Bruce Foust, Senior Vice President and Business Banking Manager for Merchants Bank, today announced the appointment of Marsha Wimble as Vice President and Business Banking Officer. Wimble will be serving the Barre, Northfield, Waterbury and surrounding areas.

"I am delighted Marsha has joined Merchants," expressed Foust. "Having lived and worked in the Barre and Northfield area since 1993, she is a well-known, experienced and respected banker. She will make a strong contribution to the Merchants team and be of great value to our customers."

Council Executive Board President, Paul Hudson, has announced that Ed McCollin has been selected as the new Scout Executive for the Green Mountain Council headquartered in Waterbury, Vermont effective August 16, 2010.

Richard Cassidy and John Pacht, founding partners at Hoff Curtis, have been named for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America® 2011. Mr. Cassidy has been included in the areas of labor and employment and alternative dispute resolution. Mr. Pacht has been named in white collar and non-white collar criminal defense.

Best Lawyers®, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, is in its 17th edition. Nearly 40,000 leading attorneys nationwide cast over 3 million votes on the legal capabilities of other lawyers in their areas of practice.

Andrew L. Koo, MD recently joined Family Psychiatry Associates, a member of the Central Vermont Medical Center Group. Dr. Koo is trained in adult and child psychiatry having recently completed his Psychiatry Residency and Child Psychiatry Fellowship at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.

Philip Aaron Yates, assistant professor at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, from 2007 to the present, has been named assistant professor of mathematics at Saint Michael's College starting this fall semester. Professor Yates earned his doctorate in statistics in 2006 from the University of South Carolina with a dissertation titled, “Methods for the analysis of Flood Frequency Distributions.”

The Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Rehab Department is happy to announce the addition of a new occupational therapist. Orthotist Teri K. Mauler, OTR/L, will provide outpatient, inpatient, acute rehab, and acute care services for upper extremity specialized care with an emphasis on rehabilitation for the hands. As an orthotist, Teri will also be able to provide orthotic consultations.