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Chairman, President and CEO of Community Bancorp. and Community National Bank Stephen P. Marsh has announced the promotion of Kathryn (Kathy) M. Austin to President and Chief Operating Officer of Community Bancorp. and Community National Bank. Kathy’s promotion will take effect on January 1, 2016.

The Children’s Literacy Foundation (CLiF) is pleased to welcome Stephanie Kucinskas as Office/Data Manager. Kucinskas will oversee all of CLiF’s internal systems, manage CLiF’s growing database, and support programs and development.

Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s Boards of Trustees elected a new chair and three new members during the Board’s meeting on December 4, 2015.

Anne-Lee Verville, of Hopkinton, NH, will begin her term as Board Chair on January 1, 2016. She succeeds outgoing Chair Prof. Robert A. Oden Jr. Ph.D. who will remain on the Board and will serve as Vice Chair.

VHB’s South Burlington, Vermont office has announced that Erin Parizo recently passed her Professional Engineer Exam.

Mayor Miro Weinberger has announced the appointment of Justin St. James as the City’s newest Assistant City Attorney. Mr. St. James, a New Hampshire native, comes to the City of Burlington after nearly four years working as a union attorney and negotiator in Oregon and Vermont.

CVAA announces appointment of Chris Dussault, Chief Information Officer, Chris Moldovan, Associate Director of Nutrition, Erica Marks, Director of Volunteer Services, & Drew Arnold, Associate Director of Development and Communications.

The Vermont Technology Alliance, the business association supporting Vermont’s tech business sector, announces new leadership for its board of directors and new board members.

Stepping into Vermont Technology Alliance (vtTA) board of directors leadership positions are:

Seven members of the Lyndon State College community were named the Annual Alumni Award winners this fall at homecoming weekend. Joe Benning ‘79, Miranda (Dwyer) Fox ‘11, Stu Farina, Cheri Goldrick, Bob McCabe, Sidney Patridge ‘59, and Adam Vigue ‘03 were this year’s award recipients.

The Community College of Vermont has announced the recipients of the 2015-2016 Student Leadership Scholarship. The Student Leadership Scholarship is awarded annually to a student from each of the College’s 12 academic centers and the Center for Online Learning.

Andrew Savage, chief strategy officer at the Vermont solar manufacturer AllEarth Renewables, has been reelected to serve on the board representing the national solar industry.

Nedde Real Estate welcomes new Realtor Fernando Cresta to the team. Fernando Cresta was formerly the Vice President of Business Development at Reinhart Foodservice and holds extensive connections in the Chittenden County community.

The Vermont Specialty Food Association welcomes the following members to the organization that have joined recently:

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