Faces&Places

May 1998

CyberDoctors Inc., a full Internet solutions provider, has moved to 47 Maple St., Suite 103, in Burlington. The firm has announced the addition of Ian Sears as a Macintosh support technician. Sears was with McDonnell Douglas and, prior to that, with IBM in Essex Junction. CyberDoctors new phone number is (802) 860-2430.

Tod Harter has joined the staff of InterVision, an on-demand media and communications consultant in Burlington. Harter was a co-founder of Rhombus Communications.

Danielle Gilbert has joined the staff at Shelburne Farms as receptionist. Gilbert was an intern for the National Wildlife Federation Northeast Natural Resource Center. Holly Brough has been named publications production coordinator. Brough joined the farm in 1994 as a research assistant in sustainable agriculture. Tony Terreri, who joined the cheese production department in spring 1997, has become a year-round cheese maker at Shelburne Farms.

Dale Sutherland has joined Engelberth Construction Inc. of Colchester as manager of business development for the Vermont division. Sutherland was with Truex Cullins & Partners Architects.

The South Burlington Family Practice Center of Fletcher Allen Health Care has opened on the first floor of 1775 Williston Road, South Burlington. Fletcher Allen has opened its Sports & Orthopedic Rehabilitation Center at 1820 Shelburne Road, South Burlington. John Wilking, president of Neville Companies Commercial Real Estate, represented Fletcher Allen in these transactions.

Beth Irwin Fontana and Douglas K. Bishop have been named associates with the law firm of Bloomberg & OHara in Burlington. Fontana is a cum laude graduate of LeMoyne College and the University of Buffalo Law School. She is admitted to practice in New York where she worked in personal injury law, real estate, adoption and family law. Bishop is a graduate of UVM and Georgetown University Law Center. Before becoming a lawyer, Bishop was deputy press secretary for Sen. Patrick Leahy in Washington, D.C.

Merrilee S. Phelps has been named director of sales and marketing at Ramada Inn & Conference Center in South Burlington. Phelps was with the Inn of the Six Mountains in Killington. Andrea L. Holmes has been named sales coordinator. Holmes was a customer service representative for Bell Atlantic and, prior to that, was a sales administrative assistant for Conference Hotels of Vermont. Jeffery A. Boyce has been appointed guest services manager. Boyce was front office supervisor for the Sheraton Burlington Hotel and Conference Center. David B. Hall has been appointed catering sales manager. Hall was with the Sheraton Tara Hotel in Parsippany, N.J.

Suss Advanced Lithography Inc. has moved into new facilities at 21 Gregory Drive, South Burlington. The company, formed in 1994 as a spin-off from Karl Suss, is a leader in X-ray lithography for the semiconductor industry. The new facility is equipped with enough space to build more than 20 X-ray lithography steppers per year, with expansion potential to build up to 80 systems per year. Assistance from Sen. Patrick Leahy has contributed to the growth of Suss Advanced Lithography, which prompted the move to a larger facility. In 1997 the company was awarded a $5.3 million contract with the Defense Research Projects Agency, a contract made possible with funds that Sen. Leahy set aside in the Defense Apppropriations bill.

Kurt Zimmer has joined Hayes Group, a Williston marketing communications firm, to handle public relations. Zimmer was director of public relations and marketing at Frog Hollow Vermont State Craft Centers. Whitney Renwick has joined the firm as an account executive. Renwick was marketing services manager at Adweek Magazines and circulation manager with BPI Communications.

Penelope Peoples has joined Middlebury College as director of its Bicentennial Campaign, a fund-raising effort launched in October to raise $200 million to coincide with the colleges 200th anniversary in the year 2000. Peoples was director of development and public relations for Massachusetts General Hospitals Institute of Health Professions.

Calumet Digital Solutions of Illinois has appointed Joseph A. Castay the companys technical sales representative for Vermont, New York and the rest of New England. Castay will call on the companys digital photography customers utilizing high-end digital photography and scanning. Castay was sales manager/prepress and computer graphics for Crimson Tech, Cambridge, Mass.

Key Investments Inc., the investment subsidiary for KeyCorp of Cleveland, Ohio, has named Thierry P. Albertine investment executive assigned to the private banking and investment group. Albertine has worked in the Burlington markets personal financial planning and investment area for more than 15 years. Key Investments is a registered broker dealer and an NASD/SIPC member.

