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Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew, P.C. is pleased to announce that Angela Clark has become Of Counsel in the firm, effective February 2011.

Kelliher Samets Volk (KSV), a Burlington-based marketing firm with offices in Boston and New York, welcomes Dianne Hanlon-Druyff to its Client group as director of client services.

Suzanne Brooks, Customer Service Specialist at Caleidoscope Communications completed the Adtran Technical Support Associate Certification for IP Telephony.

Kinney Pike Insurance, a leading independent insurance agency in Vermont, announced its top producers for 2010, recognized for producing the most new business in both the commercial and personal insurance lines of business. Jody Freeman has been honored with the 2010 Barwood Sales Achievement Award for personal lines insurance.

Executive Director Sarah Carpenter announced Robin Howe of Colchester has joined Vermont Housing Finance Agency (VHFA) as Multifamily Operations Specialist.

BioTek Instruments, Inc., welcomes Marcus Stolarski to the company as Product Specialist. Marcus is responsible for supporting BioTek’s distribution network and customers in Brazil. Prior to joining the company, Marcus worked for Brazilian distributor Biosystems, and received a degree in biological sciences from the Federal University of Parana.

The Vermont Department of Public Service has announced the appointment of Sarah Hofmann as Deputy Commissioner and James Porter as the Director of Telecommunications. The Department serves as the ratepayer advocate for utility matters in energy, telecommunications and water, and also is the lead for the state’s energy policy.

Utility Risk Management Corporation announces the hiring of Sally Filling as the company’s Chief Operating Officer. Filling comes to URMC with over 20 years of technical maintenance leadership and management experience in the utility industry.

Dr. Mandar Dewoolkar has been named the recipient of Vermont Campus Compact's 2011 Engaged Scholar Award for community-based teaching and scholarship that addresses social, economic, and environmental concerns, and for development of collaborative partnerships with communities that engage students in local and global communities.

Dr. Kurt Oughstun’s two volume book entitled, “Electromagnetic and Optical Pulse Propagation” (Volume 1 published in 2006 and Volume 2 published in 2009) has received rave reviews in two prestigious science magazines: IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine and Optics & Photonics News.

Kathryn A. Scott, chief content officer for Vermont Public Television, has been named to the Production Council Executive Committee for The National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA).

NETA is a national professional association that serves public television licensees and educational entities in all 50 states, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.

A Middlesex woman with an extensive background in marketing and brand management will be the new chief marketing officer for the State of Vermont.