Jack McKernon, founder of The McKernon Group Inc., is retiring from his long time position as owner/CEO of the Brandon-based business. The McKernon Group is an environmentally responsible design/build company that specializes in a wide variety of construction. With retirement in mind for the last 10 years, he comments that that the time is right to pass the business along to his long time business partner, Kevin Birchmore. Jack will be working on some of his own projects and will no longer be affiliated directly with the company.

Rutland Regional Medical Center is pleased to extend a warm welcome to Ethan Flynn, MD, who joins the outstanding group of physicians and other staff members in the hospital’s Pathology Lab.

Pathologists can be thought of as detectives in some ways because they analyze samples of tissue and blood to determine whether a patient has a disease and if so, its level of severity. Dr. Flynn specializes in cancer diagnosis.

The Vermont Consultants Network (VCN) announces the election of the following members to its Executive Committee for the 2011-2012 fiscal year:

President – Bob Uerz

Treasurer – Terry Stone

Members-at-large – Michael Gadue, Maggie Grow, and Connie Livingston

Bob Uerz of R. C. Uerz and Associates, LLC in Jericho provides results-oriented management and fundraising consulting services to business and not-for-profit organizations.