Darryl Leggieri has been named senior sales manager at the Sheraton Burlington Hotel and Conference Center. Leggieri was director of sales at the Residence Inn by Marriott. He is treasurer of the Vermont chapter of Hospitality Sales and Marketing International. Jeffrey DAmato has been promoted to the new position of director of revenue and marketing analysis. DAmato, who has been with the hotel since 1991, was most recently convention services manager. Alan M. Hebert has been appointed sales manager, responsible for group sales for state and regional associations and government clients. Hebert was sales manager at the Ascutney Mountain Resort and, prior to that, handled conference sales for Sugarbush Resort.

Priscilla Kim Reidinger has joined Fletcher Allen Health Care as general counsel. Reidinger has been an attorney with Downs Rachlin & Martin for 17 years. She is a member of the Vermont Bar Association and the national Association of Health Care Attorneys/American Academy of Health Care Attorneys in-house counsel section.

Lamoureux, Dickinson & OLeary Consulting Engineers Inc. is the new name of Lamoureux, Stone & OLeary in Essex Junction. The firm congratulates principal and partner Kenneth M. Stone on his retirement. Sean P. OBrien, P.E., has joined the firm as senior environmental engineer. OBrien will also manage environmental site assessment services for the company. He was director of environmental services with Geotech Consultants Inc. in Seattle, Wash.

Dan Herlinger of Burlington and Montreal has joined Truex Cullins & Partners Architects as an architectural technologist. Herlinger was with Duschenes & Fish Architects in Montreal and, prior to that, DFS Inc. in St. John, New Brunswick. Jan S. Jacobs has joined the firms business development team. Jacobs was sales manager for Vermont Specialty Products and a free-lance media personality and commercial producer. Bonnie L. Potter has joined the firms marketing team. Potter is responsible for business development support, public relations and communications. She was public relations administrator at Banknorth Group. Scott L. Witt has joined the firm. Witt was an architectural designer for Williams & Frehsee Inc., Brattleboro. He is an associate member of the American Institute of Architects.

David M. Hyman has become of counsel to Bauer, Anderson & Gravel, attorneys with offices in Burlington, Colchester and South Hero. Hyman will continue to practice in the areas of commercial litigation, bankruptcy, construction, employment and labor, and products liability.

Merchants Trust Co., a subsidiary of Merchants Bank, has appointed James D. Miller senior trust officer. Miller, a certified financial planner, will be responsible for managing the banks personal trust division. Most recently, Miller was with Stratevest Group, but from 1984 to 1994 he worked at the Merchants and Merchants Trust.

Brian P. Jones has joined upstart magazine as an account representative. Jones was a tele-funding associate for Connecticut Public Broadcasting. upstart is a bimonthly publication established in August.

David Blow, Michelle Dee and Felix Pond have been appointed corporate banking administrators at Merchants Bank. Blow, who has been with the bank since 1995, will be based in the service center of Merchants and work with corporate banking officers Lindsay Merrill and Robert Miller, serving commercial customers. Dee joined the bank in 1994 as a loan processor and mortgage discharge clerk. She will work in the service center with Pamela Steece. Pond joined the bank in 1994 as a customer service representative; he will work with Brian Gorman.

Videovision Productions of Barre has announced the addition of MaryBeth Pinard-Brace as marketing director. Videovision is adding one-stop integrated marketing services to its video production and public access components. Pinard-Brace was public relations and marketing specialist for Shelburne Museum.

Barry Churchill has joined Marty Keenes Golf World in Williston as a PBA golf instructor. Churchill has been working in the golf industry since 1987 and was the PGA instructor at the Williston Golf Course. Keene is completing a nine-hole golf facility with a double-decker driving range and miniature golf course on Mountain Drive in Williston.

Topnotch at Stowe Resort and Spa has announced the appointment of David Barrocas as food and beverage director. Barrocas was with the New England Culinary Institute for seven years. Glenn Steinman has been named wine program director. Steinman, proprietor of Romancing the Wine in Burlington, has 15 years experience in the wine industry.

Rene Paquette has been named vice president for manufacturing at Otter Creek Awnings in Middlebury. Paquette, who has been with the company for 17 years, is responsible for the coordination of awning systems manufacturing. Steve Myhre, customer service manager, was honored for 10 years of quality service to the company and its customers. Otter Creek designs, manufactures and installs awning systems, facade treatment products and point-of-purchase display systems.

Gaylea E. White of Vergennes has joined Marketing Partners Inc., a Burlington marketing and public relations firm, as a marketing planner. White was a media specialist at Directech Inc. in Lexington, Mass. Kathy ODell-Thompson has joined the firm to manage public information and public relations programs for non-profit, educational organizations. ODell-Thompson was director of public relations at Trinity College.

