Aspire Living & Learning, a multistate nonprofit serving neurodiverse children and adults, has appointed accomplished leaders Sky Barsch (pictured), Monica DeNeale and Jennifer Krzykowski to its board of directors.
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The longest-serving president at the former Castleton University, David Wolk, and two of the school's alumni, Izzy Gogarty and Darren Perron, have been named recipients of 2025 Castleton Alumni Association Awards. Castleton University is now part of Vermont State University, which presented the awards.
Eric Patterson, former plant manager at Marin French Cheese Co. in Petaluma, California, has been hired as cheese and catalog manager at Shelburne Farms, an education nonprofit on a mission to inspire and cultivate learning for a sustainable future.
Burlington Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak has appointed Kelli Perkins as director of the Office of Racial Equity, Inclusion and Belonging, effective Oct. 6. She succeeds Christian Berry, who has served as interim director since last December.
Patrick M. Tufts, former president and CEO at Granite United Way, has been appointed to the board of directors at Ledyard Financial Group, the holding company for Ledyard Bank.
Wanda Audette, director of adoption and co-director of Project Family at Lund, will retire from her leadership role on Oct. 31 after more than three decades of service. She will continue supporting the nonprofit adoption agency in an advisory capacity through June 2026, helping guide a seamless leadership transition.
The Chamber & Economic Development of the Rutland Region has announced the hiring of Caitlin Gates as the Real Rutland concierge coordinator. Concierges provide housing and career advice to individuals seeking to relocate to Rutland County to launch a business.
Dr. Helene M. Langevin, former director of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, will join the Osher Center for Integrative Health at the University of Vermont in early 2026 to shape the center’s mission-driven research efforts.
Daniel Franklin, of Crafsbury, executive director at the Vermont Association for Mental Health and Addiction Recovery, has been accepted into the 2025-26 class of the Obama Foundation Leaders USA program.
Attorney Janice Ward, former first vice president and trust officer at Greenfield Savings Bank in Massachusetts, has been appointed senior vice president and head of fiduciary services at Berkshire Bank, a division of Beacon Bank & Trust.
Adam Bunting and Chris Yager, both of Williston, and Erin Regan (pictured), of Hinesburg, have accepted appointments to the Lund Board of Trustees. The agency provides adoption, clinical treatment and parent-child center services to families across the state.
The University of Vermont has named Dr. Richard L. Page, dean of the school's Larner College of Medicine, as its inaugural chief medical affairs officer. Officials said this new role will help the university strengthen its strategic and material responsiveness to its land-grant mission and the well-being of the state.