Climate chief leaving administration and Massachusetts
BOSTON — Climate Chief Melissa Hoffer will be leaving the Healey administration to become president of Vermont Law and Graduate School.
Hoffer’s presidency in South Royalton, Vermont, will begin Dec. 1, and Gov. Maura Healey will be naming a successor before Hoffer departs, the administration said.
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