GunSense Vermont, a nonpartisan advocacy organization for common-sense gun safety measures, will honor its founder, Ann Braden, with the group's inaugural Leadership and Courage Award Sept. 6 at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.
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Jacob Smith, a member of the Lipkin Audette team at Coldwell Banker Hickok and Boardman, tops a list of five 2023 Northwest Vermont Realtor Association Award recipients who will be honored for their extraordinary contributions to the association and the real estate industry Sept. 14 at the Lake Champlain Community Sailing Center in Burlington.
DEW Construction in Williston recently welcomed Justin DePasquale as assistant project manager and Patrick Turnbull as superintendent.
Christopher J. Maley, a Burlington trial attorney dedicated to personal injury and medical malpractice law, has been admitted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. This honor places him among the top legal professionals in North America and among the top 1% of trial lawyers in Vermont.
Sarah Phillips, former director of the state Office of Economic Opportunity, has joined the leadership team at the Vermont Community Loan Fund as director of housing and community facilities programs.
C.D. Mattison of Burlington, an independent consultant in user experience, solution architecture and product design, and David Tabaruka of Colchester, financial controller at the Community College of Vermont, have joined the board of directors at the Vermont Professionals of Color Network in Burlington.
Kirby Dunn, executive director of HomeShare Vermont, will step down Sept. 15 from the position she has held for the past 23 years. Connor Timmons, former executive director at the Common Ground Center in Starksboro, will replace Dunn in the leadership role.
Yasmin Dwedar, former supervising attorney at the Crime Victims Treatment Center in Brooklyn, New York, has joined Vermont Legal Aid as executive director. In her new role, Dwedar will manage the organization's day-to-day operations and lead fundraising programs and advocacy as well as marketing and community-engagement initiatives.
Four Seasons Sotheby’s International Realty announced that Cyndi Freeman has joined the company’s South Burlington office as a realtor. Freeman brings more than 30 years of diverse, professional and personal experience to the real estate community.
Kimberly Lebron, former chief credit officer at Thomaston Savings Bank, has joined Ledyard Financial Advisors as executive vice president and chief lending officer. In her new role, Lebron is responsible for leading the commercial lending and credit teams, with a key focus on expanding and deepening relationships.
Sgt. Charles Winn, patrol commander and acting lieutenant at the State Police Berlin Barracks, has been promoted to lieutenant/station commander. Field station commanders are responsible for overseeing delivery of law enforcement services to the communities served by that station.
Chris Lehman has been hired as chief human resources officer at the University of Vermont, bringing 25 years of HR leadership experience to the state’s flagship land-grant university. He began his new duties Aug. 28.