Jackie Richter-Menge, of Hanover, who recently retired after 35 years of service as a polar researcher with the Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory in Hanover, was presented with a Bronze Order of the de Fleury Medal snd the Army Superior Civilian Service Award in a ceremony at the laboratory last month. Army Capt. Joseph Marut presented Richter-Menge with the de Fleury Medal and Robert Davis, director of CRREL, presented her with a certificate honoring her federal service. She also received the CRREL Lifetime Achievement Award. Richter-Menge joined CRREL’s technical staff as a research civil engineer in 1981 and has participated in more than 20 Arctic field campaigns. She is currently the lead editor for the NOAA Arctic Report Card and the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society State of the Climate Report, serves as chair of the Navy Submarine Science Ice Expeditions Science Steering Committee, and is a member of the Interagency Arctic Research Policy Collaboration Team. She was appointed by President Obama to the Arctic Research Commission, and will continue to serve in that position in retirement.
Deanna Wilson, of Sunapee, has joined Charter Trust Co. a senior vice president and wealth adviser. Wilson, a certified financial planner and certified trust and financial adviser, has more than 25 years of financial management experience. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Norwich University, is a graduate of the Cannon Financial Institute Trust School, and completed the Boston University Financial Planning Program. She will be based in the firm’s New London office
Denise Dame, of Hanover, recently earned her Vermont real estate license. Dame, who joined LindeMac Real Estate in Hanover in June, is a member of the National Association of Realtors and the Upper Valley Board of Realtors. She previously worked for 11 years at Good Beginings of the Upper Valley, first as coordinator of volunteers and then as executive director
Four employees of Great Eastern Radio of West Lebanon earned Granite Mike awards for excellence in broadcasting from the New Hampshire Association of Broadcasters. Brett Franklin, of West Lebanon, took first place in the radio Play-by-Play category; Jane Eno, of Springfield, Vt., and Stevens Blanchard, of West Lebanon, received a Radio Merit award for their collaboration on a radio commercial; and Lori Richardson, of Plainfield, Great Eastern Radio’s traffic director, earned the Above and Beyond Radio Award. There were 314 entries in 19 categories. The work was judged by the Oregon Association of Broadcasters.
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