Authors Zoë Tilley Poster, Kathryn Davis, Caren Beilin and Bianca Stone were named as winners in this year's Vermont Book Awards competition. The four received their awards, which carry a $1,000 prize, during a celebration hosted by Vermont Humanities at the Vermont College of Fine Arts on May 6.
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In a unanimous vote, the Senate Democratic Caucus elected state Sen. Rebecca White as caucus communications director. In this role, White will serve as part of the caucus leadership team and guide efforts to connect Vermonters with the work of Senate Democrats.
CPR Therapeutics, an early-stage medtech startup company funded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation to develop the next generation technology for cardiopulmonary resuscitation, welcomed Dave Gaddy as its first chief engineering officer.
Sharron Harrington, interim executive director of the Vermont Association for the Education of Young Children since March, has been appointed to the position on a permanent, full-time basis.
John Russell, president of Russell Construction Services in Rutland City, has been chosen to serve as chair of the Vermont Economic Progress Council, the approval and authorization body for the Vermont Employment Growth Incentive program and the Tax Increment Financing district program.
M&T Bank in Burlington has promoted Heidi Stumpff from senior vice president and region manager of commercial real estate to regional president for Vermont.
Killington Resort, the largest four-season resort in Eastern North America, announced the promotion of Halley Riley-Elliott from groomer mechanic to manager of the vehicle maintenance department.
Jennifer Draper, a universal banker II at Union Bank of Vermont and New Hampshire's main office in Morrisville, VT, has been appointed branch manager of the bank’s Hardwick, VT, location at 103 VT Route 15 West.
Melissa Bowen, former legal assistant and office manager at Sargent Law Office in Morrisville, has been rehired by Union Bank of Vermont and New Hampshire as manager of the bank's Stowe branch at 47 Park St.
Joseph Acquisto, professor of French and chair of the Department of Romance languages and Cultures at the University of Vermont, has been named inaugural director of UVM's newly formed School of World Languages and Cultures in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Katherine Meyers, chief financial officer at VEIC in Winooski, has been elected to a three-year term on the board of trustees at Delta Dental Plan of Vermont, one of three Delta Dental plans doing business jointly as Northeast Delta Dental in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.
Daniel Bromberg, interim director of the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire, has been named inaugural dean of the graduate school at Vermont Law and Graduate School in South Royalton, effective July 1.