The VT/NH Marketing Group, a not-for-profit membership organization offering seminars, an annual marketing conference, and networking opportunities announces its newly elected officers’ for the 2011-2012 season. In-coming President is David Schraffenberger from Production Advantage in Williston, VT, Vice-President, Chris DeMartine of NextMark in Hanover, NH, Treasurer, David Wilson of Littleton Coin Company in Littleton, NH and acting Secretary is Shari LaPierre of MEISearch Consultants in Dublin, NH.

Richmond Area Business Association gave out two $1500

Entrepreneur/ Trade Scholarships recently to MMU

graduates, Cody Vernet, son of Paul & Heather Parker of

Richmond, and Marissa Giroux, daughter of Jim & Cori

Giroux of Richmond.

Cody, who grew up working at his Dad’s weekly car auction

and more recently at Pizza Putt, is attending the University

of Vermont this fall. His ultimate goal is to become an

automobile designer. Marissa plans to major in marine

Dr. Wilson’s world-wide travels always bring her back to central Vermont where her dad bought a farm in the Mad River Valley in 1959.

During her high school years she attended the Taft School in Connecticut and came back to the farm every summer to help with the haying. “My dad always said the family that hays together stays together,” noted Dr. Wilson.

TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank®, has promoted Eric J. Houghton s Vice President, Cash Management Sales Officer in Burlington, Vt. He will continue to provide cash management sales and consulting services to small business, commercial and government clients across Vermont.

Houghton has 13 years of banking experience. He joined TD Bank in 2002 and most recently served as an Assistant Vice President in Cash Management.

State Director, Lenae Quillen-Blume, announced that Dave Rubel has been selected as the 2011 State Star of Vermont Small Business Development Center. Dave Rubel is the Area Business Advisor for Washington and Lamoille Counties and the Export specialist for the team.

C2 is pleased to announce the following promotions:

Erica Ferland has been promoted to Senior Systems Engineer in the IT Operations & Support Group. As an architect of web colocation facilities during the dot com boom, she brings senior-level experience to C2s eCommerce clients.

Eric Adams has been promoted to Senior Systems Engineer in the IT Operations & Support Group. Over the past 13 years, he has used his expertise in security, internetworking and systems architecture to serve C2’s enterprise clients.

Christopher Rickman, MD, FACP, internal medicine, at Community Medical Associates in Newport, was recognized as a newly elected Fellow of the American College of Physicians (ACP) in an awards ceremony during ACP’s 2011 Internal Medicine Meeting in San Diego, CA.

Meghan Sperry was a college student without a career direction when she welcomed her first child. A midwife provided her care, but what she delivered was more than just a beautiful baby girl for Sperry; she delivered hope. “She said I’m still young and I was strong. I could go to college. I could do whatever I wanted.”

Suddenly, Sperry had a life direction. “My goal was to be like her,” Sperry says.