Dr Joseph Bertolino will be the 15th President of Lyndon State College. Vermont State Colleges Board Chairman Gary Moore made the announcement February 19.

Moore stated, "I am pleased that Joe Bertolino will be the next president of Lyndon State College. He is a very enthusiastic individual who impressed the faculty, staff, and students during his two-day campus visit. I am sure his enthusiasm will prove to be contagious and look forward to great things happening at LSC during his tenure."

Gail Haefner Straith is honored to be named the 2012 Lawyer of the Year for Mergers & Acquisitions Law in Detroit by Best Lawyers. Throughout her 26-year career, Ms. Straith has enjoyed guiding business owners and management teams through the process of buying or selling a business. Prior to returning to her hometown of Birmingham, Michigan, Ms. Straith enjoyed a career of more than 20 years with Paul Frank+ Collins in Burlington, Vermont. Ms. Straith has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America since 2003. Ms.

Sharon Gutwin PT, owner of the RehabGYM Inc., is pleased to announce the establishment of Kids’ RehabGYM as a 501c(3) non-profit organization.

Paul Frank + Collins is pleased to announce that Allen D. Webster, CPA, of South Burlington has joined the firm as Of Counsel to work on the firm’s Business Services + Taxation, Commercial Finance and Trusts + Estates teams. Attorney Webster is a cum laude graduate of Cornell Law School and holds an MBA Degree from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College. A licensed Certified Public Accountant, he also holds a LLM degree in taxation from Boston University School of Law.

Jeanne Collins, Superintendent of Burlington Schools, announced today that she is recommending Dr. Shelley Mathias as the principal of Edmunds Elementary School in Burlington. Dr. Mathias has been serving in the role of Interim Principal this year and was chosen for this position after an extensive search process which included parents, teachers and administrators.

Greentree Real Estate is delighted to welcome Ivy Knipes as their newest Realtor®. Ivy joined Greentree in February, has been licensed as a Realtor® since 2006 and currently has designations as an Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR) and Short Sale and Foreclosure Resource (SFR). She is a native Vermonter growing up in Essex Junction and holds a BA in History from Trinity College. As an avid horse back rider, Ivy specializes in equine properties, rural properties and also first time home buyers. Ivy lives in Ferrisburgh with her husband, Joe.

Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman Realty is pleased to announceBrenda Bouchard, has been promoted to Vice President of Relocation Services.

Since 2002, Brenda has assisted hundreds of clients relocating to Vermont, created the area’s sole full-time agency relocation team, and extended the company’s recruiting support services to Vermont companies of all sizes. Helping clients successfully put down new roots drives her passion for her work. “My job is to make clients comfortable,” she notes, likening her role to that of an ambassador for the Burlington area.

CCTV Center for Media & Democracy, a media and free speech organization that operates Channel 17/Town Meeting Television, CCTV Productions and Common Good Vermont announces two new members to its Board of Trustees.

Eli Harrington, Director of the International Visitor Leadership Program at the Vermont Council on World Affairs has joined the board for a three-year term. Mr. Harrington is a native Vermonter from Winooski. He attended Brandeis University and majored in International and Global Studies-Communication and Media.

The Vermont Agency of Colchester, Vermont would like to recognize and congratulate their 2011 President’s Club* qualifiers for Dramatically Impacting the Lives of Others.

Starr Barnum, V – Burlington, VT

Justin T. Beauregard, Scarborough, ME

F. Peter Brynn, CLU – Burlington, VT

Peter J. Cadieux – Plattsburgh, NY

Mark R. Cattelona, LUTCF – Johnson, VT

Stephen G. Daigle – Lewiston, ME

Mark L. Elstner, CLU, ChFC – Colchester, VT

J. Townsend Gilbert – Chester, VT

Jeffrey M. Haller – Topsham, ME