Sara Blondin, a financial adviser with Ameriprise Financial in Barre, recently obtained the Certified Financial Planner certification, which is generally considered the gold standard in the financial planning industry.
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Vermont author and veteran teacher Rachel Carter has joined Onion River Press, an independent publishing company based in Burlington, as program director.
Evan Taylor of Colchester, former small-business lender at TD Bank, has joined Passumpsic Bank as assistant vice president and commercial banker serving the Greater Burlington market.
Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility, a statewide, nonprofit business association, will honor two business leaders and three companies in Vermont for their achievements in the areas of social equity, environmental responsibility and sustainable economic development.
Darby Bradley, former president and now special assistant at the Vermont Land Trust, has been named recipient of the 2023 Arthur Gibb Award for Individual Leadership by the Vermont Natural Resources Council.
SunCommon, a Waterbury-based solar energy company dedicated to creating a sustainable future, has appointed John Kim, graduate programs career adviser and adjunct faculty member at the University of Vermont’s Grossman School of Business, as its public benefit officer.
DEW Construction has promoted Matt Cadieux and Scott Speyers to senior superintendent and Tom Langlois to assistant superintendent.
Jill Robart, a certified diabetes educator at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, was recently named Vermont Diabetes Care and Education Specialist of the Year by the Vermont Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists in recognition of her achievements and innovative work in the field.
The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association announced that master artist Joseph Bruchac has been honored with a Poet Laureate Fellowship Award from the Academy of American Poets.
Two directors at United Counseling Service, Operations Director Amy Fela and Associate Director of Early Childhood Services Rebecca Bishop Ware, graduated from the Head Start Management Fellows Program at UCLA in July.
Tamara Burden, former chief risk officer at Liberty Bankers Life Insurance Co., has joined National Life Group as deputy chief risk officer. Based in National Life’s Addison, Texas, office, Burden joins the chief financial officer senior leadership team to support growth and its ongoing mission to serve policyholders.
Agri-Mark / Cabot Creamery Cooperative recently filled three key leadership positions: Dan Serna was named chief financial officer; Spencer McDonald was appointed senior vice president of sales; and Derek Zwegust was promoted to vice president of supply chain and logistics.