Freeman French Freeman, Architects has hired Mike Ballard as Marketing Coordinator and Kristie Long as Financial Administrator. Ballard is a skilled writer and designer with more than a decade of experience in marketing and communications. He holds a Masters degree in Urban Planning from Cornell University. Long brings more than 20 years of accounting experience to the firm and holds an accounting degree from Champlain College.

Prominent local attorneys Wilhelmina Dingemans Miller and Elizabeth K. Rattigan have joined the offices of the northern New England law firm of Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC. The two women have become directors of the firm and both will work from DRM’s Lebanon Office.

The National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) is pleased to announce that Fayneese Miller and Sean-Marie Oller, members of the Vermont State Board of Education, have been selected to serve on a year-long NASBE study group—The Role of Technology in Schools and Communities—to examine the compound issues surrounding the ever-expanding use of digital technology in K-12 education.

Lee Eric Grutchfield, AIA, of Marshfield is named a Principal at TruexCullins Architecture and Interior Design. Keith Nelson, of Underhill Center is named Associate. They will join Principals Rolf Kielman, David Epstein, Richard Deane, Kim Deetjen, Robert “Sparky” Millikin and associate, Matthew Bushey, as the leadership team at TruexCullins.

Valsangiacomo, Detora & McQuesten, P.C., Attorneys-at-Law, have announced that Christopher E. Pelkey, of Barre, Vermont has joined the firm as an Associate. Chris concentrates his practice on transactional issues, including residential and commercial real estate, wills and trusts, and business formation. Valsangiacomo, Detora & McQuesten, P.C., is located at 172 north Main Street, Barre, Vermont.

Wind measurement manufacturer NRG Systems announced the promotion of long-time employee Larry Jacobs to the newly-created position of product manager.

In his new role, Jacobs will manage the business development of NRG Systems’ turbine health monitoring (THM) product family, including overseeing market analyses, developing marketing materials, executing product launches and providing strategic guidance for the long-term growth of the THM brand.