Dan Summers II, Interim Dean of Admissions at Southern Vermont College (SVC), has been selected to participate in the College Board’s Enrollment Leadership Academy (ELA). The ELA is a yearlong professional development program that cultivates the next generation of enrollment leaders through sessions focused on leadership skills and key enrollment management issues.
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Kim Fine, Director of Development and Public Relations at Kurn Hattin Homes in Westminster, Vermont, has been recertified by CFRE International as a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE). Fine joins over 5,300 professionals around the world who hold the CFRE designation.
Southwestern Vermont Medical Center has announced the appointment of Kelsey Pierce, PA, as a physician assistant in the hospital’s ExpressCare department.
Pierce is a graduate of Tufts University School of Medicine and Boston College, both in Boston. She is certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.
Mike Edson, Drum Major of Fort Ticonderoga’s Fife and Drum Corps, received Fort Ticonderoga’s Lifetime Leadership Achievement Award during the Saturday evening (July 25) Fife and Drum Corps Twilight Concert, in recognition of his dedicated forty years of lifetime leadership, commitment, and support of Fort Ticonderoga and the Fife and Drum Corps.
Gov. Peter Shumlin has appointed Colin Ryan of Burlington to the Vermont Commission on Women (VCW).
The Automaster has announced that Todd Maxwell has been appointed as the new service manager for their Honda franchise.
The appointment was born in part from several consecutive years of growth in the Honda service department as The Automaster continues to maintain the largest sales volume among all Honda dealers in the State of Vermont.
It was a beautiful day as more than 100 golfers played at the Brattleboro Country Club on Wednesday, August 5th, helping make the Brattleboro Retreat’s 10th Annual Golf Tournament a record-setting success.
With fundraising revenue marking an all-time high in the tournament’s history, the event netted over $42,000 for the Brattleboro Retreat’s programs for children.
Gov. Peter Shumlin has announced that he will appoint attorney Kirstin Schoonover, presently of Vermont Legal Aid, Inc., to the Vermont trial bench. Schoonover fills the seat left open by the appointment of Judge Harold “Duke” Eaton, Jr., to serve on the Vermont Supreme Court.
Erin Fernandez, executive director of Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports, recently announced the addition of four new staff members to the team. Maggie Burke, a former Vermont Adaptive program coordinator, has been named the new managing director. Kelly Walsh will take the helm as the northern program coordinator responsible for programs in Chittenden County and at Bolton Valley Ski Area.
Congratulations to Joe Kasprzak, new deputy manager for St. Johnsbury
Joe provided outstanding service to the businesses and communities in the Northern part of our region during his time at NVDA. We look forward to working with Joe in his position as Deputy Manager for the Town of St. Johnsbury, and we wish him well.
AllEarth Renewables, the award winning Vermont solar tracker manufacturer, has announced the hiring of Anthony Lauzon as its Lead Electronics Technician.
Lauzon, of Burlington, was a technician in the United States Air Force and has a Bachelors of Arts in literature from Castleton State College and a Bachelor's of Science in electrical engineering from the University of Vermont.
recently at the NAIFA-VT Annual State Conference which was held at the Sheraton, South Burlington. Established in 1971 in honor of past NAIFA-VT Chapter President, Bernard H. Zais, the award represents the highest recognition the Association can bestow on one of its members.