Century 21 MRC in St. Albans has announced the hiring of associates Lindsay Kittell and Shannon Kane. Both new employees come from strong business backgrounds.
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Community National Bank, headquartered in Derby, has promoted Holly Pepin from marketing assistant to treasury and municipal relationship manager. With this promotion, Pepin will be an officer of Community National.
After 20 years as local host of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Mitch Wertlieb is passing the mic to colleague and “All Things Considered” co-host Jenn Jarecki. Wertlieb will stay at Vermont Public to host “The Frequency,” Vermont Public’s daily news podcast, beginning this fall.
John Oliver, former director of community education initiatives at Centerpoint, an adolescent treatment services provider in Winooski and South Burlington, has been named interim principal at Edmunds Middle School in Burlington. He begins his new duties the week of July 17.
Dr. Andrea Mendelssohn has joined the Obstetrics, Gynecology and Midwifery team at Gifford Medical Center in Randolph.
Tim Allen, former vice president and relationship manager at NHTrust, has joined Ledyard Financial Advisors — a division of Ledyard National Bank — as senior financial adviser. Allen comes to Ledyard with over nine years of experience in the financial services and wealth management industry.
Painter Terry Ekasala of West Burke has been selected as the second recipient of The Vermont Prize, an annual award aimed at celebrating and supporting the best visual art being made in Vermont today.
Lorraine Atwood, former vice president of finance and administration at Vermont Law and Graduate School, has been named vice president for finance and administration at Bennington College. She will report to President Laura Walker and begin work July 17.
Rich Smith, vice president and business insurance client adviser at Hickok & Boardman Insurance Group, was named the Stowe Area Association's Stowe Business Person of the Year at the group's annual meeting and dinner June 27.
Vermont Land Trust recently welcomed Sasha Vaut, former director of philanthropy at the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, as development director, and Maggie Herrick, who has spent the last decade in operations roles within the food sector, as bookkeeper.
Meg O'Brien of Stowe, principal of client service at Champlain Investment Partners, and Paige Church of Wenham, Massachusetts, a self-employed neonatologist and developmental behavioral pediatrician, have been elected to the board of trustees at Lund, a social services agency in Burlington.
Educator and nonprofit leader Ted Lawson has been named executive director of ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, effective July 3. Lawson’s strong background in science and STEM education as well as his extensive experience leading nonprofit organizations makes him especially qualified to take the helm at this time, officials said.