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Don Rendall launched his tenure as the CEO of Vermont Gas Systems (VGS) effective 1 January 2015, promising to bring a new vision and direction to the company. He succeeds Don Gilbert, who retired after 13 years as CEO.

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Rendall comes to VGS from Green Mountain Power, where he served in several roles since 2002, most recently Senior Vice President of Strategy and Financial Affairs. Prior to that, he practiced law for 15 years as a partner at the Burlington law firm Sheehey Furlong & Behm. Rendall has also served professional and community organisations, including the Vermont Bar Association, where he served as President in 2002; United Way of Chittenden County, where he was Community Campaign Chair (2006) and President of the Board of Directors (2009-2011). He currently serves on the Board of the Lake Champlain Chamber of Commerce and is a former Chair of that board. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Duke University Law School.

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