KeyBank has promoted Business Banking Senior Vice President Joseph R McGowan to market president for Vermont.
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Attorney Andrew Mikell has joined the real estate law group at the northern New England law firm Downs Rachlin Martin. He will serve as of counsel and practice from the firm’s Burlington office.
Ryan Thompson, former assistant vice president and financial adviser at Citizens Bank in Hanover, NH, has joined Passumpsic Financial Advisors, a division of Passumpsic Bank, as Infinex financial consultant covering the North Country of New Hampshire and Danville, VT, communities.
Scott L Thomas, John P "Jack" Ellbogen Dean of the College of Education at the University of Wyoming, has been named the 12th president of Sterling College in Craftsbury Common, effective July 1. He brings to his new position more than 25 years of teaching and leadership experience at private and public institutions.
Two teams of realtors and nine individual agents from Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Vermont Realty Group in South Burlington were recognized at the company's annual sales convention in Las Vegas March 26-28 for their outstanding sales performance in 2022.
AllEarth Renewables, an innovative and affordable solar solutions provider in Williston, has hired Eric Pierce as director of operations. Pierce brings more than 25 years as an operations leader and innovator, principally within the manufacturing sector, with particular focus on adaptability and optimization of systems and supply chains.
High school students Addie Riche, Emily Cousins and Tela Dykes have been announced as the first recipients of a new scholarship program for Vermonters seeking to become early-childhood educators.
Mike Solimano, president and general manager of Killington and Pico Ski Resort Partners, has been named a recipient of a 2023 Sammy Leadership Award by the trade publication Ski Area Management. Solimano won in the category of “builder of teams.”
Krystal Martin, a student at the Community College of Vermont, Brattleboro, has been named a 2023 New Century Workforce Scholar and will receive a $1,250 scholarship. Martin works full-time in finance for C&S Wholesale Grocers and is pursuing an associate degree in accounting.
Sarah Ali of Burlington, a member of the Boys and Girls Club of Burlington, has been named the Vermont Boys and Girls Club’s Youth of the Year for 2023. She will receive a $2,500 college scholarship and represent Vermont at the Northeast Youth of the Year competition in New York City later this spring.
Brattleboro Savings & Loan announced the promotions of Michele Hackett, to vice president and culture officer, and Michael Levock, to assistant vice president and network engineering officer.
The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, a noncollecting contemporary art museum focused on the art of our time, recently elected five new members to three-year terms on its 19-member board of trustees.