Greater Burlington YMCA President & CEO Mary Burns has announced the appointment of Doug Bishop as the organization’s new Director of Communications. Bishop is a veteran communicator, most recently serving in a similar capacity at the American Red Cross and, earlier in his career, was Deputy Press Secretary to Senator Patrick Leahy.
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Brattleboro Memorial Hospital announced the addition of Angela Thomas, DPT, to its Rehabilitation Services staff.
North Star Leasing, a national equipment financing company that has provided equipment financing for 36 years, has announced the promotion of Mark Mclnerney to Senior Business Specialist.
Gov Peter Shumlin has appointed St. Albans City Manager Dominic Cloud as a member of the Natural Resources Board (NRB) and has appointed environmental advocate Elizabeth Courtney as an alternate member of the NRB.
UVM student Sophia Hoffacker ’17 has been awarded the Udall Scholarship, a prestigious, nationally competitive award for sophomores and juniors who are committed to careers related to environmental or Native American issues. Udall Scholars have demonstrated strong leadership and excellence in the classroom.
North Star Leasing has announced that they are recognizing employees who have achieved miestones in the company.
Porter Medical Center Board Chair, Bill Townsend, has announced that Lynn Boggs, MBA, MSN, RN, will be Porter’s new president and chief executive officer, succeeding James L Daily who will retire this spring after 31 years in this role.
Barry Guitar, one of the world's leading researchers and clinicians in the area of stuttering and a professor of communication sciences and disorders at the University of Vermont, has been named winner of the 2015 George V. Kidder Outstanding Faculty Award by the UVM Alumni Association.
Copper Leaf Financial (CLF) has welcomed Michael L Thompson to their team of experienced financial planning experts.
“We are pleased to welcome Michael to our team,” said John Davis, managing partner of CLF and Davis & Hodgdon Associates CPAs. “His experience and expertise enable us to continue to develop deep relationships and evolving financial plans for our clients”.
VHB has announced that Guillermo Gomez, PE has joined our South Burlington, Vermont office as a highway design engineer in their growing Transportation Engineering practice. Guillermo has close to ten years’ experience in project management, transportation planning, and roadway design.
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital announced that Jodi Dodge, RN has been hired as the new Director of Patient Experience. She began working part-time in mid-February and started in a full-time capacity in March.
KSV, the Burlington-based marketing firm, has hired Mike Dabreu as associate creative director (ACD) and senior copywriter. Dabreu brings to KSV a wealth of experience creating campaigns for national brands including Toyota, Buffalo Wild Wings, Triumph, Verizon Wireless and Georgia Pacific.