Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (“Casella”) (Nasdaq: CWST), a regional solid waste, recycling and resource management services company, announced today the appointment of Rose Stuckey Kirk to Casella’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) effective July 31, 2020.
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A new book by Billie Lynn Allard, MS, RN, FAAN, follows her and her team at Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) as they attempt to solve the most pressing healthcare delivery problems in America today. Titled INSPIREd Healthcare, the book is available now from Sigma Publishing.
The Vermont Chapter of the Northern New England Region of the American Red Cross welcomes Alex Daley of Gold Bullion International and Patty Shirk of GLOBALFOUNDRIES to its board of directors.
Vermont native Heidi Myers has joined the staff at Sterling College to fill the newly created position of Associate Dean for Marketing and Communications. Myers, from Lake Willoughby, VT, is a graduate of Champlain College, and worked for twenty years as the custom sales and marketing strategist for Louis Garneau USA, makers of cycling apparel.
Jackie Winkler has joined Copper Leaf Financial (CLF) as a Client Services Associate. Jackie graduated from St. Michael’s College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and a minor in Economics and Political Science. Previously, she worked as Operations Support at VSECU, as well as a Pharmacy Technician at Kinney Drugs.
The Okemo Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce recently gathered for their 63rd Annual Meeting held at the Echo Lake Inn located just north of Ludlow along the Scenic Route 100 Byway in the Tyson Village of Plymouth. Innkeeper Tom Gianola was thanked for hosting & sponsoring the event.
CBIC has announced that Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital (NVRH) Director of Quality and Infection Preventionist Patricia Launer has earned the Certified in Infection Control (CIC) credential and has demonstrated a mastery of infection prevention and control knowledge by taking and passing this comprehensive examination.
The Board of Directors of the Housing Trust of Rutland County (HTRC) has announced that Mary Cohen has been named the next Executive Director of the organization. Cohen will begin the new role in September, and will overlap with retiring longtime Director Elisabeth Kulas until Kulas’s planned December departure.
Chaplain Lorna Graham has joined the White River Junction Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare System as Chief of Chaplain Services. Dr. Graham is a proponent of chaplain leadership that promotes an interdisciplinary and holistic approach to Spiritual Care.
Dr. King recently moved to Vermont from Wichita, Kansas, where he practiced inpatient care as a pediatric hospitalist. "The child first and always," says Dr. King. "For me, that statement embodies the belief that above all else, I provide the best medical care available to the children in my practice."
Beginning August 1st and for one night each month following, August First Bakery will transform its space to allow (socially-distanced) room for a new, unique LLC that brings together storytelling, community, food, healing and culture.
Northern Vermont University is pleased to announce that the VSCS Board of Trustees has named Dr. Gregory Petrics, an associate professor of Mathematics at Northern Vermont University, as the Vermont State Colleges Faculty Fellow for spring 2021.
VSC Faculty Fellows are nominated and selected based on outstanding accomplishments in teaching and learning.