Attorney Peter D. Van Oot of the northern New England law firm of Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC has been elected to the Nature Conservancy Vermont Chapter board of trustees. He began his two year term in April.
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Clayton English, Pharm.D., BCPP, an Assistant Professor at the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences’ Colchester Campus, has been named the 2013 Vermont Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists (VtSHP) Pharmacist of the Year.
Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility (VBSR) has chosen Jan (Blittersdorf) Blomstrann, CEO of Renewable NRG Systems, Inc. as the 2013 recipient of the Terry Ehrich Award for Excellence in Socially Responsible Business.
Mayor Miro Weinberger today announced the appointment of Norman J. Baldwin, P.E., a 22-year veteran of the Department of Public Works (DPW) as City Engineer and Surveyor. Baldwin currently serves as Assistant Director of Public Works for DPW’s Technical Services Division.
Lutheran Social Services of New England (LSS) proudly announces that Dana Ramish has joined the company as chief operating officer and executive vice president.
Dr. David Heroux, formerly associate professor of chemistry at the University of Maine at Farmington, has been named associate professor of chemistry at Saint Michael's College starting this semester.
Many of the students who took part in a Microsoft Office training at North Country Hospital in Newport in recent weeks have advanced degrees, and are seasoned members of the healthcare world. On the other hand, the mentors of the course were students from Lake Region Union High School, many of them members of Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA).
As part of the Boston Red Sox’s “Celebrating Service” month of July, Southern Vermont College (SVC) Provost Al DeCiccio was recognized by the team as the civil servant of the game for his work in education on Friday night prior to a divisional showdown with the New York Yankees.
Dr. Mariko Silver has been selected as the 10th president of Bennington College. A leading educational, public policy, and international strategist, she has held prominent roles at Columbia University, at Arizona State University, in the administration of Arizona’s governor Janet Napolitano, and in the Obama administration.
Lang McLaughry Real Estate has announced that Kara Danaher has joined the firm as a licensed Associate. A native to Vermont, she has an understanding of the real estate market and will help match buyers to the home of their dreams and sellers to potential buyers. Having gone through both the buying and selling process, she understands that it can be both exciting and stressful.
Lt. Governor Phil Scott announced today that Rachel Feldman is joining his office as Chief of Staff on Aug. 12, 2013. Feldman will replace current Chief of Staff Nancy Driscoll, who is leaving Scott’s office to become Chief Marketing Officer for the state.
Bill Mount has been named a member of the 2013 Executive Council of New York Life Insurance Company. Members of the Executive Council are among the most successful of New York Life’s elite sales force of 11,900 licensed agents.