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Lee Ann Lee, Vermont Public Television's vice president for marketing and development, has announced she will retire from the statewide public television network on March 31, 2010.

The Sheraton Burlington Hotel and Conference Center is excited to celebrate, in 2010, some very special service anniversaries. This year five of our team members will be celebrating their 20th year of service with the hotel and our longest tenured associate her 25th.

Travel Leaders- Child Travel/Albany Travel recently hired John W. Weidman as Business Development Manager. With over 20 years of experience in the travel industry, Weidman will be calling on area businesses in the Capital District area in Albany as well as in Vermont to offer corporate travel planning and management services.

Green Mountain Children$B!G(Js Museum (GMCM) is pleased to announce the addition of Vicki Hayes to its Board of Directors.

Certified Project Management Professional® and Productivity Trainer Catherine Matosky (www.OrganizedbyKnight.com) has been chosen to present at the National Association of Professional Organizers' annual conference in Ohio this spring. Over 1000 conference attendees are expected.

Gallagher, Flynn & Company, LLP (GFC) is pleased to announce that Keith R. Phelan, CPA has accepted the position of Senior Accountant in the firm’s Tax Practice. Keith received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and his Masters of Business Administration from Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island.

Blanche Podhajski, Ph.D., President and Founder of the Stern Center for Language and Learning, is pleased to announce that Katie D. Halsey, of Shelburne, has joined the Board of Directors. Ms. Halsey, a personal trainer with over a decade experience serving community boards joined the Stern Center for Language and Learning in January. In addition to the Board of Directors Ms.

The Burlington law firm of Paul Frank + Collins P.C. announced that its litigation group has expanded and hired Cathy Foutz as a senior paralegal. Foutz is a graduate of the University of Vermont and The Institute for Paralegal Training in Philadelphia, PA. Foutz has worked as a litigation paralegal for over 30 years at law firms in Washington D.C., Boston, MA and Burlington.

Burlington attorneys David J. Sylvester and William J. Dodge, directors at Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC, have assumed new leadership positions within the firm: Sylvester as chair of the Business Law Practice Group and Dodge as recruiting director. The announcement was made recently by the firm’s managing partner, Paul H. Ode, Jr.

Walsh & Monaghan, LLP announces Annie Dwight as a new associate to its law firm. Ms. Dwights practice will concentrate on environmental and land use law, in addition to general litigation.

Dr. Mark Novotny, interim vice president for SVMC Medical Group at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) recently became a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE), the nation’s leading professional society for healthcare leaders.

Richard Feeley, President of Coburn & Feeley Property Management, Inc. of Burlington, recently announced that Theresa Heinrich has re-joined Coburn & Feeley as a part time Assistant Property Manager. Heinrich, who previously managed the Taft Farm Senior Living Community for Coburn & Feeley, will provide administrative support at properties managed by C&F.