Burlington-based law firm Dunkiel Saunders Elliott Raubvogel & Hand, PLLC is proud to announce that Karen Tyler has become a partner in the firm and welcomes attorneys Drew Kervick and Kelly Lowry to the team. Focusing primarily on environmental, energy, health care, intellectual property, municipal, telecommunications, nonprofit, affordable housing and business law, the attorneys at Dunkiel Saunders are committed to helping their clients make a difference in their communities.

Ana Burtnett, PA-C recently joined Green Mountain Family Practice (GMFP) located on Crescent Avenue in Northfield.

Ana comes to GMFP after having most recently been practicing at Family Tree Health Care, a small family practice in Hopkinton, New Hampshire, owned by Concord Hospital. There she managed a diverse patient panel, similar to her role at GMFP.

Goddard College’s chief academic officer, Steven James, PhD, will join academics from Yale, Princeton, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a conversation about college grading during the Yale Teaching Center’s 16th Annual Spring Teaching Forum on March 28, 2014, in New Haven, Conn.

TD Bank has promoted Marino J. Bartolomei to Vice President, Commercial Loan Officer in Montpelier, Vt. He will serve as a Relationship Manager for commercial clients throughout Central and Northeastern Vermont.

Burlington College faculty member Sandra Baird received the Pro Bono Service Award from the Vermont Bar Association at their mid-year meeting at the Hilton on March 21. The award is given annually to recognize an individual’s extraordinary efforts on behalf of the disadvantaged throughout Vermont.

The Vermont Community Foundation announced that Patrick Berry has agreed to join the Foundation as vice president for philanthropy. Berry is currently commissioner for the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department.

DEW Construction Corporation, a regional contractor based in Williston, has announced the appointment of Peter Kelley PE as director of business development. DEW Construction has offices in Williston, Lebanon and Keene, NH. Kelley will be working out of the Williston location. Kelley will be responsible for driving business development activities across Vermont and upstate New York while further developing existing client relations. Kelley brings with him over 25 years of business development, project management and construction experience.

Two new attorneys and a labor relations specialist are the latest additions to the northern New England law firm Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC. The new attorneys are F David Harlow, who joins the labor and employment group, of counsel, and will be working from the Brattleboro office, and Kathryn Foley, a new associate in the business law group who is located in Burlington. Labor relations consultant April E Tuck is also associated with the Burlington office. Harlow, a native of Rutland County, returns to Vermont from Tucson, AZ.

Mark Bean has joined Poulos Insurance as a Property & Casualty producer in its Berlin office. Fully licensed in personal and commercial lines, he looks forward to serving all of your insurance needs. Mark and his family reside in Northfield.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston has announced the appointment of four new members to the First District Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council (CDIAC):

• David Bruce – President/CEO, Lee Bank, Lee, MA

• Bernie P. Isabelle – President/ CEO, Vermont Federal Credit Union, Burlington, VT

• Mark J. Meiklejohn – President/CEO, Bank Rhode Island, Providence, RI

• Richard Wallis – President/CEO, Piscataqua Savings Bank, Portsmouth, NH

Standing members of the Council include: