Laurie Kozar has been appointed director of allocations for the Vermont Disaster Recovery Fund as it gears up to provide grants to people affected by the 2023 floods. The fund helps individuals affected by disasters after they have exhausted all other sources of assistance.
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Community Bank has promoted John Keshavan to senior vice president and chief credit officer, and Bruce Bernier to regional credit officer.
Dr. Michael Hehir, a nationally recognized leader in neuromuscular disease education, was invested in January as the inaugural holder of the James F. Howard Jr. Professorship in Neuromuscular Disorders at UVM's Larner College of Medicine.
The Howard Center Board of Trustees has elected Kelly Deforge, senior mortgage loan originator at Union Bank, as its new president, and Yves Bradley, a partner at V/T Commercial, as vice president. They will serve alongside fellow officers George Philbert, who continues as treasurer, and Cyndee Surtevant, who remains as secretary.
Immigration attorney Jill Martin Diaz, former professor and director of the Center for Justice Reform at Vermont Law and Graduate School, has joined the Vermont Asylum Assistance Project as its first executive director.
Vermont Mutual Insurance Group, a property and casualty insurer based in Montpelier, has hired Samuel Hopkins (pictured) as vice president and chief information officer and promoted Director of Research and Development Joshua Wykle to the newly created position of vice president of strategy and innovation.
William Lucci, former assistant director for adult technical education at Stafford Technical Center in Rutland, has been named program director of The Hub CoWorks, the Chamber and Economic Development of the Rutland Region's co-working, meeting and event space.
Bettyjo Bouchey, former vice provost for digital strategy and operations at National Louis University, has been appointed chief officer for the professional and continuing education division at the University of Vermont.
Neagley & Chase Construction Co., a commercial construction firm in South Burlington, has hired Christina Seward (pictured) as human resources director and office manager and Nicole BetanCourt as project estimator.
Community National Bank has promoted Regan Howard to senior vice president and senior lender. In her new position, she will manage and collaborate with the bank’s team of commercial and residential lenders.
Thomas Christopher Greene, best-selling novelist, restaurateur and former president of the Vermont College of Fine Arts, will make his nonfiction debut February 20 with the release of "Notes From the Porch: Tiny True Stories to Make You Feel Better About t
The University of Vermont Health Network and the UVM Health Network — Home Health & Hospice have elected new trustees to their respective boards.