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Renewable Energy Vermont (REV) recognizes a Vermont real estate development company and two Vermonters for their outstanding contributions to the progress of a sustainable energy future at Renewable Energy 2015: “Leading the Energy REVolution”, an annual conference hosted by REV which recently took place at the Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center in Burlington.

Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) has announced the appointment of Ray Smith as director of marketing and communications. Smith was assistant vice president, marketing officer at Berkshire Bank in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. In his new role, he will oversee the health system’s communications and marketing efforts.

Vermont Tech has announced that Beth Demers has joined Vermont Tech as the new project manager of Continuing Education & Workforce Development (CEWD). Demers will be working with Vermont Tech’s CEWD corporate partners to help grow the programs and diversify the college’s offerings.

University of Vermont Health Network – Central Vermont Medical Center is excited to welcome Pamela Fadness, MD, to the Family Psychiatry practice in Berlin, joining fellow psychiatrists Rose Ehret, MD and Andrew Koo, MD.

Allison Bransfield Morse, founder of the Williston based Ayurvedic Center of Vermont, was recently recognized as an Ambassador to Banyan Botanicals, an Albuquerque, New Mexico based company specializing in the use of herbs that are certified organic, sustainably sourced and fairly traded.

Burlington City Arts has announced newly hired Development Director, Lucia Campriello.

SVMC Pownal Campus, a new family medicine practice to serve patients in Southwestern Vermont and the Northern Berkshires, has welcomed Robert Tarnas, MD

Citizens Bank has announced that Bruce Figueroa has been named Head of Not-For-Profit Banking, a division mainly serving the education, hospital and human services sectors.

During the organization’s 32nd Annual Meeting held on October 6, 2015, the Stern Center for Language and Learning elected Jamie Brandon as the newest member of its Board of Directors. Brandon is the Director of Commercial Marketing at REVISION and was selected as co-founder of the Commercial Business group in 2013.

Melvyn Patashnick, President and CEO of Copley Health Systems, Inc. has announced plans to retire in August 2016, after nearly ten years of service with Copley Hospital.

The Vermont Historical Society presented H. Nicholas Muller III and John J. Duffy with the Richard O. Hathaway award for their book Inventing Ethan Allen.

The University of Vermont’s Fleming Museum of Art has announced their receipt of an extraordinary promised gift of nearly 200 European and American paintings, prints, drawings and photographs from Jericho, Vermont collector, J. Brooks Buxton ‘56. Buxton’s deep and abiding interest in history—global and local—has resulted in a unique and diverse collection.