Joel Gianninoto, former vice president and commercial lender at BankProv, has joined Ledyard Bank as vice president and commercial relationship manager.
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DEW Construction has announced the promotions of Dakota Stender to senior project manager and Brad Roy to senior estimator.
Community National Bank has promoted Sarah Chadburn from assistant vice president and commercial loan officer to vice president of commercial lending.
Michael Couture (pictured), owner of Michael Couture Media, will serve as the new president of the Howard Center Board of Trustees, leading a recently elected slate of officers.
Former Lt. Gov. Molly Gray, who is seeking to reclaim the post she held from 2021-23, has announced the hiring of three key members of her nascent 2026 campaign. They are Mary Kehoe, as treasurer; Owen Milne (pictured), as finance chair; and Erin Tevnan, as deputy campaign manager.
Christine Brown has been promoted from director to acting deputy commissioner of the Captive Insurance Division at the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation. In her new role, she is responsible for the administration and regulation of captive insurance companies and risk retention groups in the state.
Paul Heintz, former senior adviser to the University of Vermont's Center for Community News, where he helped establish the Vermont Journalism Coalition, has joined The Boston Globe as a reporter. He will cover Vermont and the northern border for the paper, New England's largest daily.
Health Care and Rehabilitation Services, a community mental health agency serving Windsor and Windham counties, has appointed Chief Operating Officer Anne Bilodeau as the organization’s next CEO, effective April 1. She will succeed George Karabakakis, who is retiring at the end of June.
The American Red Cross of Northern New England has welcomed Dr. Mark Levine, Elise Polli and Ryan Rothstein (pictured) to the Board of Directors of its Vermont chapter, headquartered in Burlington.
State Reps. Chloe Tomlinson, P/D-Winooski, and Dara Torre, D-Moretown, have been named recipients of 2026 Environmental Rising Star Awards by Vermont Conservation Voters, a nonpartisan organization that works to elect environmentally friendly public officials.
Col. Mark Denton, executive officer to the undersecretary of the Army, has been named the 57th commandant of the Corps of Cadets and vice president of student affairs at Norwich University, effective June 15.
Community Bank, a subsidiary of Community Financial System, has promoted President of Commercial Banking Matt Durkee to chief banking officer, effective Jan. 2. He succeeds Jeff Levy, who retired at the end of the year following a distinguished banking career.