Bill Young, Executive Director of Maple Leaf Farm in Underhill is pleased to announce that Kevin Allen, Patient Supervisor, has recently been certified by the Vermont Alcohol and Drug Abuse Certification Board as an Apprenticed Substance Abuse Counselor.

New England Landmark Realty announced today that Nathan Dagesse has joined their Waterbury office as a Sales Agent. Nathan will be working with clients in Chittenden and Washington Counties. "We are thrilled that Nathan is joining us at New England Landmark Realty. His background in real estate investing and construction will add great value to our team," said Lynn Taylor, managing broker at the Waterbury office.

Terry Stone has successfully completed the QuickBooks ProAdvisor Certification training & testing program for the 2010 version of QuickBooks. This latest accomplishment adds to Stone’s current qualification as a Certified ProAdvisor for versions 1999 through 2009 and as an Advanced Certified ProAdvisor since 2007.

Owner and operator of Business Performance Solutions in Colchester since 1982, Stone provides accounting and consulting services and QuickBooks one-on-one training, set-up, and clean-up, onsite or by remote access.

Paul Frank + Collins associate Gavin Boyles has joined the Board of Directors of the Vermont Bar Association Young Lawyer Division (“YLD”). The YLD consists of VBA members who are under the age of 37 or who have been practicing law in Vermont for fewer than five years.

Leslie DiLuigi has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Retail Banking at TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank®, in Burlington, Vermont. She is responsible for delivering top-notch customer service, driving sales and distribution of a complete range of financial solutions to clients throughout TD Bank’s retail network in Vermont and upstate New York.

John Mandeville of East Hardwick has been appointed Executive Director for the Lamoille Economic Development Corporation based in Morrisville. He replaces Art Sanborn who is retiring effective April 1, 2010. Mandeville moved to Vermont in 2000 having spent the previous 7 years as the Managing Director of the European subsidiary of an American company based in southern England.

The New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) honored Champlain College President David F. Finney, Vermont State Rep. Martha P. Heath and the Quantum Leap program at Bennington College at its 2010 New England Higher Education Excellence Awards earlier this month.

The Vermont State Colleges (VSC) Board of Trustees has named Joyce M Judy as president of Community College of Vermont (CCV). Currently serving as interim president of CCV, Judy was selected as permanent president following a national search that began last November. Judy's appointment was a unanimous decision of the board and it is effective immediately.

VSC board chair Gary Moore said that, “The VSC trustees are excited about Judy's selection and are impressed with her capacity to lead CCV in its role in delivering excellent, affordable education for Vermonters.”