Rutland Regional Medical Center recently honored Drs. Zita Ficko and Carl Becker and advanced practice providers Leonard DeLorenzo III and Robin Myers as 2023 providers of the year. Ficko and DeLorenzo represented Rutland Regional Medical Center and Becker and Myers represented Rutland Area Community Providers.
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Sterling College in Crafsbury has hired four new employees — Hannah Rushing in advancement, Seth Hayden in facilities and Xiao Ma and Nic Stevens in admissions.
The Lake Champlain Chamber has announced the promotions of Alex Bunten to director of workforce and education and Amelia Cayer to director of communications and engagement.
Richmond-based UnTapped, a leading provider of all-natural athletic fuel products crafted with organic maple syrup, has appointed co-founder Doug Brown as CEO. The new title is more a formality than a change of duties, as Brown has directed and overseen the day-to-day operations of independently owned company for many years.
Seth Blanchard, a private wealth adviser with WellBridge Wealth, a private wealth advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services in Colchester, has qualified for the company’s Circle of Success annual recognition program and will be honored for this achievement at the 2024 National Conference in Orlando, Florida.
Ron Lumbra, a partner in the CEO and board practice at New York City-based Heidrick & Struggles, has been re-elected to a fifth one-year term as chair of the University of Vermont Board of Trustees.
Lynn Richardson, former store supervisor at TD Bank in Morrisville, has joined Union Bank as manager of its Northgate Plaza branch, also in Morrisville. Northgate is one of the busiest branches in Union Bank’s network of 19 banking offices in Vermont and New Hampshire.
Amy Johnson, former daily operations manager at Dunkling and Penney Dentistry, has been named account manager of the Burlington office of Northeast Delta Dental.
Jas Darland of Charlotte, head of school at Lake Champlain Waldorf School, has bee named executive director of Sail Beyond Cancer Vermont, effective March 18. She will succeed the organization's founder, Suzanne Snyder, who is transitioning to direct Sail Beyond Cancer USA.
The Vermont Community Health Worker Workforce Initiative, a health equity-driven project led by Southern Vermont Area Health Education Center, has announced the selection of a diverse leadership team to advance the community health worker profession in the state.
Tristan Roy, a former emergency medical technician in the emergency department at North Country Hospital in Newport, has returned to the facility as a physician assistant in the hospitalist program.
Susan Rhodes, a clinical social worker and therapist formerly in private practice in Texas, has joined the care team at St. Johnsbury Pediatrics, a service of Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital.