Charlotte-based public relations firm Junapr has announced the addition of its 14th full-time employee, Morgan Whitehouse, as associate director. Whitehouse has nearly a decade of experience in communications and public relations in fields spanning the ski industry, health care and craft beer.
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The Vermont Chamber of Commerce has appointed three new members to its board of directors: Chris Karr of The Karr Restaurant Group, Killington; Steve Gagner of 14th Star Brewing, St Albans; and Steve Boyer of Sonnax, Bellows Falls.
The Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund recently welcomed Laura Brill as bookkeeper and contracts manager. VSJF is a nonprofit organization focused on sustainable economic development in the agriculture and food system, forest product, waste management, renewable energy and environmental technology sectors.
Barre Area Development Corporation has named Aimée Green as its new executive director. Green brings to the job more than 25 years' experience spearheading complex business operations in economic development, finance, programmatic initiatives and policy in the highly regulated industries of municipals, energy and the health care sector in Vermont and Maine.
The Vermont Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame will induct three new members — former WLVB-FM operations director Craig Ladd; Vermont Public producer and announcer Betty Smith-Mastaler; and Stephen Puffer, owner and operator of WTWN-AM/WYKR-FM — during ceremonies Dec 3 at the Hilton Hotel in Burlington.
Christopher Venner, former commercial loan officer at Union Bank, has joined TD Bank's Vermont commercial bank team as senior relationship manager. In his new role, Venner will provide business banking products and solutions to companies in the area with annual revenues of up to $100 million.
Jennifer Harrington, a nurse in the Transitional Care Department at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, was named the October recipient of the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses at Southwestern Vermont Health Care.
Jonathan Farrell, director of facilities and operations at the Committee on Temporary Shelter, has been appointed the organization’s next executive director, effective Nov 17. He succeeds Rita Markley, who will step down next month after 30 years leading the state's largest service provider for the homeless and those at risk of becoming homeless.
Lindi Quesnel of Salisbury, former mortgage loan administrator at Vermont Federal Credit Union, has joined National Bank of Middlebury as a retail community lender. Quesnel has more than 15 years of banking experience, 10 of which working locally as a mortgage originator.
Tracy Hassett, president and CEO of edHEALTH, was recently named chair of the Vermont Captive Insurance Association Board of Directors. She succeeds Andrew Baillie, program director for global insurance at AES Corporation.
The Vermont Agency of Transportation's State Highway Safety Office and the Vermont Highway Safety Alliance recently presented nine highway safety awards to professionals around the state for their exceptional work and commitment to keeping Vermont’s roadways safe for all users.
Sivan Cotel, co-founder of Stonecutter Spirits, has been named chief financial officer at Siempre Tequila. He will work remotely from Vermont. Siempre Tequila is available in 20 US states and five Canadian provinces and anticipates expanding into Vermont in the near future.