Elizabeth Harlow, a Commercial Lines Customer Service Agent and Small Business Producer in Kinney Pike Insurance’s Williston Office, was recently recognized as Young New Professional of the Year by the Champlain Valley Association of Insurance Professionals (CVAIP). Harlow was honored with this award at a recent gathering of Insurance Professionals in Colchester, Vermont.
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Bob Pepperman Taylor, professor in the Department of Political Science and founding dean of the Honors College at the University of Vermont, has been named winner of the 2016 George V. Kidder Outstanding Faculty Award by the UVM Alumni Association.
DuBois & King (D&K), a consulting engineering firm founded in Randolph, Vermont, in 1962, has opened a new office in Brandon. The 25 Union Street location provides a base of operations for firm engineers living on the western side of the Green Mountains and the location will better serve clients along the Route 7 corridor.
Ledyard National Bank has announced the promotion of Donna Batchelder to Senior Vice President. Her promotion is in addition to her title as Director of Client Services with Ledyard Financial Advisors. Donna’s new role will include supervising both client services staff and account administrators.
Steven R. Gordon, President and CEO of Brattleboro Memorial Hospital announced today that Bill Norwood has been hired as BMH’s new Director of Human Resources.
VHB has announced that Meghan Lout has joined the VHB’s South Burlington, Vermont office as an Environmental Scientist. Meg brings over ten years of professional experience in wildlife biology, with a focus on avian and bat ecology and research.
Grace B. Pazdan, a consumer rights attorney at Vermont Legal Aid, has been awarded the prestigious Henry J. Sommer Scholarship for the 2016 National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA) Annual Convention to be held in San Francisco May 19-22, 2016.
Merritt & Merritt has announced that Andrew D. Grosvenor has joined the firm’s practice as a new Associate. Andrew began his career practicing corporate law with a mid-size New Hampshire law firm. At Vermont Law School, Andrew was Technology Editor of the Vermont Law Review and served as a judicial external to Justice James P. Bassett of the New Hampshire Supreme Court.
Vermont Mutual Insurance Group has announced that Mark J McDonnell has been promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Group. Mr.
Certified nurse-midwife Julia Cook has joined Gifford’s team of midwives, and is now seeing patients in our Randolph and Berlin clinics.
Cook received a Master of Science in Nursing from Frontier Nursing University in Hyden, KY. Her clinical interests include adolescent care, patient education, and helping women to be active participants in their ob/gyn care.
Rebecca Sananes has joined VPR News as the Upper Valley reporter. Sananes will deepen VPR’s coverage of the Upper Valley and Northeast Kingdom.
Lyndon State’s News7 has again been recognized by the Boston/New England Chapter of the National Association of Television Arts & Sciences. The organization selected Lyndon State College's daily student newscast and two stories that appeared on those newscasts for awards in their 2016 College/University Awards programs.