Bill Colvin, assistant director and coordinator of community and economic development programs at the Bennington County Regional Commission, will be elevated to executive director of the organization in the coming weeks. He will succeed Jim Sullivan, who is retiring after 30-plus years at the BCRC.
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Front Porch Forum, a leader in helping Vermont neighbors connect and build community via online local forums, has named Jason Wiseberg as chief revenue officer. Wiseberg has more than 28 years of B2B and B2C sales and marketing experience.
Vermont Law and Graduate School has hired Robert Sommo as its new vice president for enrollment and marketing. Sommo joins the law school from the Silver School of Social Work at New York University, where he helped diversify and grow the student body and assisted in building a welcoming and embracing environment for prospects, students and employees.
Pat Parenteau, emeritus professor at Vermont Law and Graduate School, recently received the 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy and Resources.
Whiskey distiller WhistlePig has announced the appointment of Sarah Long as chief marketing officer and Duffey Sida as chief sales officer.
In her new role, Long will be responsible for the company's brand and integrated marketing strategy. Prior to WhistlePig, she served as CMO at Mars Wrigley and Rémy Cointreau, respectively.
The Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund, a nonprofit organization focused on sustainable economic development, has announced three new hires: Kelly Dolan, as Farm to Plate network manager; Esther Erbe, as office manager and events coordinator; and Sydney Lucia, as grant and fund development manager.
Make-A-Wish Vermont has elected Christian Kuzia, general manager of Courtyard by Marriott Burlington Harbor, as chair of its board of directors for a two-year term, and appointed four new board members.
Jackie Pratt, director of advocacy and customer experience at Shrewsbury Electric and Cable Operations in Massachusetts, has been named general manager of the Stowe Electric Department, effective Oct 17. She will succeed Ellen Burt, who has led the department for the past 18 years.
Southwestern Vermont Medical Center recently welcomed James MacGregor, MD, to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Putnam Medical Group and SVMC General Surgery in Bennington. He joins Julie DiSano, Simon Drew, Graham Moore and Charles Salem in providing minimally invasive surgery using the latest evidence-based protocols.
The Woodstock Inn & Resort has hired Matthew McClure as its new executive chef, effective Sept 1. McClure is an award-winning chef who most recently served as executive chef at The Hive, a restaurant inside the 21c Museum Hotel in Bentonville, AR.
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Vermont Realty Group has hired Hugo Gamarra as vice president/general manager and Jim Feinson as chief growth officer.
Linda Rossi, state director of the Vermont Small Business Development Center, has been elected to a second term as board chair of America's SBDC, the association that represents the country's 63 small business development centers.