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Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman has announced the addition of Heather Morse, Bianca Perta, Margo Casco and Melinda Morse to its team. The four agents bring to H&B a combined 25 years of experience in serving buyers, sellers and property investors.

The Burlington law firm Dinse recently announced that Nick Erly has joined the firm's business practice group as an associate attorney.

In his new role, Erly provides support and counseling in a variety of areas, including mergers and acquisitions; corporate governance; debt and equity financing; and commercial transactions.

Emily Bratt, former associate with the Washington, D.C.-based law firm Weiner Brodsky Kider, has joined Paul Frank + Collins in Burlington as an associate attorney with the firm's captive insurance and business and transactions teams.

Suzie Walker, owner and operator of Mindful Editing, has been elected to a one-year term as president of the 20-member board of trustees of the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.

Vermont Mutual Insurance Group has promoted Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Mark J. McDonnell to president and chief operating officer of the 196-year-old group of companies — one of nine new officers elected by the board of directors at its April 17 annual meeting. He succeeds former president and current CEO Daniel C.

Union Mutual Insurance Co. has promoted Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Jennifer Galfetti to chief operating officer of the property casualty insurance group.

Josh Pang, former chief commercial officer at Orchid Orthopedic Solutions, has been appointed Northern division president at Mack Molding, a leading custom plastic injection molder and supplier of contract manufacturing services. He will succeed Mack Molding President Jeff Somple, who has announced plans to retire later this year.

Meara Seery, a digital producer from Brattleboro, and Charlee Royer, a high school student from Newport, have been crowned Miss Vermont and Miss Vermont's Teen, respectively, for 2024.

Beth Wallace, associate director for early-childhood educator engagement at the Vermont Association for the Education of Young Children, was appointed to fill a vacancy on the Mount Anthony Union School District Board. The district includes Mount Anthony Union Middle School and Mount Anthony Union High School.

Master arborist Richard Wood, founder of Trees Vermont, has announced his intention to retire from the tree-care industry later this spring.

Denise Clark, director of human resources at the Rutland-based digital marketing and manufacturing company Ann Clark Ltd., has been elected chair of the board of directors at Rutland Regional Medical Center. She succeeds Mark Foley Jr., under whose tenure Clark served as vice chair.

Vermont Electric Power Co. has appointed Karin Chamberlain to its board of directors and promoted Cheryl Mullins to vice president and chief human resources officer.