People’s United Bank announced today that Barbara A.Yanke has been promoted to Vice President and Mortgage Origination Sales Manager for People’s United Bank in Vermont.

Yanke will oversee the mortgage sales staff in Vermont, currently a staff of 12. She has a long history with the company and Vermont. Yanke grew up in West Wardsboro, Vermont and she attended Leland & Grey Union High School in Townshend. In 1989, she began her financial career and in 2001, she joined People’s United Bank (formerly Chittenden Bank) as a mortgage originator.

Jane Birnn of Grand Isle, Jane Gomez Dimotsis of Moretown, Toby Knox of Shelburne and Offie Wortham of Johnson have been elected to Vermont Public Television's Community Council, an advisory group that helps the statewide public television network respond to the needs and interests of Vermonters.

Vermont Deputy State Treasurer Stephen Wisloski has been appointed to the Executive Board of the State Debt Management Network. The network is an affiliate of the National Association of State Treasurers and is the professional organization of the issuers and managers of state debt.

DuBois & King, Inc., consulting engineers has announced that Richard W. Dall, P.E., SECB, LEED AP, has been chosen by a jury of peers as the 2012 Vermont Engineer of the Year. The Engineer of the Year award recognizes exemplary talent, effort, and involvement in the engineering profession and in the community. The award will be presented at the annual Engineer's Week Banquet on February 24th.

Charles MacCormack, a 1963 graduate of Middlebury College and longtime president and chief executive officer of the international humanitarian organization Save the Children, will be an executive in residence at Middlebury for the next year.

MacCormack, who received an honorary doctorate from the college in 1982, expects to spend about two weeks of every month in Middlebury where he looks forward to working with “interested students, faculty and staff at an academic institution that has long been at the forefront of research and teaching in languages and international studies.”

VHB is pleased to welcome Sherward Farnsworth, PE, as Senior Project Manager in the engineering group. Farnsworth, former Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) Structures Project Manager, will bolster the firm’s transportation engineering design capabilities throughout Vermont and Northern New York. His focus will be providing management and technical guidance on projects for a wide range of public and private sector clients.

TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank®, has named Eric J. Johnson as Vice President, Business Development Officer in the SBA Division in Burlington, Vt. He is responsible for expanding TD Bank’s SBA loan production, including SBA real estate mortgage loans, medical & professional loans, franchise financing, equipment loans and business acquisition financing throughout Vermont and northern Upstate New York.

Ken Gibbons, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Union Bank is pleased to announce the promotion of Jessica Bunnell to the position of Residential and Consumer Loan Officer for Union Bank. Bunnell will be responsible for originating, processing, closing and servicing consumer mortgage and installment loans.

Executive Director Sarah Carpenter announced Cynthia Reid of Huntington has been promoted to Assistant Director of Development at Vermont Housing Finance Agency (VHFA).

Reid joined the Agency in 1996 as a Development Officer. She held progressively higher responsible positions throughout her tenure until reaching her most recent position as Senior Development Underwriter. Before joining VHFA, she spent nearly 10 years in affordable housing working at Central Vermont Community Land Trust and Burlington Community Land Trust.

Ledyard National Bank is pleased to announce that Dennis B. Mitchell, CFP® has been named President & Managing Director of Ledyard Financial Advisors, the wealth management division of the bank.