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SVHC Foundation Northshire Regional Advisory Board welcomes two new members: Julie Citron and Carol Patterson. Julie Citron worked in sales and marketing at a large financial firm in Boston before moving to Dorset full time in 2003. She and her husband Dave have been selling real estate in Manchester for more than a decade.

Central Vermont Home Health & Hospice (CVHHH) welcomed two new board members, Eric Quintin of Barre and Paulette Thabault of South Burlington, VT, at its Annual Meeting in April. Eric Quintin, PsyD, QMHP, is the Director of Case Management for Washington County Mental Health Services.

Merritt & Merritt is pleased to announce that H. Kenneth Merritt, Jr. has been listed in this year’s Chambers USA. Chambers writes: Kenneth Merritt leads the transactional corporate practice at Merritt & Merritt. He is knowledgeable about the formation and governance of a range of businesses and financial institutions, and also regularly handles securities transactions.

The Vermont Retail & Grocers Association (VRGA) is proud to announce their 2018 scholarship recipients. Over thirty applicants applied for ten scholarships, seven of which are based on financial need and merit and three of which are based on merit alone.

In an environment that proves ever more challenging to recruit previously trained, experienced assemblers, technicians and machine operators, Mack Molding has developed an internal core competency training program to help the Company keep pace with the increasingly technical needs of its customers.

Mack Molding, which is experiencing the most significant increase in customer activity in the past decade, has announced additions to its Vermont and South Carolina teams as the Company looks to drive continued growth across the organization. “Our customers rely on us to stay ahead of industry trends and market changes,” said Mack Molding President Jeff Somple.

Mack Molding, a leading custom plastics molder and supplier of contract manufacturing services, announced today additions to its senior staff with the appointments of Jessica Fredette as director of human resources and Joe Prandini as director of information technology. Both Fredette and Prandini have responsibilities for the Northern Division, reporting directly to President Jeff Somple.

Joe brings over 7 years of development and client service experience to Stride. With a degree from Champlain College, and extensive knowledge in web development, search engine optimization, analytics, and programming, he brings additional depth to the digital capabilities at Stride.

Rutland Economic Development Corporation (REDC) has announced Executive Director Lyle Jepson will be stepping down from his role leading the organization to assume a position at Vermont Technical College – and Tyler Richardson has been appointed interim executive director of REDC.

Channel 17/Town Meeting Television is pleased to announce that Dan Logan has been named Production/Channel Coordinator. Originally from Nova Scotia, Canada, Dan is a dual citizen who recently moved to Burlington to join the Channel 17 team.

Vermont Tech’s Office of Continuing Education and Workforce Development (CEWD) is proud to announce two recent hires to their staff. Lyle Jepson of Rutland has joined CEWD as the Director of the Vermont Career and Technical Teacher Education Program.

Community College of Vermont (CCV) will receive a 30% increase in philanthropic support from the J. Warren & Lois McClure Foundation for academic year 2018-19. The College is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a total of $235,000 to support its work in four critical areas.