Pat Holland, former construction manager for LaBella Associates in Rochester, NY, has joined the general contractor Kingsbury Companies in Middlesex, VT, as vice president of civil operations. Holland also previously served as vice president of construction operations at Alvin J Coleman & Son in North Conway, NH.
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The Vermont Medical Society Education and Research Foundation announced the 2022 cohort of the Physician Executive Leadership Institute Foundational Course, which began remotely in January.
The Vermont Housing Finance Agency has named Ken Pulido of South Burlington, VT, to the newly created role of director of energy finance.
Vermont Business for Social Responsibility elected seven new members to three-year terms on the organization’s board of directors:
Diego Adrianzen Herrera, MD, a physician-scientist in the University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine, was invested in January as the inaugural holder of the Early Career Green and Gold Professor of Medicine.
At separate meetings in November and December 2021, the board of directors of the Addison County Economic Development Corp elected four new members and a new executive team for the 2022-23 term.
New board members are:
Hazel Brewster, former chief of staff for the Vermont lieutenant governor’s office, has joined the Vermont Chamber of Commerce as director of public relations. In her new role, Brewster will lead the chamber’s communication and event efforts, working closely with President Betsy Bishop.
Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports, the largest year-round disabled sports nonprofit organization in Vermont, recently honored three individuals as 2021 Volunteers of the Year.
Gravel & Shea, a full-service law firm in Burlington, VT, has hired Jason Port to lead its tax, trust, estate and probate practice areas.
Southwestern Vermont Council on Aging has named Laurie Knauer its Community Partner of the Year for 2021.
Conor Casey, former executive director for the Vermont Democratic Party, has joined the gun-violence prevention organization GunSense Vermont as its executive director. Casey began his career in the office of U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts and brings with him over 15 years of public policy experience in Vermont.
Matt Cooke, vice president at PC Construction in South Burlington, VT, has been promoted to executive vice president and chief operating office at the 100% employee-owned company.