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Charlie Baker, Executive Director of the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission and a resident of South Burlington, has been elected to the Housing Vermont Board of Directors.

Dan Petterson, director of financial examinations for the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation’s Captive Insurance Division, has earned the distinction of Senior Professional in Insurance Regulation from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners based in Kansas City, Mo.

At the April meeting of the Board of Directors of United Way of Chittenden County, Charlotte Ancel, an attorney with the Burlington law firm Sheehey Furlong & Behm P.C. was elected President of the Board for a two year term.

Patent Attorney Kevin C. McGrath and patent specialist Andrew Millikin have joined the Intellectual Property practice at the northern New England law firm Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC. McGrath and Millikin will work from the firm’s Burlington office.

David Silverman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Union Bank is pleased to announce the appointment of two new members to the Bank’s St. Johnsbury Advisory Board. Mary Parent, Senior Associate, Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC and Michael Barrett of the Barrett Insurance Agency joined the Advisory Board in March of this year.

Burlington College will hold its Inaugural Celebration to install Christine Plunkett as the fifth president on Saturday, April 27 at 1:30 on the North Lawn at 351 North Avenue, Burlington.

Central Vermont Medical Center volunteers were recognized for their service at a luncheon prepared by the CVMC Nutrition and Food Services Department on April 12, 2013.

New England Federal Credit Union (NEFCU) recently named the three winners of the 2013 NEFCU Nursing Scholarships. Each year, NEFCU’s Nursing Scholarship Program provides three scholarships of $3000 each to qualified applicants.

CCTV Center for Media & Democracy, a community media and free speech organization that operates Channel 17/Town Meeting Television, CCTV Productions and Common Good Vermont announces that Executive Director, Lauren-Glenn Davitian received the Nonprofit Technology Network's (NTEN) Lifetime Achievement Award at their April 2013 NTC Conference in Minneapolis.

The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD), a non-partisan policy institute headquartered in Washington, D.C., announced that Travis Morris, a Norwich University assistant professor of justice studies and sociology, has been named an Academic Fellow for 2013-14.

Waterfront Diving Center, a well-known fixture on Burlington’s waterfront, celebrates 25 years in business this year. Founded in 1988 at 196 Battery Street, the store moved to its current location on the corner of Battery and Maple in 1991.

The Montpelier governmental relations firm of MacLean, Meehan & Rice, LLC, announced today that Warren Coleman has become a partner in the firm. In addition, Coleman will be a name partner in the associated law firm, now MacLean, Rice & Coleman, LLC.