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The American Red Cross Biomedical Services welcomes Christine Miller, owner of Miller Sales Consulting to their Board of Directors. Ms. Miller will serve in the Northern New England Region, which encompasses Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine as Vice Chair for the Vermont Board.

Amy Cooper has been named Executive Director of Healthfirst Inc, responsible for over-seeing the network’s Medicare and Commercial ACO programs, as well as other organizational activities. Ms.

Jeffords Steel and Engineering Company, is proud to

announce the promotion of Jesse Ringer to the title of President.

Ringer first came to Jeffords Steel as an intern in 2005, according to Larry

Jeffords, Founder and CEO of Jeffords Steel, “Even then Jesse was

meticulous, hardworking and very dedicated. We hired him full time as a

Lyndon State College announced administrative changes in the departments of Alumni Affairs and Institutional Advancement. Jenny Kempton Harris ’79 has been appointed as the new executive director of development and alumni affairs by Lyndon’s President Joe Bertolino.

Ledyard National Bank has announced 2 promotions.

The Vermont Community Foundation has announced that Martha Trombley Oakes has been hired as a senior philanthropic advisor.

PRIMMER’S L. Jonathan Ross was recently reappointed by American Bar Association President-Elect William C. Hubbard of South Carolina as a member of the ABA Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts Commission for his third one-year term.

Building Bright Futures State Advisory Council Inc. (BBF), Vermont’s early childhood resource and policy center, has announced 10 new Regional Coordinators located across the state to improve the quality, affordability and equal access to early care, health and education for young children and their families.

CVMC welcomes back Belle McDougall, PA to Central Vermont Orthopaedics, where she will be working part-time in Dr. Mahlon Bradley’s Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine clinic. McDougal will also provide surgical assistance to Dr. Bradley and to Central Vermont Orthopaedics’ spine surgeon, Dr. John Braun.

Representative Peter Welch of Vermont, was chosen as the recipient of the American Association of University Professors' 2014 Henry T. Yost Congressional Recognition Award, given annually to a member of Congress who has championed the causes of higher education.

The Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) today announced 10 emergency nurses will be inducted into the Academy of Emergency Nursing (AEN). AEN honors nurses who have made enduring, substantial contributions to emergency nursing, and who continue to advance the profession. The Academy provides visionary leadership to ENA.

Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice (RAVNAH), a

Medicare-certified, non-profit home care agency that provides the highest

quality home health and nursing care, hospice, private duty, and community

health services to people throughout Rutland County, Dorset, and Rupert

Vermont areas, announced today that two new members have been selected to