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Brattleboro Memorial Hospital is pleased to announce that Wanda Smith has been recognized as the 2014 BMH Employee of the Year.

An employee at BMH since 1980, Smith was chosen to receive this honor due to her long-time dedication, attentiveness to safety and cleanliness, respect for patient privacy, positive attitude and sense of humor, and pride in a job well done.

Fletcher Allen Partners announced today that it has named Todd Keating as chief financial officer, effective June 16. The appointment was made following a national search.

Attorney Elizabeth K. Rattigan of Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC was among the faculty for a five-day management training seminar sponsored by the Center for Professional and Executive Development at Champlain College May 6-8 and 13 and 14 at the Norwich Inn in Norwich, Vt.

Brent Kay, Superintendent for the Orange Southwest Supervisory Union (serving the communities of Randolph, Brookfield and Braintree), has been selected as the Vermont Superintendent of the Year for 2014 by the Vermont Superintendents Association (VSA). Dr. Kay was presented with the Frederick H.

The Vermont Agency has announced that Jan Knutsen earned the 2014 NAIFA-VT (National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisers) “New Advisor of the Year” award. The award was presented to Jan at the Annual NAIFA-VT meeting held this year on May 13th at the UVM Davis Center.

Governor Peter Shumlin has appointed Melinda Moulton to serve on the Vermont Commission on Women (VCW).

Commissioner Moulton is the Chief Executive Officer and Sustainable Redeveloper, along with President Lisa Steele, of the Main Street Landing properties on Burlington’s Lake Champlain waterfront.

The Coaching Center of Vermont, Inc., a premier resource
for professional executive coaching, announced it has hired Brooke Dooley as
their new Business Manager and Amanda Neubelt as their new Marketing and
Development Coordinator.

Green Mtn. Concert Services Inc. (GMCS) has been very busy during
the long cold months adding office and front line staff in targeted
locations. Three key new hires in the Vermont office include Human Resources
Manager, Christina Lord; Training and Professional Development Manager, Marc
Goudreau; and Marketing Coordinator, Sean Leonardi. In the recently opened

Gay Landstrom, PhD (c), RN, NEA-BC, has been appointed Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) for the Dartmouth-Hitchcock health system.

At its annual meeting on May 13, the Governing Board of the East Central Vermont Community Fiber Optic Network (ECFiber) elected David Halpert, of West Windsor, to a three year term on ECFiber’s Executive Committee. He replaces Steve Willbanks, of Strafford, who had served on the Committee since ECFiber’s inception in 2008.

Murphy Sullivan Kronk has been named to the top tier of Vermont law firms practicing real estate law by Chambers USA in its 2014 law firm rankings, identifying the firm as a “compact team of dedicated real estate and land use practitioners.” Individually, Liam Murphy ranked in the top tier for attorneys practicing real estate law, and both Liam Murphy and Brian Sullivan ranked in the top tier f

The Vermont State Colleges Board of Trustees will have a new Chair for the first time in eight years. At its Thursday meeting held at Castleton State College, the VSC Board elected Martha O’Connor of Brattleboro to take the gavel from outgoing Chair Gary Moore of Bradford.