The Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund, a nonprofit organization focused on economic prosperity, ecological health and social connectivity, has hired Jessica Poulin as farm-to-plate network assistant and Kurt Ericksen as operations and human resources manager.

Poulin joins VSJF from Local Motion, where they served as program coordinator. In their new role, Poulin will support the farm-to-plate network team in administering and coordinating topic exchanges, communities of practice, and priority strategy teams.

Racquel Oden, U.S. head of wealth and personal banking at the financial services company HSBC, has been elected to a three-year term on the National Life Group Board of Directors.

Oden has more than 25 years' experience in the financial services industry. In her role at HSBC, she is responsible for the delivery of wealth management, private banking, asset management and personal banking products and services in the U.S., targeted to internationally minded clients.