Vermont National Bank has named Stephanie Evans Wernhoff vice president and commercial banking officer. Wernhoff will be responsible for generating new commercial loan business and managing existing commercial client relationships in Chittenden County. She was a vice president in the corporate banking division of KeyBank.

The Vermont Health Plan has announced the appointment of Joyce Gallimore as vice president of operations. Gallimore was director of government programs at MVP Health Plan in Schenectady, N.Y., and director of New York states licensing and monitoring of managed care organizations.

The Vermont Department of Buildings and General Services has leased 18,168 square feet of space on the sixth floor of the North Building of the National Life campus in Montpelier to house the Agency of Commerce & Community Development, formerly located in the Pavillon Building. John Wilking of Neville Companies Commercial Real Estate represented National Life of Vermont in the transaction.

Howard Center for Human Services has announced that Gail Rosenberg has joined the development staff on a half-time basis. Rosenberg was director of development and public relations at Shelburne Museum.

Corporate Outfitters of St. Albans has announced the promotion of Rene Meilleur to vice president, marketing and sales. Meilleur has more than five years sales experience with the company. Angie Deuso has been appointed marketing and sales assistant. Deuso was with Century Arms. Rebecca Cook has been appointed operations manager. Cook has been with Corporate Outfitters for five years in customer service and operations. Mike Caffrey has been appointed digitizer after completing several training courses with Gunold & Stickma.

Jeffrey Moreau has been named program coordinator for the Vermont Securities Institute at Champlain College. Moreau was alumni affairs and annual fund director and a 1992 graduate of the college. He is the recipient of a 1998 Rising Star award from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education in Washington, D.C. Paul Dusini has been appointed director of information systems at the college. He was director of computer network/user services, and is a 1985 Champlain graduate.

Karen A. Mills has been named office administrator of Kreisel Segear & Co., CPAs, a South Burlington accounting firm. Mills was administrative coordinator at the Vermont Association of Court Diversion Programs.

Bill Frascino has joined radio station WXPS 96.7 FM/960 AM, The Pulse, as sales manager. WXPS has a talk and sports talk radio format, including weekday broadcasts of Imus in the Morning. Frascino has over 15 years of radio advertising sales experience. Cindi Getek has joined the station as an advertising account executive. She has 15 years experience in media, marketing and advertising sales in the area.

James Lavanway, president of All Service Auto Parts Inc., has relocated his business to 89 Shunpike Road, Williston. All Service Auto Parts (ASAP) wholesales foreign automotive parts, specializing in Audi/Volkswagen replacement parts. Ester Lotz of Highpoint Realty facilitated the transaction.

William R. Milnes Jr. has been named president and CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont, succeeding Preston Jordan, who is retiring after a 30-year career in the Blue Cross/Blue Shield system. Milnes is a senior health insurance executive with extensive experience at Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans in Ohio and Indiana.

Samuel W. McDowell, Ph.D., has announced that McDowell & Co. has relocated its headquarters to 315 Week Road, Suite 100, Shelburne. The company offers services in management consulting and process innovation.

Lauren Wieghorst has joined the staff of New England Air Systems, a full service mechanical contractor in Williston, as a technical assistant. Wieghorst has a varied business background. Tony Pagliuca has been named tool crib manager. Pagliuca was self employed in the plumbing/heating industry. David Nelson and Ray McKenzie have joined NEASI as customer service/sales reps. Each has more than 20 years customer service and sales experience. Nelson works out of the Rutland office; McKenzie is in the Williston office. They completed Phase I Performance Service Standards class of the United Service Alliance in Denver, Colo. New England Air Systems is one of 110 HVAC contractor members and the only Vermont member.

Proximity Videoconferencing has moved its operations to Swift Corporate Park, 99 Swift St., South Burlington. The company offers more than 2,000 videoconferencing sites worldwide.

Claudette Werner has been appointed administrator of Starr Farm Nursing Center in Burlington by Thomas Depoy, area coordinator for Vencor Inc., a national health care provider. Werner has more than 25 years experience in adult health care, most recently as administrator of Hanover Terrace in Hanover, N.H.

Michael B. Rosenberg has joined Burak Anderson & Melloni PLC, where he continues to concentrate on antitrust and trade regulation, construction law and complex corporate litigation. A Vermont lawyer for 15 years, Rosenberg previously practiced with the United States Department of Justice and with Arent Fox, a Washington, D.C., national law firm.

Tim Johnson has been appointed rehab technician in the Plattsburgh branch of Yankee Medical Inc. Johnson is a certified emergency medical technician with the Vermont Air National Guard. He was owner/operator of Johnsons Remodeling.

