The Board of Directors at Wake Robin, Vermont’s first lifecare community, announced yesterday that Patrick McKee will take over as President and CEO following Allie Stickney’s retirement next month. The Board of Directors, Wake Robin residents and staff thank Stickney for her 7 ½ years of dedicated service to the community, and are eager to begin the next chapter with McKee as leader.
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Vermont Information Technology Leaders (VITL) today announced the appointment of Joanna Cummings to marketing manager. In this newly created role, Cummings will be developing and managing marketing and outreach programs that create awareness of Vermont’s health information exchange and eHealth service offerings provided by VITL.
Two Lyndon State College Atmospheric Sciences students finished in first and third place in the year-long WxChallenge weather forecasting competition and another LSC student took gold the contest’s “postseason” tournament. LSC senior Edward Vallee finished in first place of the WxChallenge while junior A.J. Waterman landed in third; sophomore Scott Myerson won the postseason tournament.
After 45 years of practice, optometrist Dr. David Garbutt is retiring and transferring his practice to Dr. Francis (Frank) Pinard of Newport Optical. Dr. Pinard will begin seeing patients at 530 Washington Highway in Morrisville in early May. The Morrisville office will be a full-time second location for Dr. Pinard and his associates. Ophthalmologist Dr.
On May 12th, two dedicated nurses from the Visiting Nurse Association of Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties (VNA) were honored at the Vermont State Nurses' Association, Inc. (VSNA) Centennial Celebration and Award Banquet.
Co-operative Insurance Companies' board of directors promoted one and named new two company officers at its April meeting.
Ethan Johnson joined the Neville Companies team as the Director of Business Development. Ethan has a background as the Regional Sales Manager for Advantage Sport, a leading supplier of athletic flooring in the Northeast. As such, he is familiar with not only the Vermont territory, but that of Neville’s Boston office as well.
The Orton Family Foundation has hired two staff members in its Middlebury office, Executive Director David Leckey announced.
Leslie Wright has joined Orton as communications associate and Rachel Moyer has been hired as the foundation’s office manager.
A 90-year-old Vermont native now has his long-delayed medals from his service as an aviator in World War II.
A Springfield woman who led efforts to clean up the Black River was presented the GMP-Zetterstrom Environmental Award at a Statehouse ceremony today.
The Federation of Pediatric Organizations (FOPO) has announced that Lewis R. First, M.D., M.S., F.A.A.P., professor and chair of pediatrics at the University of Vermont College of Medicine and chief of pediatrics at Vermont Children’s Hospital at Fletcher Allen Health Care, is the 2014 recipient of the Joseph W. St. Geme, Jr.
Gretchen Bailey, who heads the constituent casework team for U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), was honored today with a prestigious award for exemplary public service. The award was presented during a ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum in Boston.
“I’m honored and humbled,” Bailey said. “I work with an incredible team of people.”