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Family physician and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene Associate Medical Director, Don Caruso, MD, MPH has been appointed Medical Director of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene (DHK) and will share leadership responsibilities with Cheshire Medical Center President and Chief Executive Officer, Arthur W. Nichols.

The Visiting Nurse Association of Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties (VNA) celebrated longtime staff and volunteers on November 3 at its Annual Staff and Volunteer Recognition Dinner at the DoubleTree Hotel in South Burlington.

The Champlain Valley Business and Professional Women’s Club (BPW) recently honored Heidi G. Clute, CFP®, owner of Clute Wealth Management, as Businesswoman of the Year.

North Country Orthopaedics and North Country Hospital are pleased to welcome Dr. S. Glen Neale as its new full-time orthopaedic surgeon. The doctor is no stranger to the practice or to North Country Hospital. He has worked at the practice part-time for several years. On September 14 Dr. Neale joined the practice on a full-time basis.

Three hundred women from throughout Vermont gathered at the Sheraton on November 2 for the 10th annual Key4Women Forum to discuss courage in leadership and why courage is vital to the achievement of success by women in business.

The Committee on Temporary Shelter (COTS) announces the election of three new officers to its Board of Directors: Michael J. New as Board Chair; Brigitte Ritchie as Vice Chair and Patrick Thornton, who was re-elected as Treasurer.

Executive Director Sarah Carpenter announced Robert Purcell of Georgia, VT has joined Vermont Housing Finance Agency (VHFA) as Financial Analyst. Purcell brings vast accounting and analytical experience ranging from accounting positions at Wells Fargo to account management in the captive insurance industry. He also brings strong systems and process improvement skills.



Dee Physical Therapy, with locations in South Burlington and Shelburne is pleased to announce that Richard Tremblay PT, DPT has joined their growing physical therapy staff.

Vermont Technical College has appointsed Martha Trombley Oakes to the newly created post of Associate Dean for Institutional Advancement. Trombley Oakes, who is a native Vermonter, comes to Vermont Tech from National Life Group in Montpelier where she served as president and CEO of the National Life Group Charitable Foundation, Inc.

Charles (Chuck) Pizer has joined Vermont Public Television, the statewide public television network, as community engagement director. He will develop partnerships with community organizations, educational groups and other agencies to enhance VPT’s reach and impact throughout the audience area.

Local performers Jamie Polli, Tim Kavanagh, and Bill Moller have created Game Shows VT, marketing live game shows as a team-building tool for local companies and organizations. Polli hosted the game show "Survey Says!" for over nine years on public access Channel 15.

After nearly 30 years on the job – 22 of them as the Director of Bromley Mountain’s Ski and Snowboard School – Peter Robertson has decided to move on to other pursuits. Burleigh Sunflower, who has been Bromley’s Snowboard School Manager for the past seven years and the Snowboard Supervisor at Okemo’s Jackson Gore base area prior to that, has been named Bromley’s new Director of Snow Sports.