David Brown, president of Vermont Heating & Ventilating, is proud to announce the hiring of David Nichols as Operations Manager in our growing Service Department. David Nichols has over 24 years experience satisfying customers in the HVACR service industry. Nichols was self-employed as a HVACR Management and Operations consultant (DN Consulting, LLC) for three years and prior to that was Vice President of Climate Systems.

Churchill Hindes, President and CEO of the Visiting Nurse Association of Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties, announces two recent appointments at the VNA.

Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew, P.C. is pleased to announce that Angela Clark has become Of Counsel in the firm, effective February 2011.

Angela Clark joined the firm in September, 2002, and practices exclusively in litigation, with an emphasis on professional malpractice, complex civil litigation, and appeals. Before returning to Burlington, Vermont, Ms. Clark served as a judicial law clerk for the Rutland County trial courts in Rutland, Vermont. Prior to that, Ms. Clark clerked for two years in Maine for the Cumberland and Kennebec County Superior Courts.

Kelliher Samets Volk (KSV), a Burlington-based marketing firm with offices in Boston and New York, welcomes Dianne Hanlon-Druyff to its Client group as director of client services.

Hanlon-Druyff brings more than 15 years of experience to her position at KSV. Prior to KSV, she worked in the Boston area as vice president at Mullen. She also served in senior client service positions at Digitas and Modern Media where she excelled at building strong relationships with clients including General Motors, John Hancock, Eddie Bauer, and Gillette.

Suzanne Brooks, Customer Service Specialist at Caleidoscope Communications completed the Adtran Technical Support Associate Certification for IP Telephony.

Suzanne successfully passed all required exams and achieved ATSA/IP Telephony Certification. Caleidoscope Communications is a locally owned telecommunications solutions provider serving business customers since 2001. Caleidoscope provides global, national and local integrated voice, data, access and telecommunications services as well as IP Telephone systems, and edge devices.

Kinney Pike Insurance, a leading independent insurance agency in Vermont, announced its top producers for 2010, recognized for producing the most new business in both the commercial and personal insurance lines of business. Jody Freeman has been honored with the 2010 Barwood Sales Achievement Award for personal lines insurance. Adam Osha has been honored with the 2010 Dorsey Award, awarded to the commercial insurance Account Executive producing the top sales. Osha has been recognized with this acclaimed honor for six consecutive years at Kinney Pike.

Executive Director Sarah Carpenter announced Robin Howe of Colchester has joined Vermont Housing Finance Agency (VHFA) as Multifamily Operations Specialist.

Howe ensures data integrity of the multifamily core software applications and provides administrative support to the VHFA Multifamily Management and Development departments. She also maintains the Directory of Affordable Rental Housing (www.housingdata.org/doarh) and required documentation related to VHFA's multifamily portfolio.

BioTek Instruments, Inc., welcomes Marcus Stolarski to the company as Product Specialist. Marcus is responsible for supporting BioTek’s distribution network and customers in Brazil. Prior to joining the company, Marcus worked for Brazilian distributor Biosystems, and received a degree in biological sciences from the Federal University of Parana.

The Vermont Department of Public Service has announced the appointment of Sarah Hofmann as Deputy Commissioner and James Porter as the Director of Telecommunications. The Department serves as the ratepayer advocate for utility matters in energy, telecommunications and water, and also is the lead for the state’s energy policy.