Nikol Ware has been promoted from assistant branch manager to branch relationship manager at Bar Harbor Bank & Trust’s two branches in Randolph. In her new role, she leads teams of banking professionals to provide solutions and guidance to help individuals, families and businesses in the community meet their financial goals.
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Zach Seibold has joined Norwich University's School of Architecture + Art as assistant professor of architecture.
Jon Jamieson, a 28-year veteran of the financial industry, has joined the Burlington-based life insurance company Bluestone as director of community engagement. An entrepreneur and community leader, Jamieson ran and grew a multigenerational insurance business in Vermont’s Mad River Valley and has played an active role in the community for over 20 years.
Vijay Nazareth, founder and executive director of Skills for Life and founder and CEO at Exeter Capital Company, both in Frederick, Maryland, has been named executive director of the Champlain Valley Farmer Coalition in Middlebury, an organization that assists farmers in implementing innovative agricultural practices that enhance water quality, soil health, cli
Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin recently welcomed pathologist Douglas J Kim, MD, and emergency department physician assistant Deborah Governale to its practice.
Barbra Marden has been named team leader of the new Partner Success Program at the global health care innovation company THINKMD. Marden, a native of Uganda, brings extensive customer success experience and critical skills to the role, including project management, team leadership and development, and organizational agility.
Julie Arel, former director of the Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in the Vermont Department of Health, has been promoted to deputy commissioner of the department, effective Aug 1. She will serve alongside fellow Deputy Commissioner Kelly Dougherty.
Christine Brown has been promoted from assistant director to director of captive insurance at the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation. She succeeds Sandy Bigglestone, who will be appointed deputy commissioner of the division when David Provost retires at the end of August.
The Waybury Inn in East Middlebury recently welcomed new head chef Tony Petri, who acquired his cooking chops approximately 15 years ago at Breadloaf, the famed Middlebury College mountaintop campus up the hill from the inn.
Retired Army Reserve Colonel William Lyons Jr has been named director of Norwich University's Center for Global Resilience and Security, effective July 1. He succeeds Tara Kulkarni, who served as CGRS’ inaugural director since 2017.
Allison Hooper of Brookfield, co-founder of Vermont Butter & Cheese Company (now Vermont Creamery), and Sherilyn Peterson of Craftsbury Common, of counsel at the Seattle office of the law firm Perkins Coie, have been elected chair and vice chair, respectively, of the Sterling College Board of Trustees, effective July 1.
Vermont Arts Council Executive Director Karen Mittelman has announced she will depart at the end of October.