Lisa Lance, former director of communications and marketing at ABET, the global accreditor of college and university STEM programs, has joined Vermont Law and Graduate School as vice president of communications.
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The Vermont Department of Labor has hired Kristen Rengo as its inaugural equal opportunity and accessibility manager as part of a plan to increase the department’s diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility efforts across all its programs.
Carly Berlin, a metro reporter at New Orleans Public Radio in Louisiana, will join Vermont Public and VTDigger as a Report for America corps member in an effort to expand coverage of housing and infrastructure in Vermont. She will begin her new role in July.
The CCTV Center for Media & Democracy, a community media center that operates a government access channel and provides training and technical service to individuals and nonprofits in and around Burlington, has announced that founding director Lauren-Glenn Davitian will step down from her leadership role to take on special projects for the organization.
The Vermont Association for the Education of Young Children, the state’s largest membership organization for early-childhood educators, has announced its 2023 cohort of VTAEYC Exchange Fellows.
Mari McClure (left), president and CEO of Green Mountain Power, and Theresa Alberghini DiPalma, former senior vice president for marketing and external relations at the University of Vermont Health Network, have been elected to the board of directors at Vermont Mutual Insurance Group, a top 50 property and casualty insurer in the US.
David Whaley, corporate secretary to Norwich University President Mark Anarumo, has announced his intention to retire on June 30, after 41 years of service to the school.
The Women’s Center, a practice of Copley Hospital, has hired OB-GYN Robin Leight, effective May 8. Leight is board-certified through the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and brings to the center more than 30 years of experience in women’s health.
Sunsoil, a certified organic hemp farm and top-five CBD brand, announced the promotion of Bharat Ayyar from general manager to CEO. He succeeds company co-founder Alejandro Bergad, who will remain on Sunsoil's leadership team as chief vision officer and member of the board of directors.
Coral Hawley, a registered nurse at Rutland Regional Medical Center, was presented in April with the 2023 Carol P Welsh, RN, Nursing Education Scholarship. The award is named for Rutland Regional's long-time director of surgical services, who died in 2011.
Community Bank Wealth Management in Williston has promoted Trust Administrator Andrew Cross to trust officer. In his new role, Cross will be responsible for the management and development of client relationships in the trust services department as well as the training and skill development of new trust administrators.
Kelley DesRoches has been promoted to partner at Wiemann Lamphere Architects, establishing herself as the root for a fourth generation of principals at the Colchester firm.