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Dr. Jillian Brennan recently joined Central Vermont Medical Center’s Hospitalist team. She did her undergraduate work at Amherst College where she earned her BA in Biology. Following college she taught seventh and eighth grade science at the Good Hope School in St. Croix.

Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. (VHB) announces that Rachel Lomonaco has joined the firm as a Water Resources Scientist in the Environmental and Energy Services group.

The firm of MacLean Meehan & Rice, LLC announced today the addition of Matt McMahon. As an associate at the firm, Matt will be involved with government and public relations efforts across a variety of clients and issues.

Fred Ferguson, President and CEO of Waterotor Energy Technologies, Inc., announced the appointment of Dr. Michael Palmer as Executive Vice President of the company. Dr. Palmer will head the newly established Vermont office in Middlebury. “Dr.

The Bank of Bennington is pleased to announce the promotion of David Bardin to Senior Vice President of Lending. Bardin will oversee the commercial and residential loan departments while continuing to lend and develop commercial account relationships for the bank.

Wendy Conway, M.D. has joined Southwestern Vermont Medical Center’s Obstetrics and Gynecology department and the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Putnam Physicians group. She currently serves as a Major in the United States Air Force and staff OB/Gyn physician at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Kaiserslautern, Germany.

Claire Wallace, broker and owner of Wallace Realty in Bristol, Vermont, has been selected to serve as a National Director on the Vermont Realtors® (VR) Board of Directors. In her role, Wallace will represent Vermont Realtors® at the National Association of Realtors®, the nation’s largest trade association with more than 1.2 million members.

The ribbon is cut at the Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce Ribbon Cutting at the new downtown Rutland ticket office of Cape Air which is located at 118 West St., Suite 104 in Rutland (next to Small Dog Electronics). The downtown office is open 6 days per week for information and ticket purchases and also acts as a call center for reservations on Cape Air.

Maxwell Health ("Maxwell"), a web- and mobile-based platform that dramatically simplifies employee benefits management, today announced Bob Gaydos has been named VP, Strategic Partnerships.

Local Motion, a member-supported walk-bike advocacy organization, announced that, after a national search, it has appointed Emily Boedecker as its new Executive Director. Ms.

Sally Wellman will be retiring this month, after more than 34 years of service with the Wells River Savings Bank. Starting out as a teller, in 1979, Sally has held positions in almost every facet of the bank, spending 8 years as the Manager of the bank’s Bradford branch, and most recently in the Mortgage & Consumer Loan department.

Attorney Robert B. Luce of the northern New England law firm Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC has been elected chair of the board of the Brain Injury Association of Vermont, an organization helping to create a better future for Vermonters with brain injury and their families through prevention, education, advocacy and support.