The Masiello Group at Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate announced that Sandy Reavill has been promoted to sales director of the agency's Hanover, NH, and Quechee, VT, offices. Reavill, whose family has been a part of the Quechee Lakes community since 2006, has been an agent with the Masiello Group since 2020.
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The Vermont Small Business Development Center, which provides no-cost assistance to hundreds of business owners and entrepreneurs in the state, has named Sara Munro as project coordinator of its Community Navigator Pilot Program.
Alexia Federhen of Bennington, a 25-year-old graduate of Cornell University, was crowned Miss Vermont 2022 on April 24 at the Chandler Center for the Arts in Randolph. At a separate competition that day, Abigail Hunter, a 17-year-old high school senior from Poultney, was crowned Miss Vermont's Outstanding Teen.
Andrea Giles has joined the Carter Insurance Agency in Bristol as senior account executive. She brings with her more than 20 years' experience and extensive industry knowledge.
Central Vermont Medical Center recently welcomed Lauren Abramowitz as a family medicine nurse practitioner. Abramowitz joins CVMC from NewYork-Presbyterian hospital in New York City, where she worked as a family nurse practitioner.
JAG Productions, a Vermont-based producer of classic and contemporary African-American theater, has hired Jason Schumacher as its first fulll-time managing director.
Eric Avildsen, executive director of Vermont Legal Aid since 1988, has announced his intention to retire at the end of October. Under Avildsen's direction, the size of staff and breadth of legal work undertaken has increased significantly.
Christine Monigle, principal of Leto Advisors & Advocates in Hanover, NH, has been chosen by the National Safe Parents Coalition as the lead advocate to enact Kayden’s Law in the states of New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine.
Casella Waste Systems announced that the company’s president and chief operating officer, Edwin Johnson, will retire on June 30, and that Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Edmond “Ned” Coletta will assume the role of president and chief financial officer, effective July 1.
The Vermont Mutual Insurance Group Board of Directors elected the following officers at its 195th annual meeting of policyholders and directors on April 20:
Peregrine Design/Build in South Burlington announced that long-time employees Jillian Bartolo and Griffin Allen will take ownership of the company upon Tim Frost’s retirement in 2024. Collectively, Bartolo and Allen bring more than 20 years of design and construction experience to this leadership role.
Polly (formerly known as DealerPolicy), the leading insurance marketplace for automotive retail, has named Tom Lyons as president and chief operating officer of insurance. Lyons joins Polly from Plymouth Rock Assurance, where he had most recently served as chief operating officer.