Robyn Palmer, former director of an AmeriCorps Volunteers in Service to America program based at the Vermont Agency of Human Services, has been appointed to the newly created post of education and civic engagement coordinator in the Vermont Office of the Secretary of State.
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Jill Mazza Olson, executive director of the VNAs of Vermont, has been appointed to positions on the advocacy and rural advisory councils of the National Association for Home Care and Hospice, a trade association that represents the nation’s 33,000 home care and hospice organizations.
Premier mountain safety and outdoor brand Mammut North America, headquartered in Williston, has appointed four key team members at the vice president's level, leveraging decades of experience to help drive strategic growth across sales, operations, marketing and partnerships.
Ellie Tobin Stubbs, a financial adviser with Ameriprise Financial in Barre, recently obtained the certified financial planner certification.
Mary Blair, former chief financial officer for the kitchen supply store JK Adams in Dorset, has been appointed chief financial officer at The Bank of Bennington. Blair has spent much of her professional career in the fields of accounting and finance.
David Qian of South Burlington has joined the board of directors of Pathways Vermont, a nonprofit organization working to end homelessness and provide innovative mental health alternatives in Vermont. Qian has a background in finance and real estate investing and has served on the board of other nonprofits in New York City.
Alicia Fleming, owner of Golden Guide Real Estate at KW Vermont in South Burlington, has earned the nationally recognized seniors real estate specialist designation from the SRES Council of the National Association of Realtors.
DEW Construction, a Williston-based construction management, design/build and general contracting firm serving Vermont, New Hampshire and the Northeast region, recently announced the promotions of five employees and the hiring of six new team members. Names and a brief overview of job responsibilities follows.
Promotions
The board of directors of Vermont Electric Power Company have voted unanimously to promote General Counsel, Senior Director and Sustainability Director Mark Sciarrotta to vice president, general counsel and chief compliance officer. The board's action represents Sciarrotta’s latest advancement in his 15-plus-year career at VELCO.
The Stacie Callan Group of Century 21 MRC in St Albans has been recognized as a Grand Centurion Team by the Century 21 national office.
Charlotte Lyman, former director of public relations and marketing at Page Street Publishing, and Debbie Mast, former owner and operator of Cookie Doe of Vermont, have been appointed to newly created positions at the Charlotte-based public relations and communications firm Junapr.
Susan Evans McClure, executive director of the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in Vergennes, has been named executive director of the Vermont Arts Council, the state’s primary provider of funding, advocacy and information for the arts in Vermont, effective May 8.