Christian Camerota, former associate regional editor at Patch Media, has been named Assistant Director of Marketing for Social Media at Saint Michael's College. Mr. Camerota, a resident of Colchester, started his new position on Nov. 7. A 2004 graduate of Saint Michael’s College, Mr. Camerota started with Patch as a local editor in Wiltonin 2009.
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Attorney Jeffrey M. Messina has joined the Labor and Employment Group and Attorney L. Raymond Sun has joined the Litigation and Regulated Entities Groups at the northern New England law firm of Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC. Both associates have prior experience at the firm and both will work from the firm’s Burlington Office.
Jaime Losch has completed a 40-Hour National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Airborne Asbestos Sampling and Analysis Course. Ms Losch is an Indoor Air Quality, Asbestos, and Lead Project Scientist with the Waterbury, VT office of Environmental Compliance Services, Inc. (ECS).
Gallagher, Flynn & Company, LLP is pleased to announce that Karen M. Lascelle has attained the Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) credential from the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA). Karen joins the ranks of approximately 5,000 CVAs nationwide.
Steve Getz has recently joined the team as Organic Valley's New England East Pool Coordinator. Getz will be expanding the farmer's presence in the Northeast, allowing the organization to strengthen regional resources and continuously decrease miles from farm to table.
Woodridge Rehabilitation and Nursing recently held a ceremony to recognize the three employees honored by the Vermont Health Care Association (VHCA). VHCA presented Outstanding Caregivers Awards to Registered Dietician Janis Belforti, Dietician of the Year, long-time volunteer Lydia Lewis, Volunteer of the Year and Crystal Sayers, LNA, Secretary of the Year.
New England Federal Credit Union (NEFCU) recently announced the hiring of two new employees.
Diane Strackbein will assume the position of Project Manager in NEFCU’s Harvest Lane Branch. Diane has worked in the banking industry for approximately 12 years, including the past several years as a Lead IT Projects Manager with a local banking institution.
Entergy has promoted Vermont Yankee Plant Manager Chris Wamser to its VY site vice president position replacing Michael Colomb who has served in that position since October 2008. Colomb has been named site vice president for the James A. Fitzpatrick plant near Oswego, N.Y.
Saint Michael's College physics professor Dr. John O'Meara of Essex Junction, Vt. and two colleagues at the University of California, Santa Cruz published an astronomical break-through discovery in Science, the premier journal for all science on November 10, 2011.
Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. announces that Bob Klinefelter has been promoted from Staff Engineer to Project Engineer in the firm’s North Ferrisburgh, Vt. office.
Ben Moffatt joined Engineering Services of Vermont, LLC in May of 2011 as the growing company’s first full time hire. Ben was born and raised in Barre, Vermont where he attended Spaulding High School and Barre Technical Center. Along with his high school diploma he also earned a certificate in Architectural Drafting and CADD from the Barre Technical Center.
Benjamin Russell has become an Ameriprise Financial Private Wealth Advisor. Russell, with an office in Colchester, VT, is one of approximately 4% percent of the 10,000 Ameriprise financial advisors to achieve this status.