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Union Institute & University (UI&U), a private, non-profit university that offers a different approach to adult education featuring flexible, individualized, and socially relevant undergraduate and graduate degree programs, today announced the appointment of Roger Allbee to its Board of Trustees.

The board of directors of GNAT-TV is pleased to announce the promotion of Tammie M. Reilly from Director of Operations to Executive Director of our community’s public access television network.

KeyBank named Steve Gurin senior vice president and sales leader, Business Banking. He is responsible for providing management leadership to the Business Banking team, which provides expertise and financial solutions to business clients that generate revenues up to $10 million. His office is in KeyBank’s Vermont District headquarters in Burlington.

The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), the world’s largest anti-fraud organization and leading provider of anti-fraud training and education, is pleased to award Mark Beliveau CPA, CVA, of Hanover New Hampshire, the globally-preferred Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) credential.

Seventh Generation, the nation's number one Green Brand and market leader of non-toxic and renewable household solutions, has announced that consumer products branding expert Joey Bergstein will be joining the sustainable fold in September as the company's new Chief Marketing Officer.

Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene welcomes Rebekah Rice, Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM), to the Department of Women’s Health. As a nurse midwife, Ms. Rice provides care for women through their life spans, guiding them through pregnancy and birth, performing annual exams, and addressing healthcare needs relating to contraception, nutrition, bone health, and menopause.

Every year the Times Argus sponsors their Best of the Best awards. This year under the Best category of "Heart of Vermont" VT Republican Chair Pat McDonald was named the Best Public Personality or Politician.

VHB is pleased to welcome Bruce Boedtker,PE, as senior project manager in the land development group. Boedtker is well-known for his work assisting clients throughout Vermont with permitting, engineering, and design services. At VHB, he will work to enhance the firm’s growing land development practice in Vermont and continue to help clients resolve challenges efficiently.

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (GMCR) (NASDAQ:GMCR), a leader in specialty coffee and coffee makers, today announced the appointment of Stephen L. Gibbs as its Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer effective immediately. This newly created position has been established to strengthen GMCR’s accounting function and overall financial control environment. In his role at GMCR, Mr.

Daniel J Rodliff, insurance agent for Poulos Insurance in Burlington has earned the Life Underwriter Training Council Fellow (LUTCF) professional designation.

Realtor® Ivy Knipes recently joined Geri Reilly Real Estate as Buyer’s Agent and Closing Coordinator. Geri Reilly and her husband, Michael Simoneau opened their own agency in August 2010 and now employ three full‐time real estate agents and two assistants. Ivy is a native Vermonter and has been a licensed Realtor® since 2006.

Johnson - Richard Simays, Vermont Electric Cooperative (VEC) Mapping System Supervisor, retired on June 3, 2011 after 46 years of employment at the Coop. Richard began his career at VEC during the summer of 1962 when he was hired as a part-time employee. In 1965, he became a full- time Groundman and worked his way through a variety of positions.