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Paul Greene, a leader in the underwriting industry, has joined National Life Group as vice president and chief underwriter.

Greene has worked in leadership roles for several companies over a 29-year career.

Norwich University has named Greg Matthews as the new vice president for enrollment management responsible for the admissions and financial aid operational units and working on branding and recruitment beginning June 1.

To cap off a week’s worth of employee recognition events in celebration of National Hospital Week, Steve Gordon, President and CEO of Brattleboro Memorial Hospital invited all hospital staff to join him for an ice cream social where he announced BMH’s 2015 Employees of the Year.

The Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA) has honored Jim Moulton of Addison County Transit Resources (ACTR) and Stagecoach Transportation Services (Stagecoach) as the 2015 Community Transportation Manager of the Year. CTAA consists of member organizations that support creating mobility for all Americans regardless of where they live or work.

Linda Berlin, Extension Professor in the Nutrition & Food Sciences Department and Director of UVM’s Center for Sustainable Agriculture, has been promoted to Extension Associate Professor.

Scott Christensen, CLU, ChFC, CFP, CLF received GAMA International’s International Management Award at the DIAMOND level. Christensen who is a managing partner with Northwestern Mutual was one of 1,649 recipients of the award in 2015.

TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank®, has promoted Michelle L. Putvain to Assistant Vice President, Store Manager of the store at 301 Railroad St. in St. Johnsbury, Vt. She is responsible for new business development, consumer and business lending, managing personnel and overseeing the day-to-day operations at the store serving customers throughout the region.

Executive Director, Martha Maksym, of the United Way of Chittenden County presented the Community Impact Award to the team of Jan Demers, E.D. of CVOEO, John Collinsworth from UVM Medical Center, and John Caulo and Tom Bonnette of Champlain College for their collaboration in creating a temporary warming shelter in Burlington this last winter.

Senior Project Manager David Crawford has joined the South Burlington office of design firm Stantec.

Chambers & Partners, publishers of Chambers USA, named Eric M. Knudsen, attorney and partner at Langrock, Sperry & Wool, LLP, a “notable practitioner” in real estate law.

The University of Vermont Medical Center's Frederick C. Binter Center for Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders is one of just 29 centers in the U.S. to be named “Centers of Excellence” by the Huntington’s Disease Society of America (HDSA) for 2015. Other designees include Stanford University, Duke University, the Cleveland Clinic and Johns Hopkins University.

Puroclean Managed Services has announced that Monica Moore has joined the company as Director of Business Development.

Moore brings to the PuroClean Team over ten years’ experience in the fire and water damage industries. She has held leadership roles across operations, business management, project management and sales all adding to the capabilities of our organization.