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The Vermont Communications Union Districts Association, a consortium of nine CUD municipalities that provides broadband to unserved and underserved addresses in Vermont, has elected new officers for 2023.
Erin Barry-Fenton, former administrator at the Loretto Home in Rutland, has joined Gifford Health Care as director of Strode Independent Living, a 49-unit apartment complex for seniors 62 and older at Morgan Orchards Senior Living Community in Randolph Center.
Cold Hollow Sculpture Park in Enosburg Falls has appointed Public Programs and Visitor Services Coordinator Chloe Vogt as the organization's first-ever director. With prior experience in arts programming, Vogt hopes to extend and diversify programming at the park to include family programs, workshops and docent-led guided tours.
The Vermont Business Roundtable, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization of CEOs from Vermont's top private and nonprofit employers, elected new officers and directors for 2023 at its Jan 12 membership meeting.
Landis Menard, 25, of Fairfield, has been announced as the winner of the 2022 Vermont lifetime hunting and fishing license lottery, entitling him to hunt and fish in the state for free for the rest of his life. Menard's name was drawn from among 18,782 lifetime license lottery tickets purchased in 2022. The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department holds the drawing annually.
The University of Vermont has announced the appointment of Katharine Shepherd as dean of the College of Education and Social Services, effective Jan 15. Shepherd is the Levitt Family Green and Gold Professor of Education, who has served as interim dean of the college since July 2021.
Vertek Corporation, an industry-leading telecom operations and managed security services provider, announced that Jorge Reis has succeeded Brad Soutiere as president as part of a long-planned succession search and that Ron Hruby has been promoted to chief operating officer.
The Vermont Manufacturing Extension Center in Randolph Center has elected two new members — Melissa Bounty, assistant director at Central Vermont Economic Development Corporation in Montpelier, and Cristin O’Donnell, director of training and development at Cabot Creamery Cooperative/Agri-Mark in Waitsfield — to two-year terms on its advisory board.
Amanda Peden, a financial planner at Commonwealth Financial Group in Burlington, has been elected to a three-year term on the Howard Center Board of Trustees.
Community National Bank recently announced the promotion of Network Administrator Richard Stovall to information technology manager. He will succeed Ted Ripple, who is retiring.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont has elevated Director of Human Resources and Facilities Margaret Pinello-White to the newly created role of chief administrative officer.