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Hotel Vermont is pleased to announce several updates to its executive leadership team, further enhancing the organization's commitment to growth and resilience. The appointments come at a time when Hotel Vermont continues to hold its position as a leader in the local and regional travel industry.
With Vermont’s vaccination levels at well over 80 percent and Delta variant-related cases rising, the 124 members of the Larner College of Medicine’s medical Class of 2025 are starting their journeys to becoming physicians during a completely new and different academic year, but they’ll be doing it in person.
Over the last month, four local food pantries received donations from the Northwestern Vermont Board of REALTORS® (NVBR) made possible through NVBR’s Annual Food Drive. This year’s food drive raised over 5,000 dollars through support provided by Food Drive sponsors and NVBR members.
Brattleboro Savings & Loan is pleased to announce the promotion of Donna Rathbun to Vice President and Compliance Officer, BSA/AML Officer and Sherie Lewis to Assistant Vice President and Operations Manager.
Middlebury has named Caitlin Goss vice president for human resources and chief people officer. She will begin her new role on September 13. A native Vermonter who grew up in Hinesburg, Goss holds an MBA in sustainable innovation from the University of Vermont and a bachelor's in political science and East Asian studies from Dickinson College.
Monica Allard has joined the northern New England law firm Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC and has begun work in the firm’s Litigation Group in Burlington, Vermont. Monica comes to DRM after having practiced in the financial services section of a large international law firm in Boston, Massachusetts.
Mayor Miro Weinberger announced Daniel Richardson as Burlington’s next City Attorney. Richardson brings nearly two decades of legal experience to the City, most recently as Partner at Tarrant Gillies, Richardson & Shems and as an Adjunct Professor at Vermont Law School where he created the school’s first municipal law course.
The Southwestern Vermont Chamber of Commerce’s Executive Director Matthew Harrington will host Southwestern Vermont Medical Center’s (SVMC) Chief Medical Officer Trey Dobson, MD, for a live program, Shires Health, at noon Thursday, August 5 on Facebook Live and on CAT-TV’s public access channel 1075. The program is produced in cooperation with Catamount Access Television.
Southwestern Vermont Health Care’s (SVHC) Medical Matters Weekly with Dr. Trey Dobson—a weekly interactive, multiplatform medical-themed talk show—will feature Art Groux, the executive director of the Bennington Rescue Squad on its August 11 program. The show will air at 12 p.m. Groux will discuss local and national trends within Emergency Medical Services (EMS).
The National Life Group Foundation added three new board members. Nimesh Mehta, Dawn Minter, and Scott Rogers join the Foundation’s chair, Tom MacLeay, and directors Mehran Assadi, David Soccodato, and Beth Rusnock to further its charitable efforts in Vermont and the Dallas, Texas area.
The Okemo Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce recently held its 64th Annual Meeting at the newly renovated Calcutta’s Sports Bar & Restaurant at the Fox Run Golf Club in Ludlow.