Craig Abrahams, National Sales Manager at BioTek Instruments, Inc., will expand his responsibilities to include BioTek's sales and distribution efforts in Canada. His current responsibilities include management of BioTek's proprietary direct distribution throughout the United States and will now also include Canada – including the Field Sales Representatives, Canadian Distribution, Inside Sales, and Field Applications Support Team. Abrahams is based at the company’s corporate headquarters in Winooski, Vermont and reports to Gary Barush, Director, Marketing & Sales.

Scholar, editor, literary critic, researcher, historian, and author Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., will speak on Thursday, Dec. 3, at 7 p.m. at the Bennington Center for the Arts as part of Southern Vermont College’s 2009-2010 From Inspiration to Innovation lecture series. Gates’ talk, entitled “Genealogy, Genetics and African-American History,” is free and open to the public and will be followed by a book-signing.

The Community Health Center of Burlington (CHCB) is pleased to announce that staff physician Dr. John Brooklyn was honored as the 2009 Vermont Family Physician of the Year by the Vermont Academy of Family Physicians.

Barbara Ziter has joined Wells River Savings Bank as the Bank's Operations/Deposit Accounts Specialist.

Barb has more than 20 years experience in banking and has worked in retail banking as a teller, customer service representative and IRA specialist. She has completed several courses through the American Institute of Banking and Center for Financial Training. Her specialties are Health Savings Accounts, all types of Individual Retirement Accounts and CDARS.

Travis Van Alstyne has been promoted to the new position of director of web and interactive content at Vermont Public Television. He leads the statewide public television network’s digital media and social networking activities.

John King, president of VPT, said, “While traditional broadcasting is still our best-known service, we are now serving viewers on webcasts, podcasts, video on demand, Facebook, Twitter and other platforms where people can find our content and interact with us.”

Judy Tarr, President and CEO of Central Vermont Medical Center is pleased to announce that Richard Andrew Burgoyne, M.D. has joined Waterbury Medical Associates, a CVMC medical group.

“I am happiest working in a rural family practice rather than in the suburbs. Waterbury is a perfect fit and I enjoy working with colleagues and patients here in central Vermont,” stated Burgoyne. “I have a special interest in pediatrics and particularly enjoy caring for entire families.”