 501c6 non-profit organization, the Guild (GVFM) is comprised of twenty-six makers dedicated to the promotion of quality craftsmanship, excellence in design, and the pursuit of artistic vision in the field of furniture making. Most members are small shops, owned and operated by a single person making fine furniture, one piece at a time.