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MyWebGrocer is pleased to announce nine new additions to their team. The new members join the departments of system analysts, account managers, digital advertising sales executives, and software engineers.

Thomas Lahiri, M.D., medical director of Pediatric Pulmonology at Vermont Children’s Hospital at Fletcher Allen and Associate Professor at the University of Vermont College of Medicine, has been selected to receive the D. Robert McCaffree Humanitarian Award from the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) and the CHEST Foundation.

Dr. James N. Weinstein, President of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock (D-H) Clinicand Director of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, has been elected to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies of Sciences. Membership in the IOM is considered the highest honor in the fields of health and medicine.

Dr. Steven Craig DuBoff of Rutland, VT earned Diplomate status within the International Congress of Oral Implantologists (ICOI) on August 19, 2011. Dr. DuBoff is the first and only dentist in the state of Vermont to have received these credentials.

DuBois & King, Inc, consulting engineers announce that Peter C. Bero, P.E., has joined the firm’s Transportation Department as a Senior Bridge Engineer and Project Manager. Mr. Bero’s experience includes inspections, replacement, and rehabilitation of single and multiple span steel and concrete structures, as well as historic steel truss bridges. Mr.

Larry Sudbay, President and Chief Executive Officer of SymQuest® Group, the region’s leading provider of network and document technology solutions and services, is pleased to announce the promotion of Lonnie King to Connectivity Engineer.

Jeff LaBonte, Chairman of the Board of Directors at Special Olympics Vermont is pleased to welcome Andi Higbee to the Board. Andi is Burlington’s Deputy Police Chief and has been involved with Special Olympics Vermont for nearly two decades. He is a “celebrity” with many of the athletes and his personal commitment to the organization is a true asset.

Cat Cutillo has joined Lund Family Center as the Social Media and Marketing Coordinator. Cutillo brings seven years of experience working in media as a photojournalist, photo editor and writer. Her photography has been published in Budget Travel Magazine, Golf World Magazine, AOL, New York Press and others. In 2009, she expanded into videojournalism and producing short videos for the web.

Passumpsic Savings Bank president Peter Crosby and nationally recognized entrepreneur and Garth Moulton have been elected to the St. Johnsbury Academy Board of Trustees, Academy Headmaster Tom Lovett announced today.

Mathew Chabot was recently promoted to Director of Customer and Employee Relations at Vermont Teddy Bear Company. Matt joined Vermont Teddy Bear Company in July 2010 as the Customer Relations Manager. Prior to working for Vermont Teddy Bear Company, Matt worked for Filene’s and Macy’s Department Stores in Burlington as Store Manager and VP-Store Manager, respectively.

Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew announces that sixteen of its attorneys were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in the The Best Lawyers in America® 2012 (Copyright 2011 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.) in sixteen different practice areas.

Bread Loaf is pleased to announce that Cameron MacKugler has become a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Accredited Professional with the U.S. Green Building Council. LEED is accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings.