Rick Daniell, former senior manager at Kelly Outsourcing and Consulting Group, has joined the Vermont Small Business Development Center as business adviser for Orleans, Essex and Caledonia counties in the Northeast Kingdom.
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Gifford has named Lil Sunshine Child Care Center in Randolph and the Middle Branch Grange in Bethel as 2024 recipients of the Philip D. Levesque Memorial Community Award, and Stephanie Herring as this year's winner of the Dr. Richard J. Barrett Scholarship.
Scott Rogers, former community development manager in Burlington's Community and Economic Development Office, has been named director of development and communications at Green Mountain Habitat for Humanity.
Paul Plunkett, president and CEO of Hickok & Boardman Insurance Group, has been named managing partner of the nascent New England region of Acrisure, a Michigan-based financial technology and insurance company. Hickok & Boardman and Plunkett have been affiliated with Acrisure since 2019.
KeyBank has announced that Tony DiSotto, private bank market leader for Maine and Vermont as well as market president for Maine, will assume expanded responsibilities as market president for Vermont.
Ethan Tapper, a Chittenden County forester with the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation, has been named the 2024 National Tree Farm Inspector of the Year by the American Tree Farm System, a nationwide alliance of 74,000 family forest landowners dedicated to the sustaina
PC Construction was recently honored by the Associated General Contractors of America for its work on the University of Southern Maine’s Portland Commons Residence Hall and McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success. The project earned a Construction Risk Partners Build America Award in the $76 million to $125 million new-building category.
Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports, a leading nonprofit in the adaptive sports industry, has selected John Collins of St. George to receive the 2023 Kellen Sams Memorial Leadership Award.
Katharine Litka, former associate at the New York City law firm Seyfarth Shaw, has joined Gravel & Shea in Burlington as litigation associate. Her practice will include state and federal courts, focusing on complex civil litigation, general business litigation, and personal injury and product liability.
Dr. Kumar Singh and family nurse practitioner Patricia Murphy have joined Gifford Medical Center, serving with the hospitalist team on Howell Pavilion, Gifford’s inpatient unit.
Rae Carter and Saudia LaMont, founder and founding adviser, respectively, of EmpowR Transformation, have welcomed Anna Howes Gebhardt, Elliot Ruggles, Mia Moore, Mitch Pauley and Shanda Williams to the organization to support business growth in communication, facilitation, organizational culture consulting and educational programming.
Gifford Health Care recently honored Matthew Shangraw, Erica Schleif, Thomas Davidson and Julia Cook with 2024 Employee Recognition Awards for exhibiting compassion and excellence in clinical care.