John Castle, former superintendent of schools for the North Country Supervisory Union, has been named executive director of the Vermont Rural Education Collaborative. He succeeds Margaret Maclean, a 20-year VREC employee who served the last four years as executive director.
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Kristin Sullivan, executive director of the Ward Foundation, a nonprofit that staffs and operates the Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art at Salisbury University in Maryland, has been named executive director of Retreat Farm in Brattleboro.
Agri-Mark, the premier dairy cooperative in the Northeast, has elevated Senior Vice President and Top Operations Officer David Lynn to interim CEO. He succeeds Bill Beaton, who stepped down in August. Agri-Mark owns the award-winning Cabot brand of Vermont Cheddar, butter and other dairy products.
Justin Wright, who formerly operated his own real estate business, J Wright Realty, has joined the commercial lending team at Peoples Trust Company. Wright has previous experience in the financial advising, customer support management and logistics management in industries as varied as personal finance, software and agriculture.
Consultant, adviser and investor Max Engel of Manchester has joined the board of directors at Vermont Parks Forever, an organization dedicated to enhancing and protecting Vermont's 55 state parks.
Gifford Health Care has named Kathleen Bryant as its new school-based nurse practitioner. In this role, she will primarily work with students in health clinics at local elementary and high schools.
Sean O’Rourke, former general manager of Bond & Royal for Sazerac, the third largest spirits company in the world, has been named CEO at BHAKTA Spirits, a portfolio of luxury brands founded by Raj Peter Bhakta.
SVMC Deerfield Valley Campus, part of Southwestern Vermont Medical Center and Southwestern Vermont Health Care, recently welcomed family nurse practitioner Lisa Moulton. With this appointment, Moulton also rejoins the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Putnam Physicians.
Jon Blouin has joined Brattleboro Savings & Loan as branch manager of its main office in Brattleboro. He succeeds Karen Fortier, who was recently promoted to deposit operations manager.
Eric Houghton has rejoined Burlington-based KeyBank as regional cash management adviser for the bank's Vermont and Maine markets. He will partner with Key’s business banking teams to deliver customized cash management solutions to meet business clients’ cash flow needs.
Megan Roush of Northfield has been elevated from community development underwriter to director of development at the Vermont Housing Finance Agency. In her new role, Roush will manage the community development underwriter team, support new program development and serve as a main point of contact for Vermont developers applying for VHFA funding.