Erica Dixon, former client services manager at Bridge Financial Partners, has joined Copper Leaf Financial as client services associate and paraplanner. In her new role, she will provide extensive support to Copper Leaf’s clients and work closely with the wealth management team to provide operational and administrative assistance.
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Marcos Gabriel, chief transformation officer at McCormick & Company, was recently elected to serve on the National Life Group Board of Directors.
Daniel Ori, former director of performance marketing for Hickory Farms in Chicago, has been named vice president of performance marketing at Vermont Teddy Bear, the largest seller of teddy bears by mail order and the internet.
Charles E. Stanley Jr. has been named winner of Norwich University's 2023 William E. Colby Military Writers’ Award for his book, “Lost Airmen: The Epic Rescue of WWII U.S. Bomber Crews Stranded Behind Enemy Lines” (Regnery History, 2022).
Vera Sheehan, an Abenaki artist and founding member of the Vermont Abenaki Artists Association, was presented with the Center for Women & Enterprise Andrea C. Silbert Rising Star Award at CWE's annual auction and gala April 26 at the Omni Parker House in Boston.
The University of Vermont Health Network — Home Health & Hospice has appointed Christine Werneke as its next president and chief operating officer. Werneke has served as interim president during the search for a permanent successor to Adrianne Johnson Ross, who stepped down from the role in January.
Nancy Gray, regional managing director for the Americas of Aon's captive and insurance management practice, and Sandy Bigglestone, deputy commissioner of the captive insurance division at the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation, were voted to the first and third spots, respectively, of Captive Review's Power 50 rankings earlier this year.
Guy Rouelle, director of the aviation division at DuBois & King, has been elected to serve on the consulting planning and engineering firm's board of directors.
Christine Miller of Essex Junction, principal of the sales consulting and coaching firm Miller Consulting, has been selected as business coach for the Williston cohort of an upcoming THRIVE executive-level training series, sponsored by the US Small Business Administration. The program will run from June through December.
Danielle Gonzalez, chief human resources officer at Williams College in Massachusetts, has been appointed to the Southwestern Vermont Health Care Foundation's Northern Berkshire Regional Advisory Board.
New York Life Insurance Co. has elevated Anthony Caligaris from partner to managing partner for the Vermont general office headquartered in Colchester. He will oversee the company's statewide operations in Vermont.