Peggy Piette, nurse practitioner in gastroenterology at Littleton Regional Healthcare, has been elected chair of the board of directors at the Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains. She has been a member of the council's board since 2019, most recently as secretary.
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Keith Jennings, former lead hydrologist at Lynker, a water science and engineering company based in Boulder, Colorado, has been named director of research at the University of Vermont's Water Resources Institute.
VNA & Hospice of the Southwest Region has promoted Chief Quality Officer Jessica Boutin to CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2025.
John Baumann, vice president and chief financial officer at the civil engineering firm DuBois & King, has been named Business Executive of the Year by the White River Valley Chamber of Commerce.
NPI Technology Management, a South Burlington company that provides information technology support and services to a variety of businesses in the Northeast, has promoted employee Kenneth White and welcomed Gary Brown to the organization.
The Windham Foundation, a Grafton-based organization dedicated to preserving and enhancing the social, economic and cultural vitality of Vermont’s smaller communities, has hired Bill Kuhnert as director of finance.
John Toney, Vermont’s chief information security officer, has been appointed as a visiting fellow by the National Security Institute at George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School. As part of that role, he joins NSI’s Cyber & Tech Security Council.
Sandra C. Cano, former director of commerce for the city of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, has joined the U.S. Small Business Administration as administrator for the New England Region.
Miroslava “Mirka” Prazak, professor of anthropology at Bennington College, has been inducted as a fellow into the Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences.
State Rep. Monique Priestley, D-Bradford, has been named one of 20 recipients of the 20 Under 40 Leadership Award by the Council of State Governments.
Ben Mirkin, associate professor of business administration at Vermont State University, has been named Educator of the Year by the American Mountain Guides Association.
Gov. Phil Scott has appointed Sarah Clark as secretary of the Agency of Administration and named Kristin McClure, Andrew Collier and Angela Smith-Dieng to extended cabinet positions.