People in the news

The Visiting Nurse Association of Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties announced at their Fall Annual Board Retreat the appointment of four new members for the VNA Board of Directors.

November brought seven new additions to the MyWebGrocer team. The new members joined the departments of customer support, software engineering, search engine optimization, and project coordination.

Barre resident Roxanne Jarvis was named Auxilian of the Year at the annual meeting of the Central Vermont Medical Center Auxiliary.

Molly Dillon, Senior Trust and Community Banking Officer at Merchants Bank, announced that David W. LaForest has joined the Merchants Trust Company as a Senior Relationship Manager in the Manchester office.

LaForest comes to Merchants following a 20-year career at Chittenden Bank, now People’s United Bank, working primarily in the Trust Department.

The VT SHRM State Council has selected Donna Austin-Hawley as the 2011 VT State HR Professional of the Year. Mrs. Austin-Hawley has demonstrated exceptional leadership throughout her career in Human Resources. She has been a key business partner at her current employer, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation, and has been a mentor for many HR professionals in the area.

The Burlington Business Association welcomed Russ Elek as the organization’s new Communications Specialist in late October. Elek will work to streamline the organization’s public communication, social media and membership outreach efforts while helping support the BBA's mission.

Dee Physical Therapy, with clinics in South Burlington and Shelburne, VT is pleased to announce that Pauline Masley, PT, DPT has joined their growing physical therapy staff . Pauline is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University and UVM’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program.

Calm Moments Spa located at 101 Main street Ludlow Vermont would like to introduce and welcome Kri, Stacey, Brandan and Kristen to our staff. Each of them have excellent training and skills in the spa world.

Mount Snow, Vermont is pleased to announce it has hired ski industry veteran Matt Gebo as Marketing and Events Director just in time to start the much-anticipated 2011/2012 winter season, the first day of which saw the debut of North America's only high speed detachable six passenger bubble lift, the Bluebird Express, along with other capital improvements the resort underwent during the off-sea

Joe Hayes, CPG, PG, Branch Manager of the Waterbury, VT office of Environmental Compliance Services, Inc. (ECS), attended the New England Brownfield Consultant Workshop presented by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on December 14, 2011 in Worcester, MA.

Monadnock Paper Mills, Inc. is pleased to announce important changes to its senior management, sales and marketing staff.

The Agency of Commerce and Community Development today announced that Dave Hakins has been named Publisher of Vermont Life magazine.