Vermont Public Television, the statewide public television network, has

hired George Hauenstein as chief development officer. He heads the

department responsible for raising funds from individual and corporate

contributors, who are the source of most of VPT’s operating revenue.

Hauenstein has 28 years’ experience raising funds for public broadcasting

stations, most recently three years as director of development for

WILL/Illinois Public Media in Urbana, Ill. In 2009, he and his staff

Recently announced that Kevin "K.C." Gandee has been appointed to the

post of Snowboard Program Director and Head Coach for KMS and the

Killington Winter Sports Club (KWSC)/KMS Competition Program. Evan

Ricker returns as snowboard coach for the KWSC/KMS program as well.

Gandee was the head coach for the Ross Powers Snowboard Camp at Okemo

Mountain from 2004-2009 and is an AASI Certified Level 3 instructor. He

sits on the PSIA-E/AASI Eastern Board of Examiners and was selected as

Adventuresfounder Bruce Poon Tip

announced today the appointment of ecotourism

industry veteran Megan Epler Wood as Director of Planeterra (

http://www.planeterra.org), the global non-profit dedicated to sustainable

community development through travel and voluntourism. Epler Wood will share

duties with newly named Associate Director Paula Vlamings.

“I have known Megan for many years and have such deep respect for her and