Chris Graff, moderator of Vermont Public Televisions series Vermont This Week, has been appointed producer of the program, which airs statewide Fridays at 7:30 p.m. Graff will continue as moderator and take over scheduling the panelists and oversee the production elements of the show. Graff is chief of the Associated Press bureau in Vermont.

Burlington Broadcasters, owners of radio station WIZN and operators of WBTZ and WKDR, have added Tammy Seymour and Chris Machanic as account executives. Seymour is the New York account exec for WIZN and WBTZ. She was with WFFF-TV, the Burlington Fox affiliate, and prior to that was with a Fox affiliate in Waco, Texas. Machanic is the Burlington account exec for WIZN. He was with Long Island Pizza Inc.

Symquest Group has announced that Chris Stump has joined the company as a color graphics specialist. Stump will market Canon and Hewlett Packard color copiers and printers in southern Vermont and southwestern New Hampshire. He is the former owner of Cheshire Color Labs. SymQuest Group is based in South Burlington and has sales and service locations in Rutland and Montpelier, and West Lebanon and Keene, N.H.

Catherine Krupp has been hired as financial assistant at UVMS Division of Continuing Education. She will provide financial support work in the professional programs unit. Mikyung Kwon has joined the student services team as student services advisor, providing counseling, advising, educational and support services to non-traditional and tradional students. Winnie LeVitre has joined the Division of Continuing Education as senior program development assistant, providing program, marketing and office support for the southwest Regional Center in Rutland. Tim Scovill has joined the organization as director of operations, with responsibility for overall management and coordination of internal operations. Scovill will also coordinate the interface among all the program units. David Worthley has been hired as marketing manager for professional programs. He will recommend and oversee marketing-related activities for programs that are delivered via conferences, satellite and video, targeted to a regional/national professional audience.

Gallagher Flynn and Co. PLC of Burlington has announced that James L. Donohue, CPA, has been made a director in the firm. Donohue has 20 years experience in providing tax, financial and business planning advice to businesses and individuals. He has been with Gallagher Flynn since 1995; prior to that, he was with Urbach Kahn & Werlin.

Northfield Savings Bank in Middlebury has announced that Jim Poulin has joined the bank as the vice president and director of information systems. Poulin has 17 years of systems management experience. He was with National Life Insurance Co. as director of information systems development and support.

Burlington Broadcasters, owners of WIZN and operators of WBTZ and WKDR, have announced that Dave Maynard and Alisa Carrafiello have joined the sales staff of WIZN as account executives. Maynard was with WKDR, a local talk radio station and now a sister station of WIZN. Prior to joining WKDR, he spent many years in the food and beverage industry. Carrafiello was an account executive for Vermont Times and for WVMX-FM in Stowe. She was a media buyer for Carrafiello & Diehl Advertising and Associates in Irvington, N.Y.

Kim Volk was named president and CEO of Delta Dental Plans Association, a dental benefits organization headquartered in Oak Brook, Ill., with offices in Vermont. Volk has been with Delta Dental for 15 years, and was the associations acting president and CEO since February 1997.

Phelps Engineering Inc. has announced that Robert E. Dufresne, P.E., has joined the firm as vice president. Dufresne has worked with water supply distribution and treatment for municipalities in New England. Phelps engineering Inc. is a civil/sanitary engineering consulting firm in Middlebury.

Philip Daniels has been promoted to executive vice president and senior loan officer at Howard Bank. Daniels joined the Howard in 1982 as a management trainee. He was branch manager in Barton then Waitsfield before becoming a vice president in 1986. In 1989 he was named a commercial loan officer and moved to the banks main office in Burlington. As senior vice president, he has managed the commercial lending group since 1993.

Sally Billado has been promoted to general manager of The Woolen Mill Health Club in Winooski. Misti OBrien has been named assistant manager.

Michael L. Churchill, P.E., has joined Dufresne-Henry Inc., consulting engineers, as a senior project manager. Churchill served as a senior aviation engineer with URS Greiner in Albany, N.Y. His recently completed design for the reconstruction of the primary runway at Rutland State Airport received a design excellence award for the Vermont Chapter of the American Consulting Engineers Council. Churchill markets and manages aviation projects in New York and western New England working out of Dufresne-Henrys South Burlington office.

Michael Zemianek has been named sales manager for Burlington Vermont Convention and Visitors Bureau, a division of the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce. Zemianek will be responsible for developing group and convention business for BVCVB members throughout the state. Zemianek was front desk manager at Comfort Inn.