Two Norwich University faculty members participated in the US Army War College's annual national security seminar in Carlisle, PA, June 5-9.
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Lori Wagner, former CEO of The Nantucket Project, has joined Commando, the women’s intimates, bodywear and ready-to-wear brand based in South Burlington, as chief marketing officer.
Crystal Currier, controller for the Vermont Public Power Supply Authority in Waterbury Center, received the Mark Crisson Leadership and Managerial Excellence Award during the American Public Power Association’s national conference in Nashville, TN.
ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain has appointed Charlie Smith as the museum’s interim executive director, effective June 13. He succeeds founding director Phelan Fretz, who recently retired after leading the science museum on the Burlington Waterfront for the past 20 years.
Scott Johnstone, former New England energy market leader at VHB, has joined Morrisville Water & Light as general manager. He succeeds Penny Jones, who will return to her passion of accounting as MW&L's controller.
Wayne Symonds, who recently retired from the Vermont Agency of Transportation after nearly 30 years of service, has joined VHB as senior structural engineer at the company's South Burlington office.
The Northeast Kingdom Council on Aging in Saint Johnsbury has hired Felicity Norko, a recent graduate of Northern Vermont University, and Brooke Brown, a senior at NVU, to support two of its key volunteer programs.
Gina Mireault, professor of psychology and chair of the Johnson Psychology and Human Services department.at Northern Vermont University, was recently awarded a research grant from the National Institutes of Health and named a Vermont State Colleges Systems Faculty Fellow for the 2022-23 academic year.
Karen Sastri, a 25-year employee at NBT Bank, has been elevated to the position of chief diversity officer of the financial institution, which operates through a network of 140 banking locations in New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine and Connecticut.
Central Vermont Home Health & Hospice in Barre has elected two new members, Connie Colman and Fred Grubb, to serve on its board of directors.
Mary DiNallo has joined the psychiatry and counseling team at Gifford Health Care, where she will provide mental health care for people in the community, including veterans who have substance use and post-traumatic stress disorders.
Seth Leonard of Winooski, managing director of community development at Vermont Housing Finance Agency, has been selected for the Fulcrum Fellowship by the Center for Community Investment at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.