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Mayor Miro Weinberger has announced the appointment of Justin St. James as the City’s newest Assistant City Attorney. Mr. St. James, a New Hampshire native, comes to the City of Burlington after nearly four years working as a union attorney and negotiator in Oregon and Vermont.

CVAA announces appointment of Chris Dussault, Chief Information Officer, Chris Moldovan, Associate Director of Nutrition, Erica Marks, Director of Volunteer Services, & Drew Arnold, Associate Director of Development and Communications.

The Vermont Technology Alliance, the business association supporting Vermont’s tech business sector, announces new leadership for its board of directors and new board members.

Stepping into Vermont Technology Alliance (vtTA) board of directors leadership positions are:

Seven members of the Lyndon State College community were named the Annual Alumni Award winners this fall at homecoming weekend. Joe Benning ‘79, Miranda (Dwyer) Fox ‘11, Stu Farina, Cheri Goldrick, Bob McCabe, Sidney Patridge ‘59, and Adam Vigue ‘03 were this year’s award recipients.

The Community College of Vermont has announced the recipients of the 2015-2016 Student Leadership Scholarship. The Student Leadership Scholarship is awarded annually to a student from each of the College’s 12 academic centers and the Center for Online Learning.

Andrew Savage, chief strategy officer at the Vermont solar manufacturer AllEarth Renewables, has been reelected to serve on the board representing the national solar industry.

Nedde Real Estate welcomes new Realtor Fernando Cresta to the team. Fernando Cresta was formerly the Vice President of Business Development at Reinhart Foodservice and holds extensive connections in the Chittenden County community.

The Vermont Specialty Food Association welcomes the following members to the organization that have joined recently:

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The Goddard College Board of Trustees elected Goddard alumna and longtime trustee Jill Mattuck Tarule as its new chair.

Doug Nedde of Nedde Real Estate has brokered a lease between Burlington Furniture Company and Cresta Cooper Nedde, LLC for 38,548+/- SF.

Burlington Furniture Company will be moving their store and warehouse to the newly renovated building at 747 Pine Street, Burlington, VT.

Rutland Regional Medical Center has named Brian Kerns as its new vice president of Human Resources. Kerns replaces Allison Wollen, who accepted a position as vice president of Human Resources with Loretto Management in Syracuse, NY.

The Vermont Manufacturing Extension Center (VMEC) has announced the results of its annual election of VMEC Advisory Board members held on December 8. The following Board members were re-elected to additional two-year terms: Dave Blittersdorf, President & CEO of All Earth Renewables, Inc.