Spherion Staffing Services a recruiting, staffing and workforce solutions provider, announced today that Ken Ballard, franchise owner of the Burlington, Vermont office is the recipient of the President’s Award for 2011. This is the fourth time Ballard has earned this coveted award.
The President’s Award is given to six owners and franchisees that have created consistent revenue and gross profit growth over the past three years.
Allen C. B. Horsley, an attorney practicing in Stowe, has joined the Board of Directors of the Lamoille Economic Development Corporation. Horsley joined Barr & Associates, P.C. in 2008 as “of counsel” and specializes in commercial, business, real estate and general litigation. Having graduated with a BA in 1963 from Harvard University, Horsley went on to the University of Virginia Law School where he took his LLB in 1966 and to George Washington University National Law Center where he took his LLM in 1971.
Trumbull-Nelson Construction Company, Inc. of Hanover, New Hampshire has announced the promotion of Dale Bacon of Windsor, VT to Project Superintendent.
Mr. Bacon, a long-term employee of the Company, has served as Project Foreman on a wide variety of residential, commercial and institutional work prior to this promotion.
Respected Essex Junction attorney and Shelburne resident, Stephen A. Unsworth, attended an educational conference in Williamsburg, VA during the first week of May hosted by the American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys. The Academy is the premier national educational organization promoting excellence in estate planning by providing member attorneys with research and vital updates in estate, tax, and business planning laws since 1993.
What to do with the millions — even billions — of jugs, shampoo bottles and other types of plastics that most often end up in trash dumps around the world? Tyler McNaney, a 19-year-old freshman has invented the answer. The Filabot Reclaimer, a desktop device that grinds up and melts those plastic throw-aways, turning them into spools of plastic filament that can be used with desktop 3-D printers. 3-D printers can make a wide range of plastic parts, from cups to doorknobs.
Lisa Sweet of Essex, VT has joined PayData as a Client Service Representative. Lisa brings several years of customer service experience. Prior to joining the team at PayData, Lisa previously worked for PrimeLending as a mortgage loan processer.
Last week, Vermont Tech celebrated the achievements of the final class to graduate under the Telecommunications Technology Program for FairPoint Communications, a groundbreaking workforce educational partnership between FairPoint Communications and Vermont Tech. The program offered qualified FairPoint employees an opportunity to earn an Associate Degree in Applied Science (A.A.S.) with a concentration in Telecommunications Technology.
Francine Serwili-Ngunga, Diversity Recruitment and Retention Specialist at the Burlington School District, has been selected to receive a 2012 Governor's Award for Outstanding Community Service. This award honors individuals, groups and businesses that best exemplify the spirit of volunteerism and community service in Vermont. The award ceremony will be held at the State House in Montpelier on Saturday, June 9th at 1:00 p.m.
Sugarbush Resort announces the hiring or Richard Scarzello as Head Chef at Timbers Restaurant.
Scarzello joins the Sugarbush culinary team with a passion to develop the locally-inspired cuisine at Timbers. A supporter of local agriculture and farm-chef partnerships, Scarzello is excited to take advantage of the abundance of the rich food economy that the Mad River Valley and the state of Vermont has to offer.
Anne Galante never planned to be a physician.
Born in Brooklyn and raised in Upstate New York, Galante graduated from Cornell University and worked in insurance in Los Angeles and then New York City for a decade. While in New York, she began volunteering in the Emergency Department in Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn. “It was very easy to be helpful,” Galante recalls. She cleaned rooms. She held children while they got stitches. She hugged patients newly diagnosed with cancer.
