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Church Hindes, President and CEO of the Visiting Nurse Association of Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties announced that James E. Manahan II has joined the agency as Vice President for Finance and Administration. Jim was most recently Vice President and CFO of the VNA of the Treasure Coast in Vero Beach, Florida.

YWCA Vermont and community members honored Lynn Vera, the

2010 Thrive Award recipient, as well as three other finalists—Kesha Ram,

Susan Sgorbati and Nancy Vogele—at the YWCA Thrive luncheon on Thursday,

October 21, 2010, from 12:00pm-1:30pm, on the Northern Lights.

The YWCA Thrive Award recognizes the intrinsic value successful women and

More than 250 women from

throughout Vermont gathered at Sheraton in South Burlington on Thursday

for the 2010 Key4Women Forum. All proceeds from the 2010 Key4Women

Forum were donated to the Vermont Women's Fund.

"The Vermont Women's Fund is thrilled to once again be the beneficiary

The New England Newspaper and Press Association (NENPA) recently inducted Suzanne Gillis, publisher of Vermont Woman Newspaper, into the New England Newspaper Hall of Fame – the only woman from Vermont ever inducted and the twelfth woman out of 80 inductees.

Engineering Ventures is pleased to announce the addition of Matthew

Lindhiem, E.I., to the staff. Matt has a Bachelor of Science in Civil

Engineering from Geneva College, in Pennsylvania, and a Masters of

Engineering from Cornell University with concentration in Structural

Engineering. Previously Matt spent 5 years as a Senior Engineer designing

Okemo Mountain Resort Executive Chef Michael Breen was

recently designated Certified Executive Chef by The American Culinary

Federation. The Executive Chef certification identifies those chefs who

have demonstrated a level of culinary competence and expertise through

their education, work experience, culinary knowledge and skills

The Board of Directors for the LEDC is proud to announce Dan Noyes as the recipient of this year’s award. Dan has been active for many years with various community organizations and well deserves this recognition. He currently serves as Chairman of the Wolcott Planning Commission and has been active in many environmentally-themed organizations.

Green Mountain College welcomes Robert J. Gould of Albany,

N.Y. as the College's new vice president for enrollment management.

Gould has served in a variety of higher education leadership roles for

19 years, most recently as vice president of finance (CFO) and

administrative operations at Albany College of Pharmacy and Health

A Vermont native with more than 25 years of certified

nurse-midwifery experience has returned to the Green Mountain State and

joined Gifford Medical Center in Randolph.

Certified nurse-midwife Donna Butler grew up in East Montpelier, attending

Montpelier High School and then the “new” U-32 high school when it opened

Gallagher, Flynn & Company, LLP is pleased to announce that Catherine M. Mossey has accepted the position of Audit Supervisor in the firm’s Auditing & Accounting Practice. Catherine received her Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Business Administration from Trinity College. She also received her Associates degree in Accounting from Champlain College.

Gallagher, Flynn & Company, LLP is pleased to announce that Jessica B. Schreiber has accepted the position of Senior Auditor in the firm’s Auditing & Accounting Practice. Jessica received her Bachelor of Science in Business Management from Cornell University. She also received her Master of Science in Accounting from Northeastern University.

Gallagher, Flynn & Company, LLP is pleased to announce that Karen M. Lascelle has accepted the position of Supervisor in the firm’s Tax Department. Karen received her Bachelor of Arts and Masters in Business Administration both in Business and Accounting from New Hampshire College and Southern New Hampshire University.