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Hickok & Boardman Retirement Solutions, today announced Daniel M. Boardman CFP®, AIF was recognized as a top retirement plan advisor* by LPL Financial.

Green Mtn. Concert Services Inc. (GMCS) is celebrating 20 years of providing physical security services to clients across the Northeast. Since its creation in 1995 by Middlebury native Kevin W. Cheney, GMCS has been a part of almost every notable special event in Vermont. From music festivals to sporting events, the special event elite have used GMCS to make their events safe.

Cory Richardson has been appointed to Northfield Savings Bank executive team as senior vice president – chief financial officer.

At its 28h Annual Membership Meeting held at The Essex Resort and Spa, the Vermont Business Roundtable elected seven new directors to their first three-year term, including: Mary Burns, President and CEO of Greater Burlington YMCA; Tom Dee, President and CEO of Southwestern Vermont Health Care; Mark Foley, Owner and President of Foley Services; Walter Frame III, Executive Vice President of Trap

BAYADA Hospice announced that Kristin Barnum, RN, BSN, MBA —an expert in hospice and palliative care—has been promoted to Division Director. She will oversee hospice care offices that provide a comprehensive array of end of life services to patients and their families in Vermont and New Hampshire.

Attorneys Elizabeth L. Kohler and Cathleen E. Stadecker have been elected directors and owners of the northern New England law firm Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC and Director William J. Dodge has assumed a new leadership role at the firm. The election of the new members took place at the firm’s annual meeting in December.

Administrative assistant Marcy King has joined the South Burlington team of design firm Stantec.

In her role, King provides input and support to ensure the smooth, steady, and skillful operation of Stantec’s Vermont-based staff. King has over 30 years of experience in this field, with specific expertise in office coordination, daily operations management, and paralegal work.

The Real Estate Company, located on Main Street in Bristol, is pleased to welcome REALTOR Danelle Birong as a managing broker specializing in residential property in Addison and Southern Chittenden Counties.

Community leaders Kathy Demars of Morrisville, Charles (Chuck) Hogan of Cambridge, Harry Miller of Craftsbury Common, and Carl Szlachetka of Hyde Park were elected to the Copley Health Systems, Inc. Board of Trustees during the Annual Meeting held on January 12th.

Patricia Donehower, R.N., MSN, and Virginia Hood, MB.BS, MPH, were appointed to The University of Vermont Medical Center Board of Trustees following approval by The University of Vermont Health Care Network Board of Trustees earlier this week.

The Converse Home, announced the election of new board member, Keller McKenzie, of Burlington. Keller is a Paralegal for Little & Cicchetti and a Law Clerk under the Vermont Board of Bar Examiner’s Four Year Law Office Study program. Tom Heinrich, of Colchester, Senior Account Manager with the Symquest Group, was elected Chair of the Board.

Ken Leslie has devoted much of his efforts over the past twenty-five years capturing, with paint, the changing winter and summer of the Artic.