At a recent meeting of the Council of State Governments in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Senator Doyle received the first U.S.-Canada Leadership Award.

The award was “In recognition of Senator Doyle’s leadership and foresight in developing a truly regional strategy to integrate Canadian provincial partners in the work of the Council of State Government’s Eastern Region.”

The award was given in Halifax, Nova Scotia at the 51st annual meeting of the Regional Policy Forum on August 7, 2011.

Union Institute & University (UI&U), a private, non-profit university that offers a different approach to adult education featuring flexible, individualized, and socially relevant undergraduate and graduate degree programs, today announced the appointment of Roger Allbee to its Board of Trustees. Allbee is a leader in the advancement of agriculture in the United States and former secretary of the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food, and Markets.

The board of directors of GNAT-TV is pleased to announce the promotion of Tammie M. Reilly from Director of Operations to Executive Director of our community’s public access television network.

KeyBank named Steve Gurin senior vice president and sales leader, Business Banking. He is responsible for providing management leadership to the Business Banking team, which provides expertise and financial solutions to business clients that generate revenues up to $10 million. His office is in KeyBank’s Vermont District headquarters in Burlington.

Gurin has 25 years experience in financial services, serving as vice president at PNC Bank in Philadelphia and most recently as regional vice president at Community National Bank in Barre.

The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), the world’s largest anti-fraud organization and leading provider of anti-fraud training and education, is pleased to award Mark Beliveau CPA, CVA, of Hanover New Hampshire, the globally-preferred Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) credential. Beliveau has demonstrated knowledge in four areas critical to the fight against fraud: Fraudulent Financial Transactions, Criminology & Ethics, Legal Elements of Fraud, and Fraud Investigation.