Fletcher Allen Health Care Cardiologist and University of Vermont Professor of Medicine Philip Ades, M.D., has received the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR) Presidential Recognition Award. Dr. Ades was honored for his national leadership in establishing the effectiveness of cardiac rehab and advocating for greater access to it for patients of chronic heart failure.

The Addison County Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the office opening of its newest member, Brennan Punderson, PLLC, a law firm whose principals are Kevin T. Brennan and Ebenezer Punderson. Kevin Brennan has maintained a solo practice in Monkton and will maintain that office as the Monkton branch of Brennan Punderson, PLLC. Eben Punderson heads the Middlebury office, located in the Marble Works.

Vermont Information Technology Leaders (VITL) today announced the appointment of Mark Daly to programmer analyst and Mary Donati and Carolyn Corbato Stone to project managers.

John Kellner, of Weybridge, has re-joined the Middlebury office of the Langrock Sperry & Wool law firm. John originally started at Langrock in 1985. After leaving for another firm, he has now returned.

John is regarded as one of Vermont’s leading personal injury and medical malpractice attorneys. He has long been listed in both New England Super Lawyers and The Best Lawyers In America, having been named by the latter as “Personal Injury Litigator of the Year” for the Burlington area in both 2010 and 2014.

H. Kenneth Merritt, Jr., managing director of Merritt & Merritt & Moulton, was selected by Chambers USA 2014 as a Leader in the Field of Corporate/Commercial Law. Sharon Merritt, a director of the firm, was selected in the Field of Intellectual Property Law. Merritt & Merritt & Moulton is a boutique law firm based in Burlington, Vermont representing emerging growth companies with a focus on financing, mergers and acquisitions and intellectual property.

Jennifer M. V. Fitch, P.E., has been selected as the 2014 Vermont Young Engineer of the Year.

Carolyn W. Carlson, P. E., has been selected as the 2014 Vermont Engineer of the Year. Ms. Carlson is Senior Structures Project Manager for the Vermont Agency of Transportation, where she has been employed since 1985. She currently manages twenty-two projects and a staff of fifteen engineers and technicians. Ms.