The Vermont Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors has welcomed new members William Cahill and Elizabeth Mauch and elected a new slate of officers comprising Sharon Rossi, Walter Frame, Mike Hackett and Thomas Dunn.
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Beth-Ann Roberts, president at Beth Israel Lahey Health Performance Network, has been selected as the next president and CEO at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont, effective Jan. 10, 2026. Roberts will join Blue Cross VT as CEO-elect on Nov. 10, ensuring a smooth two-month transition with current President and CEO Don George, who will retire on Jan.
Sarah Powell, former vice president and mortgage loan officer at Mascoma Bank, has joined Ledyard Bank as vice president and senior residential banking team leader. She brings to her new position more than 20 years' experience in mortgage lending, with an expertise in a variety of loan products.
Aspire Living & Learning, a multistate nonprofit serving neurodiverse children and adults, has appointed accomplished leaders Sky Barsch (pictured), Monica DeNeale and Jennifer Krzykowski to its board of directors.
The longest-serving president at the former Castleton University, David Wolk, and two of the school's alumni, Izzy Gogarty and Darren Perron, have been named recipients of 2025 Castleton Alumni Association Awards. Castleton University is now part of Vermont State University, which presented the awards.
Eric Patterson, former plant manager at Marin French Cheese Co. in Petaluma, California, has been hired as cheese and catalog manager at Shelburne Farms, an education nonprofit on a mission to inspire and cultivate learning for a sustainable future.
Burlington Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak has appointed Kelli Perkins as director of the Office of Racial Equity, Inclusion and Belonging, effective Oct. 6. She succeeds Christian Berry, who has served as interim director since last December.
Patrick M. Tufts, former president and CEO at Granite United Way, has been appointed to the board of directors at Ledyard Financial Group, the holding company for Ledyard Bank.
Wanda Audette, director of adoption and co-director of Project Family at Lund, will retire from her leadership role on Oct. 31 after more than three decades of service. She will continue supporting the nonprofit adoption agency in an advisory capacity through June 2026, helping guide a seamless leadership transition.
The Chamber & Economic Development of the Rutland Region has announced the hiring of Caitlin Gates as the Real Rutland concierge coordinator. Concierges provide housing and career advice to individuals seeking to relocate to Rutland County to launch a business.
Dr. Helene M. Langevin, former director of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, will join the Osher Center for Integrative Health at the University of Vermont in early 2026 to shape the center’s mission-driven research efforts.
Daniel Franklin, of Crafsbury, executive director at the Vermont Association for Mental Health and Addiction Recovery, has been accepted into the 2025-26 class of the Obama Foundation Leaders USA program.