Rep Peter Welch (D-Vt) announced today that Rebecca Ellis of Waterbury Center will join his staff on March 25th as state director. She replaces George Twigg, who relocated to Colorado in January.
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Patrick Cody of Okemo Valley TV was recently selected as the Okemo Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce (OVRCC) January 2019 Member of the Month. Okemo Valley TV has been serving the area with community media since 2001. Okemo TV also hosts a monthly Chamber television program.
Jean Giard, President and CEO of Vermont Federal Credit Union, is pleased to announce that Donna Perkett has joined the Credit Union as the new Chief Operating Officer (COO).
The Vermont Economic Development Authority (VEDA) today announced three changes to its Board of Directors, electing a new Chair, Vice-Chair and Treasurer. Former Chair John Snow of Charlotte stepped down from his role on February 17th. "VEDA is in great hands with these changes to its Board leadership," said Jo Bradley, VEDA's Chief Executive Officer.
UPS (NYSE:UPS) today announced that five elite drivers from Vermont are among 1,436 newly inducted worldwide into the Circle of Honor, an honorary organization for UPS drivers who have achieved 25 or more years of accident-free driving.
Vermont Public Radio has named Helen Lyons as VPR Classical’s morning host. Lyons will share classical music with listeners weekday mornings from 7-10 am. "As a lifelong listener to VPR, I am delighted and honored to join an organization I love and respect so much.
Lloyd Plumbing, Heating & Gas Service, LLC is the recipient of this year’s Efficiency Excellence Network Partner of the Year award, one of the eight annual Best of the Best awards, presented by Efficiency Vermont recently at the Better Buildings by Design conference.
The Vermont Republican Party is proud to announce that our National Committeeman, Jay Shepard, was unanimously re-elected Chair of the Northeast Region, will continue to serve as Vice-Chair of the Republican National Committee and sit on the Executive Committee.
Jim Caffry has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Special Needs Alliance (SNA), a national invitation-only association of special needs planning attorneys established in 2002. Jim has been an SNA member since 2007 and is the only SNA member in Vermont.
The assets of JOY all things underthings, a full-service bra fitting and lingerie store in Manchester Center in business since June 2013, have been sold to Julie Isaacs and Katherine MacLauchlan, two long-time employees. "Julie and Katherine have a combined eight years experience at JOY and their contributions have been a large part of the success.
Northfield Savings Bank (NSB) is pleased to announce the recent promotion of Mary Gleason to Senior Community Banking Officer at the Shelburne Road office in South Burlington. A 15-year veteran of NSB, Gleason is responsible for overseeing and growing the daily operations at the Shelburne Road branch.
VCGN welcomes the following new Board of Directors members, who joined the organization’s leadership team on February 12, 2019: Joseph Kiefer, Food Justice Consultant, Montpelier and
Bill Wooden, Senior Project Design Engineer at DR Power, South Burlington.