Vermont Trophy & Engraving has announced the retirement of co-owner Steve Swett. Steve and Margi bought the business in 1996, after Steve’s 32 year career in trust banking. Now, after 17 years as a small business owner, Steve feels he’s earned the chance to relax and sleep in.
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Kimberly Luebbers, MSHS, RN, BSN, OCN, has been appointed Assistant Dean for Clinical Research Administration effective August 16, 2013, overseeing the Office of Clinical Trials Research and administration of the Clinical Research Center.
State Director, Linda Rossi, announced that Ross Hart has been selected as the 2013 State Star of Vermont Small Business Development Center.
“I am pleased to make this announcement, and to recognize Ross for his contributions and commitment to our organization over the past five years. He has become a highly respected member of the VtSBDC team.”
Lisa Ventriss, President of Vermont Business Roundtable and Mary Powell, CEO, Green Mountain Power and Chair of the Roundtable Board of Directors have announced the organization’s newest member, Mark Foley, Jr., Owner and President of Foley Services.
Crystal A. Carroll of Concord, N.H., recently joined Northeast Delta Dental as Manager of Community Relations, after providing media relations support to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund in Boston, Mass., for several years. Carroll will fill the position created by the retirement of Betty Andrews after 15 years of service.
Sarah Galbraith has been named the Vermont Bioenergy Initiative program manager at the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund (VSJF). She steps into the role previously held by Netaka White, who is launching a new oilseed and feed business.
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (GMCR) (NASDAQ: GMCR), a leader in specialty coffee and single serve beverages with its innovative Keurig® brewing technology, today announced that Robert P. Ostryniec becomes its Chief Product Supply Officer as of August 26, 2013, reporting to President and CEO, Brian P. Kelley.
Maponics, a leader in geo-spatial data, has announced the appointment of Dan Adams to the company’s newly created post of Chief Operating Officer. Adams comes to Maponics from a long career at TomTom, a pioneer in navigational systems, where he served in a number of high-level positions, most recently as Vice President of Geospatial Sales.
The University of Vermont Graduate College has appointed Nicholas Heintz, Ph.D., professor of pathology at the UVM College of Medicine, as director of the Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences Program (CMB). He took over the position July 1, 2013, succeeding the term of Mary Tierney, Ph.D., professor of plant biology at the UVM College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew is pleased to announce that Karen McAndrew has been included among Benchmark Litigation’s Top 250 Women in Litigation. This distinction is given based primarily on targeted research completed during the US Benchmark Litigation review process and is dedicated to honoring America’s leading female trial lawyers.
White + Burke Real Estate Investment Advisors, Inc. has named Stephanie T. Hainley as its Chief Operating Officer.
The Vermont Captive Insurance Association (VCIA) welcomes incoming chairman William D. Riley, attorney at Burlington-based Paul Frank+ Collins, at the 28th Annual VCIA Conference. Riley, alongside Paul Frank + Collins’ Captive Insurance Group Chair Stephanie Mapes, will be actively involved at the Conference, which runs August 13 - 15.