People in the news

Bruce Foust, Senior Vice President and Business Banking Manager for Merchants Bank, announced the appointment of Lisa Geraghty as Business Banker Officer.

Ms. Geraghty will primarily be serving the business needs of small to mid-sized businesses in Northern Vermont.

ENPRO Services, Inc. (ENPRO), a customer-focused firm specializing in the management of oil and hazardous waste, has over the course of 2010 seen steady growth and in response has added a number of key personnel across its New England offices.

Ski Vermont’s Marketing Manager Kyle Lewis comes to

VSAA from Sugarbush Resort where her specialties included group sales

with emphasis on season passes, offsite tickets, international sales and

group packages. Lewis’ specialties include nurturing key relationships

with local businesses and she is fully adept at front line duties

The Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce held their 112th Annual

Meeting on November 1st. Dan DiBattista, Plant Manager, Rutland

GE-Aviation and his employees were named the 2010 Business Persons of

the Year. In his remarks Executive Vice President Tom Donahue noted “GE

Rutland recently added a 27,000 (square) foot expansion to Plant 2 and

Kelliher Samets Volk (KSV), a Burlington-based marketing firm, welcomes David Coats as executive creative director. Coats will work with KSV's Burlington, Vt., Boston and New York offices to reinforce, enhance and support all creative efforts for KSV clients.

Four attorneys have joined the northern New England law

firm of Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC as associates. Attorneys Cathleen E.

Stadecker and Paul A. Smith have joined the Intellectual Property

Practice Group and are based in Burlington; Lisa Fearon has joined the

Regulated Entities Group and will practice in the firm’s St. Johnsbury,

Dr. John Daly has been a urologist for 33 years. The

key to his success? Compassion.

Urologists treat problems of the male and female urinary tract and male

reproductive organs. Taking the time to talk to patients and make them

comfortable is thus essential, says the kind-hearted caregiver, who is now

Bill Magnus, a Real Estate Sales Professional servicing Franklin, Grand Isle and Chittenden Counties, has joined Keller Williams Realty Green Mountain Properties.

The Vermont Symphony Orchestra recently recognized Susi Learmonth of

Corinth as the Volunteer of the Year for her dedicated service to the

organization. Learmonth helped launch the new VSO Family Halloween Concert

in Bradford to benefit area *SymphonyKids* programs, the Orchestra’s

outreach program in local schools, and raised funds for the April 2010

Lund Family Center recently welcomed Americorps* VISTA Eireann Aspell to its team. Eireann will spend the next year developing and implementing a mentor program for Lund Family Center participants.

Executive Director Sarah Carpenter announced Renee Couture

of Burlington has accepted the position of Financial Analyst/Compliance

Specialist.

In her new role, Couture is responsible for the reconciliation of bank

and general ledger accounts and trustee billing for the Agency, as well

NPI, a Network Services and Security provider, is pleased to announce that Robert Dinan

has joined NPI’s Technical Team. Bob will provide managed services support to

Canopy contract clients and support VoIP projects. Bob has over 22 years of technical

support expertise and holds a B.S. in Electronic Engineering from DeVry