Last month, two Vermont Studio Center Trustees received nominations to national leadership roles, in the arts and in business. President Obama named Bobby Mandell as one of the newest members of the President’s Export Council at a press conference on July 7th. Mandell, a member of the Studio Center Board of Trustees since 2007, will join business and labor leaders from across the country in offering advice on how to promote U.S. exports, jobs, and growth. Sculptor Willard Boepple was nominated to the National Academy, joining a list of some of the country’s most prestigious artists.

Ledyard Financial Advisors, the Wealth Management division of Ledyard National Bank, is pleased to announce that Alexander S. Macmillan III, CFA, has joined their Hanover office at 2 Maple Street as Senior Portfolio Manager and Market Strategist. Alec has over 30 years of equity investment experience, including serving as Senior Vice President and Head of the Large Cap Growth Group at Columbia Management in Portland, Oregon for sixteen years.

Seven lawyers from Paul Frank + Collins P.C. were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2011 (Copyright 2010 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.) as follows:

Dr. Greenberg recently moved to central Vermont from Bethel, Alaska where he was most recently employed as Emergency Department Director and Medical Director, Sexual Assault Response Team at the Yukon-Kuskowim Health Corporation. The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation, as stated on their web site, manages a comprehensive healthcare system on behalf of 58 federally recognized Tribes for 50 rural communities in southwest Alaska.