Jeff LaBonte, Chairman of the Board of Directors at Special Olympics Vermont is pleased to welcome Andi Higbee to the Board. Andi is Burlington’s Deputy Police Chief and has been involved with Special Olympics Vermont for nearly two decades. He is a “celebrity” with many of the athletes and his personal commitment to the organization is a true asset.
Cat Cutillo has joined Lund Family Center as the Social Media and Marketing Coordinator. Cutillo brings seven years of experience working in media as a photojournalist, photo editor and writer. Her photography has been published in Budget Travel Magazine, Golf World Magazine, AOL, New York Press and others. In 2009, she expanded into videojournalism and producing short videos for the web.
Passumpsic Savings Bank president Peter Crosby and nationally recognized entrepreneur and Garth Moulton have been elected to the St. Johnsbury Academy Board of Trustees, Academy Headmaster Tom Lovett announced today.
Mathew Chabot was recently promoted to Director of Customer and Employee Relations at Vermont Teddy Bear Company. Matt joined Vermont Teddy Bear Company in July 2010 as the Customer Relations Manager. Prior to working for Vermont Teddy Bear Company, Matt worked for Filene’s and Macy’s Department Stores in Burlington as Store Manager and VP-Store Manager, respectively. Matt attended Johnson State College.
Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew announces that sixteen of its attorneys were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in the The Best Lawyers in America® 2012 (Copyright 2011 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.) in sixteen different practice areas. First published in 1983, Best Lawyers is based on an annual peer-review survey in which more than 41,000 leading attorneys cast almost 3.9 million votes on the legal abilities of other attorneys in their practice areas.
The practice areas and the attorney(s) listed in each area are as follows:
Bread Loaf is pleased to announce that Cameron MacKugler has become a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Accredited Professional with the U.S. Green Building Council. LEED is accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings. LEED promotes a whole-building approach to sustainability by recognizing performance in five key areas of human and environmental health: sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality.
The Vermont Humanities Council has named U-32 High School teacher Steve Barrows as its 2011 humanities educator of the year. Barrows, who teaches literature, journalism, and film classes at U-32, will be presented the ninth annual Victor R. Swenson Humanities Educator Award at VHC’s annual fall conference on November 12 at the Stoweflake Mountain Resort in Stowe. The conference topic this year is “The Power of the Humanities: Why They Matter.”
VHC Board Chair James Wilbur will present the award at 8:30 a.m. in the Pinnacle Room, along with a $1,000 check to Barrows.
People's United Bank announced today the management team of its asset based lending business, People's United Business Capital (PUBCAP). PUBCAP provides senior secured asset-based loans to clients from Maine to Washington, DC and offers loan facilities for companies requiring between $3 million and $25 million.
