William C. “Bill” Mount has been named a financial adviser with Eagle Strategies LLC, A Registered Investment Adviser an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of New York Life Insurance Company.
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John Fischer, former Director of Integrated Support for Learning, High School and Adult Division at the Vermont Department of Education and most recently Interim Deputy Commissioner, has been officially named Deputy Commissioner of Transformation and Innovation, the department announced today following his ratification by the State Board of Education.
Vermont Mutual Insurance Company announced today that it has promoted William A. Catto, CPCU to the office of President. He will hold the dual title of President and Chief Operating Officer. Catto becomes the 15th President to serve the Vermont Mutual in the company’s 184-year history. He succeeds Thomas J. Tierney who was elected President in 1995.
Jan Blittersdorf, President and CEO of NRG Systems, was recognized as a Champion of Change for renewable energy at the White House today. Blittersdorf learned late last week that she had been one of ten persons selected nationally.
Saint Michael's College professor, Dr. Laurie Gagne of Winooski, director of the SMC Edmundite Center for Peace & Justice, won the top teaching award, Excellence in Community-Based Teaching, from Vermont Campus Compact at their annual statewide awards event held April 12 at the Capitol Conference Center in Montpelier.
Logic Supply, a leading provider of specialized systems for industrial and embedded applications, is pleased to welcome Andrew Swayze, VP, Marketing and Strategy and Katrina VanTyne, Marketing Director, as the newest members of their management team.Swayze, a graduate of The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, Co-Founder of Raise Your Voice, and recent president of Mainspring Health, re-joins
The Vermont Mutual Insurance Company, at their 185th annual meeting elected Daniel C. Bridge, Senior Vice-President. In his expanded role, Dan will direct strategic initiatives across the organization aimed at profitably growing the business and providing comprehensive and competitive personal and commercial lines solutions to independent agency partners.
Tom Brassard Owner and President of Paw Print & Mail and Catamount Marketing joins the CVAA Board of Directors. Brassard is a native of Burlington, attending Rice Memorial High School (1973) and the University of Vermont earning a BS in Business Administration (1978).
Colleen Horan, MD recently joined Central Vermont Women’s Health in Medical Office Building A, attached to the hospital. She is also seeing patients at their new office at Waterbury Medical Associates on South Main Street in Waterbury.
NBT Bank Regional President Matthew Durkee announced that Robert A. Roy has been hired as vice president and senior commercial banking relationship manager.
In this position, Roy is responsible for developing and managing business relationships with the bank’s commercial customers throughout western Vermont. He is based at the NBT Bank’s Vermont Regional Office in Burlington.
Mayor Miro Weinberger today announced the appointment of Ian P. Carleton, Esq. as City Attorney for the City of Burlington. Carleton currently is a partner and shareholder at the Burlington law firm Sheehey Furlong & Behm, P.C. and a former Burlington City Council President.
Middlebury College has awarded the 2012 Perkins Award for Excellence in Teaching to Emily Proctor, assistant professor of mathematics.