Norwich University has named Professor of Computer Security and Information Assurance Huw O.L. Read as a Charles A Dana Professor in recognition of his outstanding teaching, scholarship and service.
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Jennifer Griffey, former controller at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Bluffton in South Carolina, has been appointed chief financial officer at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, effective Aug 15.
Surrounded by colleagues from around the state as well as community leaders, friends and family, Dan Yates, president of Brattleboro Savings & Loan, accepted the Vermont Bankers Association's 2022 Vermont Outstanding Community Banker of the Year Award Sept 8.
Emergency Department nurse Amanda Crossman was named the July recipient of the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses at Southwestern Vermont Health Care. The patient who nominated Crossman for the award said she "was a standout" among the many "fantastic" Emergency Department employees who were on duty that day.
Lisa Goodrich of South Burlington has been named 2023 National Staffing All-Star for the industrial sector by the American Staffing Association.
Katherine G "K-T" Overbey, former president and executive director of OneSight, has been named new CEO of the Himalayan Cataract Project, a global leader in blindness prevention. She will begin her new position Oct 4.
Michael Kennedy, bar counsel for the state’s Professional Responsibility Program, has been selected to receive the 2022 American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the Second Circuit.
Following a national search, the University of Vermont Health Network has named Sunil “Sunny” Eappen, MD, MBA, as the health system’s next president and CEO, effective Nov 28. He will succeed John R Brumsted, MD, who is retiring after leading the health system for more than 10 years.
The Vermont Natural Resources Council will present the 2022 Arthur Gibb Award for Individual Leadership to Zoe Richards, chair of the Burlington Conservation Board and director of Burlington Wildways, in recognition of her dedication to preserving and expanding access to Burlington’s natural resources and wild spaces.
Joe Wiah, director of the Ethiopian Community Development Council’s Multicultural Community Center in Brattleboro, has been named winner of the 2022 Con Hogan Award for Creative, Entrepreneurial Community Leadership by the Vermont Community Foundation.
Leah Zeigler of Shelburne, director of finance and human capital management at Champlain Investment Partners in Burlington, has been appointed to the board of directors at Age Well, a Colchester-based nonprofit that provides services and support to older adults wishing to stay in their homes.
Brandi LaBounty, a member of the National Association of Realtors' Green Resource Council, has joined the South Burlington office of Four Seasons Sotheby’s International Realty as a realtor.