Rebecca Kaduru, former chief strategy and impact officer at UpStart, has been appointed president of the Institute for Sustainable Communities, a Montpelier-based organization working to reduce climate pollution in the U.S. She joins the ISC after nearly 15 years of working at the intersection of community development, climate and social enterprise.
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HB Lozito, executive director of Brattleboro-based Out in the Open, a grassroots advocacy organization of and for rural LGBTQ+ people in Vermont, has been named winner of this year's Con Hogan Award for Creative, Entrepreneurial Community Leadership by The Vermont Community Foundation.
Pulmonologist Anne Dixon, a professor of medicine at the University of Vermont, has been appointed chair of the Department of Medicine at UVM's Larner College of Medicine. Dixon had been serving as interim chair since October 2022.
Vermont residents Julia Conway and Marilynn Brothers have been named two of 20 recipients of Next Gen scholarships awarded this year by Berkshire Bank. The awardees were selected for their academic achievements and commitment to community service and volunteerism.
William Atkinson, director of engineering at Vermont Mechanical in Williston, has been named president of the National Society of Engineers, a professional association representing licensed professional engineers in the United States. He was formally installed at the society's Professional Engineers Conference in Louisville, Kentucky, in August.
System Integrators in Williston, a pioneer in cutting-edge technology solutions, has appointed Ed McNeil as its newest team member. McNeil joins System Integrators from Creative Sound in Burlington, the area's longest-running specialty electronics dealer.
GunSense Vermont, a nonpartisan advocacy organization for common-sense gun safety measures, will honor its founder, Ann Braden, with the group's inaugural Leadership and Courage Award Sept. 6 at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.
Jacob Smith, a member of the Lipkin Audette team at Coldwell Banker Hickok and Boardman, tops a list of five 2023 Northwest Vermont Realtor Association Award recipients who will be honored for their extraordinary contributions to the association and the real estate industry Sept. 14 at the Lake Champlain Community Sailing Center in Burlington.
DEW Construction in Williston recently welcomed Justin DePasquale as assistant project manager and Patrick Turnbull as superintendent.
Christopher J. Maley, a Burlington trial attorney dedicated to personal injury and medical malpractice law, has been admitted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. This honor places him among the top legal professionals in North America and among the top 1% of trial lawyers in Vermont.
Sarah Phillips, former director of the state Office of Economic Opportunity, has joined the leadership team at the Vermont Community Loan Fund as director of housing and community facilities programs.
C.D. Mattison of Burlington, an independent consultant in user experience, solution architecture and product design, and David Tabaruka of Colchester, financial controller at the Community College of Vermont, have joined the board of directors at the Vermont Professionals of Color Network in Burlington.