Scott Hadley of Shelburne, owner of Hadley Financial Group in South Burlington, has been recognized as New York Life’s Producer of the Year for 2022. Hadley has been an agent with New York Life since 1998 and a financial adviser with Eagle Strategies since 2009, and is associated with the Vermont general office in Colchester.
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Community College of Vermont student Autumn Morse of Brattleboro has been awarded a highly competitive Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship by the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. The award will provide Morse with up to $55,000 a year to complete her bachelor’s degree.
United Way of Northwest Vermont, an organization dedicated to improving lives in Chittenden, Franklin and Grand Isle counties, elected new leadership and seven new members to its board of directors in May.
Burlington High School senior Ali Ali, a member of the Boys & Girls Club of Burlington, has been named Vermont State Youth of the Year for 2022 and will advance to the Northeast Regional Youth of the Year competition June 23 in New York City.
Norwich University in Northfield recently announced the appointment of four new members to the school's board of trustees.
Cindy Bruzzese, executive director of the Vermont Ethics Network in Montpelier, and Dr Allan Ramsay, professor emeritus of family medicine at the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, have been named recipients of the Madison-Deane Award for Excellence in End-of-Life Care for 2020 and 2021, respectively.
Bruce P King, retired president and CEO of New London Hospital, has been elected chair of the board of directors of Ledyard Financial Group and Ledyard National Bank. He succeeds Margaret Rightmire, who will continue to serve on the board after stepping down as chair.
Steven Locke, chief of the Burlington Fire Department for the past six years, has accepted the same position with the South Burlington Fire Department. He will succeed Terry Francis, who will move to the position of fire marshal, overseeing construction permitting, inspections and fire prevention.
Norwich University has named First Sergeant Douglas Thornton, who retired from his law practice in 2019, as the new Corps of Cadet’s provisional battalion assistant commandant and director of bands and specialty units.
The investment firm One Day In July, headquartered in Burlington, announced the following recent hires:
The nonpartisan Vermont Council on Rural Development welcomed two new employees who will play critical roles within the organization's programming, including community visits, leadership initiatives and the climate economy program.
Haley McGowan, DO, director of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology Consult Program at the University of Vermont Medical Center, has been appointed medical director of the Child, Adolescent and Family Unit at the Vermont Department of Mental Health.