Mt Ascutney Hospital and Health Center (MAHHC) announced that Rose Attwood has been named as the Hospital’s Employee of the Month for November 2018. The monthly award recognizes employees who have demonstrated sustained service excellence in their respective departments and who have displayed compassion, a caring approach, and continuous hard work within their community.
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Olivia "Libby" Duane Adams will be the fourth Castleton graduate to be inducted into the Vermont State Colleges System Hall of Fame this spring. Adams earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Castleton in 1984 and became the co-founder of Alteryx, Inc, a global leader in the data analytics industry headquartered in Irvine, California in 1997.
Four University of Vermont faculty, including a dean at the university, have been named to a list of the world’s most impactful researchers, based on the number of times their published studies have been cited by other researchers over the past decade. Researchers on the list are in the top 1 percent of all scholars whose work has been cited by others.
Stone Environmental is pleased to announce that David Abrahamson, PE, PMP has been hired as a Senior Engineer to further develop Stone’s Environmental Assessment and Remediation service offerings and environmental engineering services. Dave will provide senior engineering leadership, as well as apply his project management and leadership skills to enhance Stone’s delivery of projects.
James Baker was honored with this year’s $15,000 Con Hogan award. The annual award recognizes Con’s life work by rewarding each year a community leader who shares his vision of a better Vermont and who seizes the responsibility for making that vision a reality.
Southwestern Vermont Medical Center’s (SVMC) ExpressCare in Bennington is pleased to welcome Family Nurse Practitioner Robert (Tony) Majors. With this appointment, Majors also joins the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Putnam Medical Group. Majors earned his master’s degree in Nursing from Southern Adventist University in Tennesee in 2016.
The Snelling Center for Government is pleased to announce the graduates of the Vermont School Leadership Project Class of 2018:
James Avery, Principal, Otter Valley Union High School
Renee Badeau, Co-Principal, Williamstown Schools
Kevin Barber, Physical Education Teacher, Albert D Lawton Intermediate School
Heather Baron, Principal, Colchester High School
DealerPolicy, a market-leader in the rapidly-growing Insurtech segment, has hired industry veteran Weili Yuh as Chief Underwriting Officer. Based in Boston, Yuh will lead the underwriting process and portfolio management strategy.
The Institute of Professional Practice, Inc (IPPI) is proud to announce the appointment of Christopher G Bond Manchester, NH and Bob Sheil of Montpelier, Vermont to the agency's Board of Directors. "We are thrilled to welcome both Bob and Chris to the Board of Directors and grateful for their service,” said Lou Giramma, CEO of IPPI.
VHB is happy to anounce the following new hires: Merrill Allen; Jeff Zweber; Kimi Tokarczyk and Ryan Forbes. Merrill Allen recently joined VHB’s South Burlington, Vermont office as an IT Service Specialist. In this role, Merrill will be responsible for supporting the IT needs of VHB’s South Burlington, Vermont and Albany, New York offices.
The Vermont Center for Independent Living, a statewide disability rights organization, recognized a Burlington restaurant on Nov 29 for its commitment to accessibility. Butch & Babe’s owner Kortnee Bush received the Rosemary J Miller Dining for All Award. Bush opened the Old North End eatery in 2015.
RSF Social Finance recently selected Flexible Capital Fund (Flex Fund) President Janice St Onge of Stowe, VT, as one of 24 professionals for its Integrated Capital Institute, an intensive program designed to provide connections and strategies practitioners need to help values-drive philanthropies and investors deploy capital for lasting social and environmental benefit.