National Life Group announced that Matt Frazee and Louis Puglisi, co-leaders of independent distribution, have been promoted to field executive vice presidents.
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The Vermont Chamber of Commerce has hired Doug Corman as business development manager and Ellie Schabel as director of events and business education. Both positions will play a key role in elevating the organization’s work of advancing the Vermont economy.
NEK Broadband, a nonprofit organization working to bring reliable high-speed broadband to the Northeast Kingdom and the town of Wolcott, has hired Marc Hughes as operations project manager and Erik Townsend as geographic information system specialist and project manager.
Sandrine Kibuey, director of statewide housing advocacy at the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, has been elected to the board of directors at the Public Assets Institute, a Montpelier-based independent research organization on state budget, tax and economic issues.
Keith Michel, associate vice president for development at Mount Holyoke College, has been named vice president for institutional advancement at Bennington College, effective March 27. As part of Bennington's leadership team, Michel will take responsibility for a comprehensive and integrated fundraising and alumni engagement program.
Vermont Public has hired two local media leaders, April McCullum and Michael Dougherty, to expand service on digital platforms and reach a broader and more diverse audience. McCullum will join the newsroom as digital editor, and Dougherty will take on the role of director of digital strategy.
VHB employees Wayne B Symonds and Stephanie Wyman have been named Vermont’s Engineer of the Year and Young Engineer of the Year, respectively, for 2023. Symonds, a senior structural engineer, joined VHB's South Burlington office last year after retiring from a 29-year career at the Vermont Agency of Transportation.
Orly Yadin, executive director of the Vermont International Film Festival since 2012, has announced she will step down from her role on June 30. Yadin has been involved with the festival since arriving in Burlington from London in 2002.
Glenn McRae of Burlington, director of the Northeast Transportation Workforce Center at the University of Vermont, has been elected to the board of directors at Colchester-based Age Well, the leading experts and advocates on aging in northwestern Vermont.
ReArch Company has hired Evan Kelley as a superintendent and Stacey Bevins as director of marketing and communications.
Kelley joins ReArch with nearly a decade of industry experience working in New England. In his previous position as a superintendent in Boston, he completed several projects over $15 million.
Governor Phil Scott has appointed Farzana Leyva of Westfield as state's attorney for Orleans County. Leyva has served as acting state’s attorney since last September, when Scott appointed former state’s attorney Jennifer Barrett to the superior court.