Thomas Dee, president and CEO of Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, has been named 2024 Citizen of the Year by the Vermont Chamber of Commerce. Dee was selected for the award for his outstanding contributions to southern Vermont, particularly his impactful efforts in health care and community development.
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Mikayla Elliott, a second-year student at the Community College of Vermont's Winooski academic center, has been named a 2024 New Century Transfer Scholar and will receive a $2,250 scholarship. New Century scholars are selected based on their academic accomplishments, leadership, activities and how they extend their intellectual talents beyond the classroom.
Elijah Capron, former health officer for the town of Derby, has joined the Northeast Kingdom Council on Aging as an options counselor in the organization's Newport office. He succeeds Lynne White, who is transitioning to serve as a council case manager for the Newport area.
Sanjay Sharma, dean of the Grossman School of Business at the University of Vermont, has been distinguished as the 2024 Dean of the Year by the international business honor society Beta Gamma Sigma.
University of Vermont faculty members Arby Ghemari and Lizzy Pope have been named recipients of the school's 2023 Prelock Online Teaching Award, celebrating superior online asynchronous and synchronous instruction.
Travis Stills, an environmental lawyer in Colorado and a graduate of Vermont Law and Graduate School, has been awarded the Kerry Rydberg-Jack Tuholske Award for Excellence by the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference. The annual award recognizes a lawyer exemplifying the best in public interest environmental advocacy.
Kristin Ouellette (pictured), Vera Lisnic and Kaitlin Benway have joined the female-owned and -operated real estate team at Polli Properties in Williston. The business is headed by Elise Polli, one of the top real estate agents in Vermont.
Rick Daniell, former senior manager at Kelly Outsourcing and Consulting Group, has joined the Vermont Small Business Development Center as business adviser for Orleans, Essex and Caledonia counties in the Northeast Kingdom.
Gifford has named Lil Sunshine Child Care Center in Randolph and the Middle Branch Grange in Bethel as 2024 recipients of the Philip D. Levesque Memorial Community Award, and Stephanie Herring as this year's winner of the Dr. Richard J. Barrett Scholarship.
Scott Rogers, former community development manager in Burlington's Community and Economic Development Office, has been named director of development and communications at Green Mountain Habitat for Humanity.
Paul Plunkett, president and CEO of Hickok & Boardman Insurance Group, has been named managing partner of the nascent New England region of Acrisure, a Michigan-based financial technology and insurance company. Hickok & Boardman and Plunkett have been affiliated with Acrisure since 2019.
KeyBank has announced that Tony DiSotto, private bank market leader for Maine and Vermont as well as market president for Maine, will assume expanded responsibilities as market president for Vermont.