A new AmeriCorps member will be joining the Vermont Natural Resources Council starting September 2.

Ben Civiletti of Burlington will support VNRC’s energy program and primarily serve to support the Vermont Energy and Climate Action Network, or VECAN, whose mission is to start, support and strengthen town energy committees across Vermont. VNRC serves as the coordinator of VECAN.

Hickok & Boardman Insurance Group welcomes Barbara Bode as their Client Advisor for Home and Auto Group Sales. Bode joined the agency on May 12th and will be reaching out to business clients state-wide as she works with the five insurance agency locations. “In an ever changing economy it’s a real benefit that businesses can connect their employees to home and auto insurance at a discount,” said Scott Boardman, President of Hickok & Boardman, Inc.

A Vermont Law School student will join leaders in finance, government and academia in examining issues central to the international energy policy debate during the upcoming British Institute of Energy Economics conference, “Balancing Competing Energy Policy Goals,” Sept. 17-18 at St. John’s College, Oxford.

Bennett Resnik ’15, a juris doctor candidate at VLS, will present “A New Russian Revolution: Liberalization of LNG Export Market in the Face of Shifting Global Supply” during the conference’s globalizing gas market session.

Make-A-Wish Vermont has announced the addition of one new staff member and three new board members to their team.

AllEarth Renewables has announced the hiring of Nola Ricci as staff accountant.

Ricci comes to AllEarth Renewables with over a decade experience in accounting and office management.

She joins the AllEarth Renewables accounting team, which – among other functions – administers Vermont’s first solar power purchase agreements, giving homeowners, businesses, and other institutions the ability to go solar without the upfront cost of investing in a system.

Ricci earned her BA in English from SUNY Plattsburgh and holds an AS in accounting.