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The Nature Conservancy in Vermont has appointed Eve Frankel as the organization's next state director. She succeeds Heather Furman, who was promoted to lead The Nature Conservancy's Appalachians Program.

Family nurse practitioner Roz Vara-Good has joined Gifford Health Care, serving on the addiction medicine team at Kingwood Health Center in Randolph and at Gifford Health Center at Berlin — Primary Care.

Former state Rep. Janet Ancel, chief architect of Vermont’s groundbreaking state child tax credit law, has been unanimously elected to the board of the Public Assets Institute, an independent research organization on state budget, tax and economic issues.

South Burlington construction company ReArch recently welcomed two new employees and promoted two others currently on staff.

New members joining the company are:

Charles M. Petersen, retired president, CEO and director of Biddeford Savings Bank in Maine, has joined the board of directors at Ledyard Financial Group, the holding company for Ledyard National Bank.

The Vermont Manufacturing Extension Center in Randolph Center recently welcomed Mark O’Hearn as business growth adviser — supply chain. A former gas turbine engineer for the Navy, O’Hearn has spent his entire civilian career in manufacturing.

Community Health in Rutland, Vermont's largest federally qualified health center, has promoted registered nurse Moses Hudson-Knapp to director of population health and quality.

Alexa Euler, director of human resources at Counseling Service of Addison County in Middlebury, and Katie Stames, human resources business partner at Data Innovations in Colchester, were recently honored by the Vermont State Council of the Society for Human Resource Management for their exceptional performance and outstanding achievement in the HR profession.

Julie Jatlow, co-owner of the Burlington-based youth marketing agency Fuse, has been named to Sports Business Journal’s list of ‘game changers’ for 2023. The Game Changers program highlights female leaders in sports.

Century 21 MRC in Saint Albans recently welcomed Michael Wetherby as an associate in the firm.

Shelley Quinn, director of the customer care center and cash management sales at Community Bank, has been promoted to vice president of retail banking, strategy and analytics at the full-service financial institution. In her new role, Quinn will be responsible for branch location analytics, reporting, efficiency, new products and goal setting.

Wendy Shapiro, former CEO of Clarion Psychiatric Center in Clarion, Pennsylvania, has been named CEO of Vermont Psychiatric Care Hospital, a state-run, acute-care facility in Berlin.