NBT Bank’s New England Region President Matthew Durkee announced Gregg Levante joined the bank as Commercial Banking Relationship Manager for the Berkshire County and Southern Vermont regions. Levante is based at NBT Bank’s Pittsfield Financial Center in Pittsfield, Mass.
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Laura R Walker has been selected to be the next President of Bennington College. A pioneering media executive and leader in the arts, Walker has a long record of empowering prominent non-profit institutions to realize their creative potential and strengthen their impact.
The Board of the Lake Champlain Chamber is pleased to announce the transition of executive leadership to Cathy Davis from Tom Torti, effective November 5th, 2020. Mr. Torti will step down as President of the Chamber and retain his position as Chief Executive Officer while Ms. Davis will become President and assume leadership and direction of all chamber activities. Mr.
There are the poets laureate of cities, counties, and states, and then there are the poets laureate fellows of the American Academy of Poets.
Chris Root, Chief Operating Officer at Vermont Electric Power Company (VELCO), was recently honored with the 2020 Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Power and Energy Society (PES) Meritorious Service Award for "outstanding contributions in leadership, technical and educational activities of the IEEE PES."
Kim Shifrin from Charlotte, Vt joins Adam Hergenrother companies as Digital Marketing & Operations Specialist. Kim has a passion for and experience with helping businesses grow and tackle tough problems. With a variety of work experience, she brings a unique understanding of the many problems small and medium businesses can face.
A broadly successful year which included timely adaptation to the COVID-19 pandemic, was among the themes highlighted VEC’s 82nd Annual Meeting of the Membership, held via video conference and telephone today.
The Vermont Community Foundation is pleased to announce that Ruth Henry has joined our Philanthropic Advising team as a senior advisor. Ruth brings over twenty-five years of development experience to the Community Foundation.
Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital (NVRH) is excited to announce that Kim Johnson, DO has joined NVRH’s Women’s Wellness Center. Before joining NVRH, Johnson practiced as an obstetrician and gynecologist for 11 years at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Group, a similar-sized critical access hospital in the rural Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
John O’Shea, PA-C, has joined Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) Orthopedics and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Putnam Physicians. O’Shea holds a bachelor’s in Kinesiology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He earned a master’s in physician assistant studies from MCPHS University in Massachusetts.
Two new administrators are set to join Burlington School District (BSD) on July 1. James Kiefer, a veteran of public school education for 30 years, will begin work as Principal of Edmunds Middle School (EMS), and Jason Gingold, a former teacher at Burlington Technical Center (BTC), will return to the school in his new position as Director of the center.
The Board of Directors of Steps to End Domestic Violence (Steps) is pleased to announce the appointment of Nicole Kubon, MSW, as the organization’s Executive Director. Interim Executive Director Ana Burke will be rejoining the Board of Directors after helming Steps for the past six months.