Kelly Lyon has joined Peterson Consulting Inc. (PCI) as an Outreach & Marketing Intern for the summer of 2020. In this position, Lyon will help expand PCI’s outreach to past, present, and future clients.
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Saint Michael’s College faculty collaborators Melissa VanderKaay Tomasulo, Ph.D. of neuroscience/psychology and Dagan Loisel, Ph.D. of biology learned this week that a “small-scale research grant” of $25,000 through the Vermont Space Grant Consortium has been funded in full.
Vermont Business Magazine is pleased to announce that Wendy Colley has joined the team as the new Circulation Manager. Wendy has experience across various areas of business as a salesperson, entrepreneur and administrator. She received her BBA in Sales and Marketing from the University of Hawaii and traded in a surfboard for a snowboard 23 years ago when she moved to Vermont.
The Vermont Jump$tart Coalition has named Jen Desorcie as the 2020 Jump$tart Teacher of the Year. The award is given annually to an individual or organization in recognition of their effort to advance financial literacy of Vermont youth. The award includes $1,000 and an honorary plaque.
The Stern Center for Language and Learning welcomed Julia Caminiti to its staff as Communications Specialist. Julia brings a wealth of expertise in setting strategic marketing direction and implementing successful campaigns for institutions of higher education, businesses, and design firms.
The Vermont State School Nurses’ Association (VSSNA) has awarded Jeanne Nummelin, RN care coordinator at St. Johnsbury Pediatrics the 2020 J. Ward Stackpole, MD Recognition Award. Nummelin has been a nurse for 35 years. For the last 20 years, she has been part of the St. Johnsbury Pediatrics team. There she has been a floor nurse, triage nurse, and most recently, a clinical care coordinator.
ECFiber’s governing board voted unanimously to add four towns to its coverage area: Windsor along its southern edge, and Fairlee, West Fairlee, and Corinth along its northern edge. The action came at the annual meeting of the East Central Vermont Telecommunications District, the municipality that delivers world-class broadband as ECFiber.
Elisabeth Kulas will retire from her position as Executive Director of the Housing Trust of Rutland County in December 2020 after 27 years leading the organization. Kulas’s retirement was announced by the Board of Directors on Friday. The search for a replacement will begin immediately, and an overlap with the new director is planned prior to Ms. Kulas’ departure.
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices today announced the addition of Jack Associates Real Estate to the network. The brokerage, headquartered in South Burlington, has served the area for 45 years and will operate as Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Vermont Realty Group going forward.
Vitor Mori, a postdoctoral student in the University of Vermont’s Vermont Lung Center, has been awarded a Quantitative Biology Fellowship by the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation.
LaunchVT has selected the seven Vermont startups that will be participating in its 2020 Accelerator. This is the eighth cohort of startups to come through LaunchVT’s acceleration program.
Southwestern Vermont Medical Center’s (SVMC) ExpressCare in Bennington is pleased to welcome Physician Assistant Spencer Ciancola. With this appointment, Ciancola also joins the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Putnam Medical Group.