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Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center (MAHHC) commemorated employment milestones for 32 employees at its annual Employee Service Awards, and held a catered event at the the Silo in Windsor on November 4th, 2021. Dr.

Goodwill Northern New England hired Sandra Monfiletto as Senior Vice President of Human Resources. The nonprofit created the new position as part of its focus to become an employee-first workplace.

The Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies (VCET) is proud to announce the addition of Kelly Keen as its new Manager of Operations and Culture, a role in which she will curate VCET’s robust member community and daily success of VCET’s downtown Burlington, VT coworking and accelerator facility.

The Northwest Communications Union District (NWCUD) is now operating under Northwest Fiberworx (NWFX), and the new website URL is nwfiberworx.com.

Community National Bank (CNB) President and CEO Kathryn Austin is proud to announce the promotion of Nikole Brainard to Financial Reporting Officer and Asset Liability Manager.

Norwich University is pleased to announce the appointment of Marcus Popiolek as associate vice president overseeing marketing and enrollment management of the College of Graduate and Continuing Studies (CGCS), effective Oct. 18, 2021.

Robust growth in Client Accounting Services over the last six months has resulted in the addition of four new remote bookkeeping experts for Vermont-based firm Convergent Accounting, a division of the Davis & Hodgdon Advisory Group.

Governor Phil Scott today announced that he has appointed Sabina Haskell as the chair of the Natural Resources Board (NRB), Wendy Knight as commissioner of the Department of Liquor and Lottery (DLL), and Andrew Collier as deputy commissioner of DLL.

The three appointments will be effective Monday, December 13.

Sabina Haskell, chair, Natural Resources Board

Main Street Landing announces that in the spring of 2022, Joe Ryan will be retiring as MSL's Construction/Property Manager. Joe began working for Main Street Landing in 1996 and over the past 26 years he has been instrumental in helping to create over 250,000 square feet of built environment on the Burlington Waterfront.

At its Annual Meeting last month, the board of directors for the Vermont Economic Development Authority (VEDA) chose a new round of officers to lead organizational strategy and oversight.

The VNA & Hospice of the Southwest Region, (VNAHSR), one of the state’s largest providers of skilled home health and hospice services, announced that Ann Pollock, RN, Jamie Rosploch, OT, and Janet Hodge, PT have successfully completed the Certificate for OASIS Specialist-Clinical exam and may now use the COS-C designation.