Darn Tough Vermont, the fastest growing American manufacturer of premium performance outdoor and lifestyle socks, is happy welcome its newest team member, Peter Kennedy. Peter joins the company as Senior Sales and Demand Analyst.
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Ryan Cloutier, LS has joined VHB as a Survey Manager in the firm’s growing South Burlington, Vermont office. In this role, Cloutier will provide overall program management for the Vermont office’s survey team and expand the suite of survey services offered to our state, municipal, and private sector clients.
Two University of Vermont-affiliated research teams have been awarded SPARK-VT grants by the university to help commercialize their work and move it a step closer to the marketplace.
Maurice G Paquette, MPAS, PA-C, of Mt Ascutney Hospital and Health Center (MAHHC), has been nationally recognized for earning a specialty credential called a Certificate of Added Qualifications (CAQ) from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).
Vermont Woodworking School (VWS) has hired Daphne Zencey to fill the new role of Administrative Director. Zencey will run the day to day operations at VWS, to include managing the programs, community classes and the 15,000 square facility—a historic dairy barn turned woodworking school— located in Fairfax, Vermont.
People's United Bank today announced that John DeFranza has joined the bank as Senior Vice President of Small Business Administration (SBA) lending, responsible for the development of enhanced SBA loan products and increasing lending efforts across the footprint. He will also be responsible for SBA product training, both internally and externally as well as building industry relationships.
The Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies (VCET) announced the promotion of Samantha “Sam” Roach-Gerber to Director of Innovation, a role in which she will continue to accelerate innovation and entrepreneurship throughout Vermont.
Callie Froebel, RN, received Central Vermont Medical Center (CVMC)’s third DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses in a surprise standing room-only ceremony June 29. Froebel, a nurse on CVMC’s medical-surgical unit, earned the honor for caring for and comforting a patient who had reached the end of life. Froebel, a nurse for two years, was nominated anonymously.
Charlie Moore, a railroad executive with more than 40 years of experience in the railroad industry, has been named president of AllEarth Rail, LLC. “We are very excited to welcome Charlie Moore as president of this new company. His knowledge, experience, and love for Vermont’s railways makes him the perfect choice for AllEarth Rail," said David Blittersdorf, founder of AllEarth Rail.
Howard Center is pleased to announce the promotion of two staff to lead its Safe Recovery and Street Outreach programs. Grace Keller has been appointed the Program Coordinator for Safe Recovery. Grace has 10 years of experience working in the Safe Recovery program as a case management supervisor and overdose prevention specialist.
Physician and scientist Steven D Leach, MD, has been selected as the new Director of the Norris Cotton Cancer Center. The appointment was announced today by Dr Duane Compton, dean of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, and Dr James N Weinstein, CEO and President of Dartmouth-Hitchcock.
Northfield Savings Bank welcomes Nicole Carignan and Thomas Robbins to the Board of Trustees. Nicole Carignan of Essex is a Corporator of NSB and served on the 2016 Corporator Nominating Committee. She is currently the Owner of ProfitFusion, LLC, a business consulting firm focused on growing entrepreneurial companies.