Col. Matthew T. Birmingham, director of the Vermont State Police, is pleased to announce the following promotion: Sgt. Jerry Partin, patrol commander at the Royalton Barracks, to lieutenant/station commander at the St. Albans Barracks. Lt. Partin has served the people of Vermont for more than 13 years.
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The Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce is happy to announce Leadership Champlain’s Class of 2020:
Matt Anderson, Distribution and Maintenance Manager, Vermont Gas;
Al Belluche, Director of Logistics, Vermont Army National Guard;
Ryan Black-Deegan, Supervisor, Davis & Hodgdon;
Executive Director Maura Collins announced that Vermont Housing Finance Agency (VHFA) has selected Chris Flannery as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), following an extensive national search. Flannery comes to VHFA from Oak Ridge Financial in Minneapolis, where he served as Managing Director, Structured Finance.
On August 1, 2019, the Friends in Adoption (FIA) Board of Directors unanimously appointed Tara Saltis as the new Executive Director of FIA. For the past 15 years, Tara has served as FIA’s Director of Operations and Finance.
Hickok & Boardman, Inc is pleased to announce that Mindy Bero, Client Advisor, has been selected as one of 31 women from throughout New England to be named to the 2019 class of Women of FIRE by Banking New England magazine.
Benjamin Roberts has been appointed a Senior Production Underwriter by workers’ compensation specialist The MEMIC Group to support continued growth in the Vermont market. Roberts, a native of Vermont, previously worked the territory with Acadia Insurance.
The Friends of Norris Cotton Cancer Center is pleased to announce the election of three new members to its Lebanon board of directors and a new chair, vice chair and four new members to its Friends South board.
The Burlington Republican Committee elected Kolby LaMarche to the position Committee Chair on Tuesday, September 17th. Kolby, 17, is a senior at Burlington High School, and has been involved in Republican causes in Vermont for a number of years.
The Vermont Community Foundation is pleased to announce the promotion of Stacie Fagan, who has worked since May 2018 as a senior philanthropic advisor at the statewide foundation, to vice president for philanthropy. In her new role, Fagan will oversee all aspects of the Community Philanthropy group, which helps fundholders find and fund the causes they love.
The Vermont Community Foundation and the organizing committee for the Con Hogan Award for Creative, Entrepreneurial Community Leadership are pleased to announce that Jan Demers will be honored with this year’s award. Demers is the Executive Director of Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (CVOEO), serving Addison, Chittenden, Franklin, and Grand Isle counties.
To satisfy the demand for primary care providers in the region, and to accommodate more same-day appointments, Grace Cottage Family Health is pleased to have Family Nurse Practitioner Summer Burch join its Townshend practice. Burch started her healthcare career in 2004 as a mental health worker at the Brattleboro Retreat.
Robert Nichols recently joined VHB’s Land Development Team as Lead CADD designer.