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The Vermont Historical Society recently welcomed four new members to its staff — Katie Grant, collections manager; Gail Wiese, access librarian; Scott Sorrell, program assistant; and Nick Brown, 2024 educational intern.

Denise Johnson, retired associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court, and Maureen Scanlin, an executive at the California-based consulting and engineering firm Tetra Tech, have been appointed chair and vice chair, respectively, of the Vermont Council on World Affairs Board of Directors.

Vermont Conservation Voters has recognized state Sen. Anne Watson (D/P-Washington) and state Rep. Mike Rice (D-Dorset) with 2024 Environmental Rising Star Awards for their strong support of the organization's priority issues last year.

The VNA & Hospice of the Southwest Region recently recognized registered nurse Lisa Cramer as Clinical Employee of the Quarter and Human Resources Benefit and Leave Coordinator James Albright as Nonclinical Employee of the Quarter.

Kinney Drugs, part of the KPH Healthcare Services family of companies, has awarded its 2024 Quest for Excellence Award to Analesa Muir, supervising pharmacist of Kinney’s Newport, Vermont, store.

Mack Molding has promoted four employees and welcomed two new hires as part of a reorganization of its Northern division sales and engineering team under Vice President Joan Magrath.

Orion Global Talent, a Derby-based executive search and talent agency, has appointed April Lane as executive vice president. Before joining Orion, Lane served as principal of both Brighton Elementary School and Irasburg Village School.

Dana Hudson, a longtime advocate of the farm to school movement in Vermont, has been named network coordinator at the Vermont Farm to School and Early Childhood Network in Sherburne.

Realtor Adam Carron has joined Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman, a Burlington-based agency consistently ranked as the No. 1 Coldwell Banker office in Vermont. Carron brings to H&B significant project management, marketing, and analytical skills honed while representing such brands as Dannon, Light & Fit, and After Bite.

TD Bank has promoted Don Baker, former commercial market president for Vermont, to the expanded role of commercial market president for northern New England. In his new position, Baker will lead the commercial and small business banking teams in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.

Stephanie Geery, former estimator and project manager at O'Neil Landscape Design and Oak Hill Mulch Co. in Westford, Massachusetts, and Michael Snyder, former project engineer at PC Construction Co. in South Burlington, have joined DEW Construction in Williston as project engineers.

David Boyd, former assistant attorney general and deputy solicitor general for Vermont, has rejoined the Burlington law firm Gravel & Shea as a shareholder.