People in the news

Lexi Krupp will join Vermont Public Radio in June as a Report For America journalist, the station has announced. She will cover the Upper Valley and Northeast Kingdom regions, with a special focus on the challenges and opportunities in rural communities.

Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) is pleased to welcome Hospitalist Nosa Aigbe Lebarty, MD, to the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Putnam Medical Group. Dr. Lebarty earned a bachelor’s in Biology from the City University of New York Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn. He went on to earn his medical degree at Poznan University of Medical Sciences in Poland in 2008.

Affiliated Associates (AA) is pleased to welcome Larry Hawley to its growing team! With many years of experience in insurance: a well-rounded knowledge of life, health, and supplemental lines, he lends his talent to Affiliated Associate’s ability to serve clients and expand our operations.

Norwich University President Dr Mark Anarumo will join the executive committee of the Association of Vermont Independent Colleges for a two-year term beginning June 1. The executive committee provides strategic support and advice to the AVIC president and other AVIC member presidents.

Mary W. Davis Realtor & Associates, also known as okemorealestate.com which is based in Ludlow Vermont, recently announced new ownership for the company.

Brattleboro Savings & Loan welcomed three new members to their Board of Directors at their annual meeting held at the end of April, while at the same time saying farewell to Gordon Bristol, who, after serving as a director for 29 years, decided to retire this year.

Vermont State Treasurer Beth Pearce announced the names of twenty Vermont students who won this year’s prize drawing for the Treasurer’s Office’s Reading is an Investment financial education program. The winners were drawn from 2,419 K-6 students who completed all steps of the financial literacy curriculum, entitling them to the drawing for one of twenty $250 college savings accounts.

Congratulations to Sarah Wraight for earning her membership in the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP)! The AICP is the American Planning Association’s professional institute. AICP certification is the only nationwide, independent verification of planners’ qualifications.

United Way of Northwest Vermont — an organization dedicated to improving lives and advancing the common good in Chittenden, Franklin and Grand Isle counties – has hired Liz Gamache as director of business development and donor relations.

Local Vermont technology company, DominionTech Computer Services, announces the hiring of five new team members, across multiple departments, to meet the demands of their rapidly growing company. The new hires will play key roles in client services & support and optimizing internal company procedures.

Barry Hulce has been hired to the Vermont Technical College staff as the Executive Director for the Vermont Manufacturing Collaborative (VT-MC), hosted by Vermont Tech on the Randolph Center campus.

Captive Review, a leading London-based trade publication for the captive insurance industry, has released their annual “Power 50” and “Ones to Watch” selections. These polls recognize the most influential individuals in the global captive insurance industry. A record fourteen captive insurance professionals with ties to Vermont were recognized.