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The board of the J Warren & Lois McClure Foundation, a supporting organization of the Vermont Community Foundation, announced that it has elected Lois McClure as president emerita, Barbara Benedict as president, and Rebecca Henry as vice president.

The Vermont International Film Festival is very pleased to announce the first VTIFF Community Champion Award. The first recipient of the award is Mariah Riggs, Director of Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center in Burlington. The Award ceremony will take place at a private reception in the home of VTIFF Board member Kevin Meehan in South Burlington.

Bluehouse Group, a digital marketing and web design firm, has hired Michelle Massa as the company’s marketing director. Michelle brings nearly 20 years of marketing and business development experience in local and global markets.

C2 (Competitive Computing), a Colchester-based technology consulting firm, announced that Jennifer Graham has graduated from 2017 Leadership Champlain program. Leadership Champlain is a community leadership development program run by the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce. Graham is Marketing Communications Manager at C2.

Boyne Resorts, the Michigan-based ski and summer resort group, has announced a partnership with Inntopia that will enable them to offer their many lodging and activity options in a single, easy-to-use interface on their resorts’ websites.

Licensed Mental Health and Alcohol and Drug Counselor Jeff Nowlan has joined Gifford’s Behavioral Health team. He is managing the Behavioral Health program, helping to further the integration of Gifford’s Behavior Health and Addiction Medicine programs into the primary care practices. He will also be counseling patients.

The Burlington Business Association (BBA) is excited to welcome Stephen Barraclough, General Manager, Burlington Telecom, Kyle Bostwick, Vice President, Vermont Lake Monsters, Chelsea Condos, Senior Manager, Gallagher, Flynn & Co. and Justin Heilenbach, President of Citizen Cider as new members of the BBA Board of Directors.

Spring has sprung in the Green Mountains of Southern Vermont, bringing with it hues of the state’s namesake and a new crop of employees to Mack Molding’s headquarters ready to deliver on the Company’s mission of total customer satisfaction.

Vermont Works Management Company LLC, a new investment firm planning to invest millions of dollars in Vermont companies, today announced two major appointments to its team. South Hero attorney Mark Naud will become the Executive Director of the firm’s Vermont Innovation Commons, a planned purpose-built co-living/working space in downtown Burlington.

At its Annual Meeting of the Policyholders on Monday, workers’ compensation specialist The MEMIC Group presented awards for workplace safety to ten of its more than 20,000 policyholders.

TPW Real Estate enthusiastically welcomes three new Licensed Sales Associates to their dynamic team: Bill Mariano, Tom Deck and Chris Cummings. Bill Mariano brings 25 years of Real Estate experience to the firm.

Vermont Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve has announced its 2017 award recipients for service and support to Vermont’s Guard and Reserve members. At their annual banquet held recently in Montpelier, Vt ESGR recognized over 30 employers who provided outstanding support over the past year.