Ethan Tapper, a Chittenden County forester with the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation, has been named the 2024 National Tree Farm Inspector of the Year by the American Tree Farm System, a nationwide alliance of 74,000 family forest landowners dedicated to the sustaina
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PC Construction was recently honored by the Associated General Contractors of America for its work on the University of Southern Maine’s Portland Commons Residence Hall and McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success. The project earned a Construction Risk Partners Build America Award in the $76 million to $125 million new-building category.
Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports, a leading nonprofit in the adaptive sports industry, has selected John Collins of St. George to receive the 2023 Kellen Sams Memorial Leadership Award.
Katharine Litka, former associate at the New York City law firm Seyfarth Shaw, has joined Gravel & Shea in Burlington as litigation associate. Her practice will include state and federal courts, focusing on complex civil litigation, general business litigation, and personal injury and product liability.
Dr. Kumar Singh and family nurse practitioner Patricia Murphy have joined Gifford Medical Center, serving with the hospitalist team on Howell Pavilion, Gifford’s inpatient unit.
Rae Carter and Saudia LaMont, founder and founding adviser, respectively, of EmpowR Transformation, have welcomed Anna Howes Gebhardt, Elliot Ruggles, Mia Moore, Mitch Pauley and Shanda Williams to the organization to support business growth in communication, facilitation, organizational culture consulting and educational programming.
Gifford Health Care recently honored Matthew Shangraw, Erica Schleif, Thomas Davidson and Julia Cook with 2024 Employee Recognition Awards for exhibiting compassion and excellence in clinical care.
Chris Young (center), principal of North Country Union High School in Newport, has been named 2024 Advocacy Champion of the Year by the National Association of Secondary School Principals.
Robert J. Zulkoski, an experienced private equity leader and innovator, has been named CEO at iSun, a leading solar energy and clean mobility infrastructure company. He succeeds Jeff Peck, who will stay on with the company full time in a strategic advisory and operational role.
Pippa Scott, a student at Killington Mountain School in Rutland, has been named one of five finalists in the University of Vermont's inaugural Vermont Pitch Challenge, a new entrepreneurial-focused competition that gives high school sophomores, juniors and seniors from across the world a chance to win a full-tuition scholarship to UVM by pitching innovative bus
The Vermont Specialty Food Association, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the growth and success of Vermont's specialty food and beverage producers, has promoted Director of Membership and Development Karin Cioffi to the role of executive director.
Coldwell Banker International has awarded its highest honors for achievement in 2023 — induction into the company's International Society of Excellence — to Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman and the Lipkin Audette team, led by (from left) Steve Lipkin, Carol Audette and Luke Clavelle.