NBT Bank Regional President Matt Durkee announced that Dan Johnson has been hired as vice president and regional manager. In this position, Johnson is responsible for developing and overseeing the bank’s branches in Vermont. He is based at the bank’s regional office at 150 Bank Street in Burlington. Later this year, the bank plans to open its first Vermont branch at the same location. “We are excited to have Dan Johnson heading our retail banking efforts in Vermont,” Durkee said.

Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew, P.C. has announced that Chambers USA, an independent guide to the best business lawyers in America, has again recognized the firm as one of the leading business law firms in Vermont and recognized twelve of the firm’s partners as “leading lawyers” in the areas of Labor & Employment Law, General Commercial Litigation, Real Estate and Corporate/Commercial practice. Chambers’ rankings are based on independent research conducted by interviewing business clients and professional peers.

The Vermont Natural Resources Council has announced the promotion of Kim Greenwood to the position of Water Program Co-Director.

Greenwood has served as VNRC’s staff scientist for four years. Before coming to VNRC she spent six years at the Agency of Natural Resources as a Water Quality Engineer.

Greenwood holds a bachelor's degree in aquatic resources from University of Vermont and an associate’s degree in mechanical engineering from Vermont Technical College. She is active in many community forums and boards including the Vermont River Conservancy.

Commerce Generation, Inc., the Burlington Vermont developer of website e-commerce solutions, announces the addition of two new employees.

Ryan Coughlin has been hired as Web Developer. Coughlin will graduate from Champlain College in 2010, with a major in Website Development and Design. Mr. Coughlin will be responsible for front-end web design and development.

The Insurance and Litigation groups at Paul Frank + Collins have hired David M. Kennedy as an associate lawyer. Kennedy has five years of experience and was previously an associate at Duane Morris in San Francisco. His practice focuses on insurance and business litigation. He is licensed to practice law in California. Kennedy is a 2003 graduate of the University of California, Hastings College of the Law and a 1999 graduate of the University of Vermont.