The Vermont Business Roundtable, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization of CEOs from Vermont's top private and nonprofit employers, elected new officers and directors for 2023 at its Jan 12 membership meeting.
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Landis Menard, 25, of Fairfield, has been announced as the winner of the 2022 Vermont lifetime hunting and fishing license lottery, entitling him to hunt and fish in the state for free for the rest of his life. Menard's name was drawn from among 18,782 lifetime license lottery tickets purchased in 2022. The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department holds the drawing annually.
The University of Vermont has announced the appointment of Katharine Shepherd as dean of the College of Education and Social Services, effective Jan 15. Shepherd is the Levitt Family Green and Gold Professor of Education, who has served as interim dean of the college since July 2021.
Vertek Corporation, an industry-leading telecom operations and managed security services provider, announced that Jorge Reis has succeeded Brad Soutiere as president as part of a long-planned succession search and that Ron Hruby has been promoted to chief operating officer.
The Vermont Manufacturing Extension Center in Randolph Center has elected two new members — Melissa Bounty, assistant director at Central Vermont Economic Development Corporation in Montpelier, and Cristin O’Donnell, director of training and development at Cabot Creamery Cooperative/Agri-Mark in Waitsfield — to two-year terms on its advisory board.
Amanda Peden, a financial planner at Commonwealth Financial Group in Burlington, has been elected to a three-year term on the Howard Center Board of Trustees.
Community National Bank recently announced the promotion of Network Administrator Richard Stovall to information technology manager. He will succeed Ted Ripple, who is retiring.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont has elevated Director of Human Resources and Facilities Margaret Pinello-White to the newly created role of chief administrative officer.
Burlington City Arts has announced the recipients of its 2022 Elevation Grants that provide financial support to artists whose other funding sources are soon to expire. The awards, of up to $5,000, may be tailored to recipients' needs at any stage of the artmaking process to help them reach their creative goals.
Union Bank of Vermont and New Hampshire has promoted a dozen officers in recognition of their "significant contributions" to the growth and continued success of the institution. Those promoted and their new titles are:
Mike Solimano, president and general manager of Killington Resort & Pico Mountain, and Bill Cahill, vice president, general counsel and secretary of Vermont Mutual Insurance Group, have been appointed to the board of directors of the Vermont Futures Project, an independent nonprofit organization that promotes the long-term economic health of Vermon
Primmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer announced that Molly N Bucci, Jeremy S Grant and Ryan M Long were elected shareholders of the firm, effective Jan 1.