Carrie Williams Howe, director of the Office of Community-University Partnerships and Service-Learning (CUPS) at the University of Vermont, has been named executive director of Vermont Campus Compact, an organization dedicated to engaging Vermont colleges and universities in community-based teaching, learning, research and service. Ms. Williams Howe will begin as director at the VCC offices located on the campus of Saint Michael’s College on September 4.

Continuing it emphasis on cultivating and hiring top-level professionals, Vermont Tech is pleased to announce the promotions of Christopher Beattie to Associate Dean of Administration and Anne Smeglin to Site Director of the Bennington Campus, and to welcome Kelly Rue Riso as Director of Payroll and Employee Services.

TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank®, has named Robert O. Silvestri as Small Business Relationship Manager in Montpelier, Vt. Fla. He is responsible for managing and facilitating credit, leasing, and commercial mortgage solutions for a portfolio of 92 small business clients throughout Vermont.

Silvestri has 21 years of banking experience. Prior to joining TD Bank, he served as a Business Development Manager at Farmington Bank in Farmington, Conn. Silvestri is a member of SCORE.

Henri Sparks, Equity Director of the Burlington School District, has been appointed to sit on the Harassment, Hazing, and Bullying Prevention Advisory Council recently announced by Commissioner of Education Armando Vilaseca. This council will provide a regular forum for communication and collaboration between Vermont's Commissioner of Education and the community. Commissioner Vilaseca reports the goal of the council is to provide resources and supports to schools as they address issues of harassment, hazing and/or bullying.

People’s United Bank has announced that Sylvia MacKinnon has been appointed as the new corporate retirement services manager for Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont. She will also continue in her role as the senior vice president and regional manager for Wealth Management in Vermont.

Family nurse practitioner Andrea LaRosa has joined the renowned sports medicine team at Gifford Medical Center’s Sharon Health Center.

Born in Massachusetts, LaRosa grew up in Shelburne. She went on to major in environmental studies and conservation biology at Middlebury College, but heart surgery her freshman year had her changing career choices.