Southwestern Vermont Medical Center recently welcomed physician assistant Samantha Kaftan to SVMC ExpressCare and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Putnam Physicians.
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Secretary of State-elect Sarah Copeland Hanzas has announced her intent to appoint S Lauren Hibbert as deputy secretary of state when Copeland Hanzas is sworn in on Jan 5.
Deborah Stephenson, former senior executive vice president and chief compliance officer at Berkshire Bank, has been appointed president and CEO of Brattleboro Savings & Loan. She succeeds Dan Yates, who will retire at the end of December after 17 years leading the bank.
Sean Lin, manager of distribution business and end user sales at 89 North, has been promoted to director of sales at the Burlington-based optical engineering design and manufacturing firm.
The Lake Champlain Chamber has hired two new staff members, Hannah King and Tom Remp, to further the organization's mission of providing economic opportunity for all Vermonters.
J Kathleen Tracy, a scientist with deep expertise in women’s health, has been named senior associate dean for research at the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, effective February 2023. Tracy will also serve as professor of medicine at the college and as director of research at the UVM Health Network.
Chroma Technology announced that Chris Karp recently rejoined the Bellows Falls company as director of sales. In his new role, Karp will lead the sales and customer-service teams and support and execute the organizational sales strategy.
The construction management firm ReArch Company in South Burlington recently welcomed four new employees to its growing team. They are project engineers Austin Hart and Sarah LeClair, estimator Justin Palker and preconstruction manager Ben Buglovsky.
At the annual meeting of the Vermont Medical Society Nov 5 in Stowe, the 2,400-member physician advocacy organization elected a new slate of executive committee officers, awarded the Mildred Reardon Medical Student Scholarship and honored 2022 VMS Leadership awardees.
Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital recently welcomed Esther Barnes, DPM, to its podiatry practice in St Johnsbury. Barnes is one of a handful of podiatric surgeons in the state certified in foot surgery as well as reconstructive rearfoot and ankle surgery by the American Board of Podiatric Surgeons.
The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center has selected Lia Rothstein of Hanover, NH, as its 2023 Climate Change Artist in Residence. A professional photographer and artist for more than 40 years, Rothstein currently centers her work around issues of fragility and transience.
Beth Holden, director of home and community services at the Howard Center in Burlington, has been selected to succeed Catherine Simonson as the mental health and developmental disability services agency's next chief client services officer, effective Dec 3.