Sandra C. Cano, former director of commerce for the city of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, has joined the U.S. Small Business Administration as administrator for the New England Region.
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Miroslava “Mirka” Prazak, professor of anthropology at Bennington College, has been inducted as a fellow into the Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences.
State Rep. Monique Priestley, D-Bradford, has been named one of 20 recipients of the 20 Under 40 Leadership Award by the Council of State Governments.
Ben Mirkin, associate professor of business administration at Vermont State University, has been named Educator of the Year by the American Mountain Guides Association.
Gov. Phil Scott has appointed Sarah Clark as secretary of the Agency of Administration and named Kristin McClure, Andrew Collier and Angela Smith-Dieng to extended cabinet positions.
Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility will recognize state Sen. Kesha Ram Hinsdale, D-Chittenden-Southeast, as its 2024 Legislator of the Year at the organization's legislative breakfast on Dec. 11.
Girls on the Run Vermont, a statewide nonprofit organization for girls in third through eighth grade, has appointed three new members and a new secretary to its board of directors.
New board members include:
Dani Delaini, former deputy director at Adirondack North Country Association in Saranac Lake, New York, has joined Brattleboro Development Credit Corp. as assistant director and head of business acceleration.
DEW Construction has promoted employees Chris Bertrand, Matt Cadieux and Conor Donnelly and hired new team members Charlie Burzlaff and Nicholas Wright.
The Southwestern Vermont Chamber of Commerce recently honored technology executive Jacklyn Matts, architect Analee Patel and the VNA & Hospice of the Southwest Region for their contributions to southwestern Vermont in 2024. The honorees were recognized at the second annual Heart of The Shires luncheon in Montpelier on Nov. 6.
Lt. Gov.-elect John Rodgers has announced the appointment of Elizabeth Brown, former senior vice president and head of strategy at TIAA Bank, as his chief of staff.
Sarah Hofmann, former executive director of the New England Conference of Public Utilities Commissioners, has been appointed to the Vermont Community Broadband Board by Vermont House Speaker Jill Krowinski.