Patti Coultas has been named Director of the Career and Technical Education Teacher Preparation Program at Vermont Technical College. The Career and Technical Education Teacher Preparation Program is an educational licensing route for both the trades & industry as well as technical professional instructors at Vermont's 16 technical high schools.

NRG Systems, Inc., manufacturer of wind measurement equipment for the global wind energy industry, announces the addition of Brendan Taylor as engineering manager. Taylor comes to NRG Systems with more than ten years of experience in software design and management in the wind energy industry. Most recently, he served as the manager of software and controls engineering for Northern Power Systems where he oversaw embedded system development, process controls engineering, and software product development.

Lund Family Center elected Katie Halsey to its Board of Trustees this summer. Halsey is a certified personal trainer for women of all ages. Her goal is “to help women to believe in themselves and love themselves for who they are.” She has extensive experience serving community organizations in the Norwich Vermont area where she lived for 14 years prior to her move back to the Champlain Valley in June of 2008.