Jon Pizzagalli, Board Chair of The Stern Center for Language and Learning, has announced that Laurie Quinn, PhD, will become the educational Center’s second President. Dr. Quinn, the recent Interim President and previous Provost and Senior Vice President at Champlain College, was selected as the organization’s next leader after a nationwide search.
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Jenn Wood has joined the Community Engagement Lab in the new position of Managing Director, and Claire Tebbs has joined as Partnerships Manager. The CEL is expanding its staff to meet the need for more programming that helps schools and communities engage in the work of realizing change around complex social and environmental justice issues.
Community Bank N.A. is pleased to announce John Gotsch has been hired as trust officer and David LaForest has been promoted to vice president and regional manager. Both are with Community Bank N.A. Trust Services in Manchester Center, VT.
Dr H Clinton Reichard member of the Colchester-Milton Rotary Club has received a Major Donor Award for his contributions to The Rotary Foundation. Clinton was a founding member of the Club, which started in 1990.
RE/MAX North Professionals is pleased to welcome Jason Lefebvre as its new co-owner and Chief Growth Officer. Lefebvre joins current owners Rich Gardner and David Parsons. At RE/MAX North Professionals, Lefebvre will help oversee the day-to-day operations, agent training, and grow RE/MAX North Professionals to new heights.
Abrau Jewelry, a small online business owned by Danielle Nicole Enright of Milton, Vermont is still up and running during Covid-19 while other small businesses in her small state of Vermont and all over the nation are shutting their doors.
The Snelling Center for Government is pleased to announce the graduates of the Vermont School Leadership Project Class of 2020:
Gardener’s Supply Company, one of the nation’s largest multi-channel marketers of gardening products and accessories, has announced that Jim Feinson, CEO, has left his position at the end of 2020. Jim joined Gardener’s Supply Company in February 1988 and became President in 1999 and CEO in 2008.
Health Care and Rehabilitation Services (HCRS), southeastern Vermont’s community mental-health agency, announced it has hired Rhett Sorensen [shown in attached photo] as its Director of Quality Assurance and Compliance.
MENTOR Vermont is excited to announce the recipients of the 2020-2021 Vermont Mentoring Grants, which provide funding for youth mentoring programs throughout the state. This year, MENTOR Vermont awarded 24 grants, totaling $347,850, which will support more than 100 new and existing program sites, and nearly 1,500 adult-to-youth mentor pairs in communities across Vermont.
Attorney Gary Franklin has been named the Managing Shareholder and Board Chair for the Primmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer law firm. The Firm also welcomes new board members, Alexandra Edelman and Kevin Henry.
As we begin the new year the Vermont School Boards Insurance Trust is pleased to share Jonathan G. Steiner has taken the reins as president and CEO. Jon Steiner replaces Laura Soares, who retired at the end of 2020 after 10 years in the role. We thank Laura for her strong leadership and wish her the best in retirement.