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Dee Physical Therapy, with clinics in South Burlington and Shelburne, VT is pleased to announce that Pauline Masley, PT, DPT has joined their growing physical therapy staff . Pauline is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University and UVM’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program.

Calm Moments Spa located at 101 Main street Ludlow Vermont would like to introduce and welcome Kri, Stacey, Brandan and Kristen to our staff. Each of them have excellent training and skills in the spa world.

Mount Snow, Vermont is pleased to announce it has hired ski industry veteran Matt Gebo as Marketing and Events Director just in time to start the much-anticipated 2011/2012 winter season, the first day of which saw the debut of North America's only high speed detachable six passenger bubble lift, the Bluebird Express, along with other capital improvements the resort underwent during the off-sea

Joe Hayes, CPG, PG, Branch Manager of the Waterbury, VT office of Environmental Compliance Services, Inc. (ECS), attended the New England Brownfield Consultant Workshop presented by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on December 14, 2011 in Worcester, MA.

Monadnock Paper Mills, Inc. is pleased to announce important changes to its senior management, sales and marketing staff.

The Agency of Commerce and Community Development today announced that Dave Hakins has been named Publisher of Vermont Life magazine.

The Board of Directors of the Champlain Valley Exposition, Inc. today named Tim Shea of Williston as the organization’s new Executive Director. Shea will assume his new position in February 2012. In making the announcement, Matthew Stevens, President of the CVE Board, noted that Shea will have the benefit of working with longtime General Manager David Grimm for approximately eight months.

The Board of Trustees at Southern Vermont College appointed Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Oncology and Director of the Johns Hopkins Pituitary Tumor Center, to its Board, effective immediately. A migrant farmer from Mexico who spent his days in the fields of the San Joaquin Valley and went to community college at night, Dr.

Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports, the largest year-round disabled sports non-profit organization in Vermont, recently announced that Tom Alcorn, of Rutland, Vt., is the 2011 recipient of the organization's annual Jim Hutchinson Volunteer of the Year Award.

The Agency of Commerce and Community Development today announced that Joe Bookchin has been named the new director of the Office of the Creative Economy.

Dr. Philip Conroy, President of Vermont Technical College, announces Carol Chase, a dedicated college employee of 20 years, as the new Executive Assistant to the President. Reporting directly to Dr. Conroy, Chase will be responsible for coordinating and executing administrative functions for the President of the College and overseeing functions and projects related to college operations.

The Vermont Manufacturing Extension Center (VMEC) has announced the election of Brenan S. Riehl to its Advisory Board. Brenan (Ben) Riehl is the President and CEO of GW Plastics headquartered in Bethel, VT.