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iSystems, LLC, the company behind Evolution HCM, announced today the hiring of Ted Pricer, as the company's Vice President of Engineering. Mr. Pricer is an experienced software development team leader, blending strong software development skills with a focus on organizational development.

Curtis Ostler has joined the Vermont Tech staff as the Associate Dean of Resource Development. Curtis comes to the college after three years of leading development at ReSOURCE, a nonprofit community enterprise in Burlington, Barre, and Hyde Park, and five years at Norwich University as a Development Officer and Director of Corporate & Foundation Relations.

Gov. Peter Shumlin announced that August Burns of Middlesex has been commissioned to paint his official portrait, which will be donated to the State House collection. Vermont has a tradition of displaying the portraits of governors throughout the State House.

BioTek Instruments is pleased to congratulate Christopher Ziegler as the recipient of the 2016 Norman R Alpert Research Prize.

Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) is pleased to welcome Hospitalist Patti L. Miller, MD, to the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Putnam Medical Group. Miller is board certified in Internal Medicine. Dr.

PT360 has a new employee at their employee-owned physical therapy practices. Jen Pelkey of Hinesburg joined PT360’s Shelburne location as an office administrator. She graduated from UVM with a BS in business administration, bringing years of diverse managerial and administrative experience to the team.

Governor Peter Shumlin has reappointed Charlotte Dennett of Cambridge and Kerry Secrest of Brattleboro to serve on the Vermont Commission on Women (VCW). Both will serve additional four-year terms.

The Stern Center for Language and Learning in Williston, VT is pleased to announce the addition of Tracy Stein to their expert evaluation team as an Evaluation Technician. Stein comes to the Stern Center from the New York City Department of Education: Committee on Special Education 10, where she spent the last two years as a school psychologist.

Mobius is excited to announce that its executive director, Chad Butt, has been elected to serve on the Mentoring Partnership Advisory Council (MPAC) for MENTOR (the National Mentoring Partnership).

The United Counseling Service Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Lorna Mattern as the agency’s new Executive Director. Mattern will take the reins when the current Executive Director Ralph Provenza retires at the end of October.

The Porter Medical Center Board of Directors is pleased to welcome four new members who will join the board this summer, two of whom fill vacant board positions prescribed by the PMC Bylaws.

Nineteen attorneys from the northern New England law firm Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC have been selected by peer-review for inclusion in the 2017 ranking of Best Lawyers in America ©. Two DRM attorneys have also been named Lawyers of the Year in their respective practices in selected market areas.