Berkshire Bank has promoted Senior Vice President Rob Nichols, a senior leader with more than 30 years in commercial banking, to managing director of business banking.
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Kristin Hubert, former superintendent of the Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union, has been appointed director of the Vermont Student Assistance Corp.'s GEAR UP outreach program. She succeeds Dianne Griggs, who retired.
Tracy Sicbaldi, former vice president of commercial and institutional banking at PeoplesBank in Holyoke, Massachusetts, has joined Berkshire Bank as senior vice president of government and municipal sales officer.
National Life Group has been named on the 2024 Ward’s 50, an annual list of the country’s 50 top life and health insurance performers based on financial health.
Krista Gay, former attorney at the New York City law firm Perkins Coie, has joined the labor and employment division at the northern New England law firm Downs Rachlin Martin. She will be based out of DRM's Brattleboro office.
Jonathan Leighton, former retail banker at TD Bank in Shelburne, has been appointed branch manager at the Union Bank of Vermont and New Hampshire's Shelburne Village location at 5068 Shelburne Road. Leighton is a graduate of Vermont State University, where he studied health science. He is a member of the National Society of Leadership and Success.
Curtis Rhodes of Brattleboro, a longtime employee of Casella Waste Systems, has been named Regional Commercial Driver of the Year by the National Waste and Recycling Association, a Washington, D.C.-based trade association that represents private waste and recycling companies.
Katrina Menard, a former legislative assistant to U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), has joined the Public Assets Institute as a state policy fellow for Vermont.
Calvin Caswell, former regional sales manager for Pella Products, has acquired the home inspection company The BrickKicker of the Champlain Valley from Dustin LeBlanc, son-in-law of the firm's founder, Guy Henning.
The Agency of Human Services has announced that Todd Daloz will depart his role as deputy secretary in early August and join the Office of the Vermont Attorney General as legislative and policy director.
Kerry Mazzariello, former vice president and senior community lender at National Bank of Middlebury, has joined the Rutland branch of The Bank of Bennington as vice president of business development.
Tara Brooks, former director of operations at Heartworks Early Education in Burlington, has been named executive director at Vermont Adult Learning, an organization that helps those 16 and older successfully transition to employment and postsecondary education.