Crystal A. Carroll of Concord, N.H., recently joined Northeast Delta Dental as Manager of Community Relations, after providing media relations support to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund in Boston, Mass., for several years. Carroll will fill the position created by the retirement of Betty Andrews after 15 years of service.

Sarah Galbraith has been named the Vermont Bioenergy Initiative program manager at the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund (VSJF). She steps into the role previously held by Netaka White, who is launching a new oilseed and feed business.

Maponics, a leader in geo-spatial data, has announced the appointment of Dan Adams to the company’s newly created post of Chief Operating Officer. Adams comes to Maponics from a long career at TomTom, a pioneer in navigational systems, where he served in a number of high-level positions, most recently as Vice President of Geospatial Sales.

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (GMCR) (NASDAQ: GMCR), a leader in specialty coffee and single serve beverages with its innovative Keurig® brewing technology, today announced that Robert P. Ostryniec becomes its Chief Product Supply Officer as of August 26, 2013, reporting to President and CEO, Brian P. Kelley.

The University of Vermont Graduate College has appointed Nicholas Heintz, Ph.D., professor of pathology at the UVM College of Medicine, as director of the Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences Program (CMB). He took over the position July 1, 2013, succeeding the term of Mary Tierney, Ph.D., professor of plant biology at the UVM College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew is pleased to announce that Karen McAndrew has been included among Benchmark Litigation’s Top 250 Women in Litigation. This distinction is given based primarily on targeted research completed during the US Benchmark Litigation review process and is dedicated to honoring America’s leading female trial lawyers. Important elements during this research were peer review and overall depth of their litigation careers. Top 250 Women in Litigation features female litigators from all 50 states.

White + Burke Real Estate Investment Advisors, Inc. has named Stephanie T. Hainley as its Chief Operating Officer. In this role she is responsible for day-to-day operations of the company including managing internal policies, contributing to company master planning, overseeing marketing, developing office systems, and continuing to build the company's reputation as one of the best places to work in Vermont.

The Vermont Captive Insurance Association (VCIA) welcomes incoming chairman William D. Riley, attorney at Burlington-based Paul Frank+ Collins, at the 28th Annual VCIA Conference. Riley, alongside Paul Frank + Collins’ Captive Insurance Group Chair Stephanie Mapes, will be actively involved at the Conference, which runs August 13 - 15.

Riley, who has almost 20 years of experience working in Vermont’s captive industry, is the first attorney in private practice to chair the board, which has historically been led by captive insurance company owners.

Allison Sara Kuklok, who earned her doctorate in philosophy from Harvard University in June of 2013, has been named Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Saint Michael's College, starting this semester.

CATMA’s Program & Outreach Manager, Katie Martin, was recently recognized as one of the top "40 Under 40 Transportation Demand Management Professionals” from the Association for Commuter Transportation (ACT), which is an international trade association that supports individual mobility management professionals and organizations in their efforts to reduce traffic congestion, conserve energy and improve air quality.

The awards were distributed on July 31 at the International ACT Conference in San Antonio, Texas.