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Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. (VHB), a firm providing engineering, land development, and environmental services, is pleased to announce the arrival of Brad Ketterling to VHB’s North Ferrisburgh office’s environmental team! He has worked as an environmental scientist for over 15 years, and has relocated to Vermont after eight years in VHB’s Williamsburg, Virginia office.

VHB’s North Ferrisburgh Office Welcomes

Deb Finnigan Senior Engineering Project Manager

Northwestern Medical Center (NMC) is pleased to announce the creation of “Northwestern Orthopaedics” through the acquisition of Synergy Orthopaedics. Dr. Rob Beattie and his staff have joined Dr. Michael Barnum and Dr. Jeremy Hatch as employees of NMC, effective January 1st, 2011.

Pediatrician Dr. Pamela Udomprasert has joined Gifford Medical Center’s Randolph pediatric practice full-time.

Jarrett Law Office, PLC a law firm that concentrates its practice on estate and elder law, is pleased to announce that Holly K. Lemieux, Esq. has joined its team of legal professionals.



The SymQuest® Group, the leading provider of network and document technology solutions and services announced that Bill Burbank, Account Executive for Network Services, is now certified in both VMware View Desktop Virtualization Sales (Level 4) and Dell KACE Sales. SymQuest clients rely on both tools to lower the cost of building, deploying, and maintaining their workstations.

Jordan Nellé, CPA has joined Davis & Hodgdon Associates CPAs as a Senior Accountant, specializing in auditing. Jordan is a graduate of Champlain College with a Bachelors Degree in Accounting. Jordan has over three years of experience in compliance and local governmental entity auditing. She is originally from Hyde Park, VT, and currently resides in South Burlington, VT.

Former Administration Secretary Neale F. Lunderville will join Green Mountain Power in February as Leader of Enterprise Innovation, GMP President and CEO Mary G. Powell announced Monday.

The UVM College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences (CEMS) welcomes Eric Hernandez as an Assistant Professor in the civil engineering program. Originally from the Dominican Republic, Hernandez received his PhD in civil engineering as a Fulbright scholar in 2007 from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. He will teach CE173 Concrete Design during the 2011 Spring semester.

Sona Iyengar, a Burlington resident with 18 years professional writing experience, recently opened Sona Writes, a writing and communications business in downtown Burlington.

Yestermorrow Design/Build School has hired José Galarza as the school’s first Director of Semester Programs. This new position was created to help launch Yestermorrow’s Sustainable Design/Build Semester Program for undergraduates in Fall 2011 and a graduate-level Integrative Design/Build Semester in Spring 2012.

Vermont Family Network (VFN) is pleased to welcome its new President/CEO Pam McCarthy who has served as the Vermont Agency of Human Services (AHS) Field Director in Franklin and Grand Isle Counties since 2004.