High 5 Adventure Learning Center, a leading organization in adventure education and experiential learning, has appointed Associate Executive Director Jennifer Ottinger to serve as its next executive director. She succeeds Jim Grout, who has transitioned to the role of founding director.
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Century 21 MRC, a real estate brokerage serving northern Vermont, recently welcomed agents Shaunna Bell, Rachel Hackett and Mariah Rowell to its 22-member team.
Bell is a native Vermonter with strong ties to the Burlington area. She loves being a part of an up-and-coming area. Her commitment to excellence is embodied throughout her transactions.
Christopher L. Caldwell, executive vice president and chief lending officer at Community National Bank and vice president at Community Bancorp., has been appointed to the board of directors of both companies.
Massage therapist Matt Howard has joined Integrative Acupuncture, a practice providing evidence-based acupuncture, naturopathic medicine and massage therapy at locations in Montpelier, Williston and Colchester.
Elián González has been appointed director of programs at the Peace & Justice Center, a nonprofit social justice organization based in Burlington. González, who has facilitated workshops at the center for the past two years, succeeds Bella Fearn, who recently stepped down to pursue other opportunities.
Diane Wiley, former manager of partner relations at Simulmedia, has been appointed programmatic account manager at Quorum, a Burlington-based company that helps businesses improve advertising effectiveness.
Sarah Wallace-Brodeur, former senior director of operations at Vermont Family Network, has joined the Cancer Patient Support Foundation as executive director.
The Burlington law firm Dinse has announced that attorney Carol Pfeiffer has been accepted into Class II of the New England Fellows Institute of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
The northern New England law firm Downs Rachlin Martin has presented its inaugural Excellence in Action Award to attorney David Sylvester. The award recognizes an individual who exemplifies the firm’s guiding principles — clients first, quality, integrity, respect, teamwork, mentoring and community — as voted on by DRM employees.
Gravel & Shea attorney Catherine A. Burke has been named a shareholder of the firm. Burke is a member of the firm’s corporate department, advising and assisting clients with business formations, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance matters.
Jeremy Gerber, former development manager for the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps, has joined Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility as membership and development manager.
The Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition and the Vermont Coalition to End Homelessness have merged to form a single organization — the Housing and Homelessness Alliance of Vermont — and appointed Frank Knaack as its inaugural executive director.