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Michael Stefanowicz will be the new Director of Admission for Saint Michael’s College after a national search.

In collaboration with Cheshire Medical Center Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene, podiatrist Heidi Newkirk, DPM will be opening a local office at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, where she will see patients in the Podiatry Department as well as the BMH Center for Wound Healing.

The Vermont Butcher Shop, the leading proprietor of “honest” meats and victuals from the Green Mountain State and surrounding area, will soon provide the newest ingredient in Rutland’s ongoing revitalization.

The Vermont Historical Society has hired Ramsey Blair as Guest Services Coordinator. She is an experienced customer service representative with extensive administrative strengths.

Vermont Public Radio journalist Jane Lindholm will be presenting on women and their place in the media at College of St. Joseph on March 21.

Kevin W. Donovan, President and CEO of Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center (MAHHC) has announced the appointment of Deanna Orfanidis, RN to the position of Interim Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) at Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center. Ms. Orfanidis had previously been Associate Chief Nursing Officer for Orthopaedics and other service lines at Dartmouth-Hitchcock (DH).

SymQuest Group, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc., recently announced the addition of Rick Carlson to its growing sales team as Document Solutions Account Executive.

The Chill Foundation is pleased to announce Alex Bornstein as its new executive director. Bornstein brings more than fifteen years of domestic and international non-profit experience to Chill, most recently as the chief operations officer for the Vermont Foodbank, which provides emergency food assistance and other hunger relief services.

TruexCullins has hired interior designer Delaney Vartanian from Boston, MA to join its Interiors team. She has a Bachelor of Arts from Connecticut College.

John Kassel has joined the High Meadows Fund Board of Directors. Kassel, an attorney and consultant with Dunkiel Saunders Raubvogel Elliott and Hand Law Firm, brings three decades of experience addressing environmental and legal challenges, most recently as president of the Conservation Law Foundation.

Yestermorrow Design/Build School, a center for sustainable building design and craftsmanship education, is pleased to announce the selection of Michael Crowley as its first new executive director in more than eight years.

Three new members of the University of Vermont Board of Trustees started their terms on March 1 bringing with them a wealth of experience in entrepreneurship, investing, technology, molecular chemistry, business and medicine.