Christopher T. Ross, of Enfield, has joined UK Architects PC in Hanover. Ross, a Lebanon native, graduated from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in 2006 with a major in architectural studies and a minor in history and also attended the Denmark International School study abroad program. After completing his undergraduate degree, he attended the University of Utah’s master of architecture program and then transferred to the Rhode Island School of Design, from which he graduated in 2013 with a master’s degree in architecture. Ross was an Alfred T. Granger Memorial Scholar from 2011 through 2013. He also received a Solvay Care Forward Scholarship, a PlanNH Scholarship, and an AIA NH Architectural Foundation Scholarship.
Rhys Lewis, of Woodstock, has been promoted to resort executive chef at the Woodstock Inn & Resort, and Scott Watson, also of Woodstock, has been hired as inn executive chef.
Lewis, who formerly served as executive chef, joined the resort in 2015 following a stint as executive chef of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, responsible for the entire food service operation. As resort executive chef, Lewis will be responsible for will culinary programming at all dining operations and banqueting events. He will continue to oversee culinary initiatives at each of the dining venues at the resort.
Watson previously served as executive sous chef at the Williamsburg Inn for seven years. Prior to that, he was a sous chef for the Williamsburg Lodge, where he later was promoted to executive sous chef and was instrumental in driving the inn’s culinary apprenticeship program. In his new role, he will oversee all culinary and stewarding operations within the restaurants and dining venues of the resort.
Peter Bickford, of Lebanon, has joined Maloney Associates Insurance in Hanover. Bickford graduated from Lebanon High School in 1981 and from Champlain College in 1985. His professional career has been in sales, and for the past 16 years he has worked for a Fortune100 company in personal lines insurance (home, auto and life). He holds the Life Underwriter Training Council Fellow designation and serves as president of the Enfield Lions Club.
Amy VanDusen, of New London, a licensed independent social worker, has earned the registered play therapist credential from the Association for Play Therapy. To earn the designation, applicants must have earned a traditional master’s or higher degree in mental health from an institution of higher education and have 150 clock hours of play therapy training, two years and 2,000 hours of clinical experience, 500 hours of supervised play therapy experience, and be licensed or certified by their state boards of practice.
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