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Southwestern Vermont Medical Center has announced the appointment of James Mithoefer, PA, as a physician assistant in the hospital’s ExpressCare department.

SunCommon has announced Chach Curtis as CFO. Chach grew up in New England and received his BA and MBA from Dartmouth College, with six years of investment banking in between. He has spent the last 22 years as an entrepreneur managing high-growth companies in Vermont, and has 15 years experience in renewable energy, most recently as CFO of Northern Power Systems and CEO of Draker, Inc.

Among its employee recognition programs, Okemo Mountain Resort’s Peak Performers program acknowledges employees for giving exceptional service to resort guests and fellow employees. Managers nominate employees based on factors such as job performance, safety awareness, dependability and enthusiasm.

AllEarth Renewables, the Vermont solar tracker manufacturer, has announced the hiring of Tim Hoopes as mechanical engineer.

Governor Peter Shumlin has appointed Joslyn L. Wilschek of PRIMMER an alternate member of the State of Vermont Environmental Commission for District 5.

The Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission is pleased to have partnered with SerVermont AmeriCorps VISTA to host a volunteer over the next year. The VISTA, Christopher Damiani, joined the TRORC on August 10, 2015. Mr. Damiani is originally from Madison, NJ and has a BS from the University of Vermont in Community Development and Applied Economics.

Saint Michael’s College students know how to think outside of the box – or for that matter, outside of the plane, train or automobile.

One of them, Jack O’Callaghan’17, is ready -- before classes resume in late August -- to paddle a canoe along the Connecticut River all the way home to Glastonbury, CT, just southeast of Hartford.

Paul Frank + Collins P.C. attorney S. Crocker Bennett II was recently selected as the 2016 "Lawyer of the Year" for Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants in the Burlington area.

Sterling College has announced that world-renowned master cheese maker and educator Ivan Larcher will be presenting on campus. His talk, “French Farmhouse Cheese,” is co-sponsored by the Cellars at Jasper Hill and will be given on Monday, August 24, at 6:45 p.m. in Common House. This talk is free and open to the public.

Dan Summers II, Interim Dean of Admissions at Southern Vermont College (SVC), has been selected to participate in the College Board’s Enrollment Leadership Academy (ELA). The ELA is a yearlong professional development program that cultivates the next generation of enrollment leaders through sessions focused on leadership skills and key enrollment management issues.

Kim Fine, Director of Development and Public Relations at Kurn Hattin Homes in Westminster, Vermont, has been recertified by CFRE International as a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE). Fine joins over 5,300 professionals around the world who hold the CFRE designation.

Southwestern Vermont Medical Center has announced the appointment of Kelsey Pierce, PA, as a physician assistant in the hospital’s ExpressCare department.

Pierce is a graduate of Tufts University School of Medicine and Boston College, both in Boston. She is certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.