Stowe lawyer will be ethics panel’s first director

The new State Ethics Commission has hired its first executive director.
Brian Leven, a Stowe attorney, was selected from among 12 candidates, according to commission Chair Madeline Motta.
Leven’s background includes a dozen years as an attorney with the Vermont Legislative Council. He also served as a deputy secretary of state until 2015. After that, he worked for a law firm in Stowe and then in solo practice.
Brian Leven. Courtesy photoLeven, 47, will start the part-time position Jan. 1,