Connie Livingston, Coach, Consultant, and Strategist; Susan Luce, Luce Creations; and Jen Lowe, Customer Service Works recently co-hosted a networking and connecting event for women business owners. Twenty-five local business owners attended.
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The VT/NH Marketing Group is pleased to announce that David Schraffenberger, General Manager at Production Advantage in Williston, has been named President of VT/NH MG for the 2011-2012 year. The VT/NH MG is a membership organization that provides networking and education to marketers throughout VT and NH.
Katherine Hackett, a cum laude 2011 graduate of Saint Michael's College with a degree in sociology/anthropology, was named Admission Counselor at Saint Michael’s. She began at the college in June. Ms. Hackett was awarded the Katherine Fairbanks Award at commencement which is given annually to the top woman graduate in the class.
The Junior League of Champlain Valley proudly announces their new Board of Directors for their 2011-2012 year.
Sara Munro, President, Burlington
Stacy Orbacz, President-Elect, Shelburne
Kerrin Connors, Community Vice President, Colchester
Paula Glassman, Treasurer, Burlington
Ellen Zdyb, Corresponding Secretary, Colchester
The pain of an injury or illness is sometimes unbearable, but equally painful is the cost of some prescription medications people need to get better or to stay healthy. Sue Leavitt, a pharmacy technician at North Country Hospital in Newport, is trying to ease the pain of the cost of prescription drugs for eligible patients.
Attorney Peter D. Van Oot of the law firm Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC has been named Volunteer of the Year for 2011 in the eleven northeast states by the Northeast Economic Development Association. The award will be presented at NEDA’s annual meeting on October 24 at the Sheraton Hotel in Burlington.
Hubbardton Forge announces the appointment of Steve Rice, lighting industry veteran, as the company’s new Vice President of Sales and Marketing.
Nan Patrick, sales director with Mary Kay, returns from the Mary Kay convention, “Seminar”, with top awards. Her sales group was the #1 sales unit, and the most improved unit in Vermont. Nan, in personal sales, took the #7 position in her division of 175,000 beauty consultants and sales directors.
Dr. Kathryn R. Dungy, who earned her doctorate in Caribbean and Latin American History from Duke University, was named assistant professor history at Saint Michael's College. Professor Dungy was a visiting assistant professor at Saint Michael’s from 2010 to 2011, and has now been named to that position on a tenure track, effective for the fall 2011 semester.
Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene (CMC/DHK) welcomes Joanne Bulley, MD, to the Department of Women’s Health. Dr. Bulley has cared for patients since 1985. In June 2011, she closed her solo practice and will continue to provide patient care at Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene.
With teaching experience at universities in the U.S. and France, at two colleges, and in a sixth grade, Peter Vantine brings scholarship, as well as experience and accolades in the teaching world, to his new position at Saint Michael's College.
Dr. Laura J. Stroup, assistant professor of geography at Texas State University, San Marcos, has been named Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at Saint Michael's College, starting with the fall 2011 semester. Dr. Stroup is the first professor in the college’s newly developed, cross-disciplinary major in Environmental Studies.