NEW FACES

• Bonnie Holding, a Master Maine Guide and small business owner, was named director of information and education at the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

Holding is a Master Maine Guide with 28 years of experience. For the past 23 years, she has also owned and operated her own business, the Gold/Smith Gallery at Sugarloaf Ski Resort.

• Joanne Grant was recently hired as director of residential services at Hinckley by Day One.

Grant received her master’s degree in counseling with a concentration in clinical mental health from the University of Southern Maine.

Lauren Berry also joined Day One as a per diem awake overnight associate at its residential program at Buxton.

Berry is a graduate of the University of Southern Maine.

• Amanda Campbell recently joined Pierce Promotions as a manager in their client services group.

Campbell previously worked as an account manager for The Boston Beer Company.

• Michael Sullivan joined Unum as assistant vice president of market development.

Sullivan was previously the senior director of marketing at Idexx Laboratories for more than 12 years.

• Rachel Bannister joined Patrons Oxford Insurance Company in Auburn as personal lines senior underwriter and marketing supervisor.

Bannister is active in the Maine Chapter of CPCU. She has more than 20 years of insurance experience.

• Jimmy Quirion joined Macpage LLC, a certified public accounting firm, as a staff accountant.

Quirion, of Vassalboro, graduated from Thomas College in 2013 with a degree in accounting. He interned with the firm during the summer of 2013.

• Jenna Herbert joined Diversified Communications as a project manager.

Herbert was previously employed with Accruent of Austin, Texas.

PROMOTIONS

• Andrew Ellis was promoted to vice president, provider engagement and contracting at Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Maine.

Ellis previously served as contracting team lead for Anthem in Maine. Prior to joining Anthem in 2005, he held positions at the Law Office of James B. Barns in Falmouth, the State Department of Revenue Services in Augusta, and at Maine Medical Center in Portland.

• Paul Keenan was promoted to assistant vice president of short term disability in Unum’s US Benefit Operations business area.

Keenan will oversee the company’s short term disability benefit claim organization at its Portland campus. He was previously the assistant vice president of benefits research information. He has been with Unum for 31 years.

• Kevin Welch was promoted to milieu coordinator at Day One’s residential program in Hollis.

BOARD APPOINTMENTS

• Matthew Lancaster joined the board of directors for Day One, a treatment center in South Portland that provides substance abuse and mental health services for Maine’s youth.

Lancaster is co-owner of Mr. Bagel in Scarborough and Pine Point.

• George Gervais and Jason Hallee were elected to the board of directors for the Maine Manufacturing Extension Partnership.

Gervais has served as commissioner of the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development since 2011. Hallee has more than 17 years of manufacturing experience at one of the state’s leading medical device manufacturers.

AWARDS and RECOGNITIONS

• Kathleen Cramer-Howe, an associate broker at Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Portland, was honored with the Achievement Award.

The award is for excellence in all aspects of the real estate business. Cramer-Howe, of Cape Elizabeth, is a Senior Real Estate Specialist, Certified Negotiation Specialist, Accredited Staging Professional, Green Certified Designations of the National Association of Realtors.

• Arnold Macdonald, Hawley Strait and Matt Tarasevich, three Bernstein Shur attorneys, were recognized with the Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent rating, the highest level of Martindale-Hubbell’s Peer Review rating system.

Macdonald is a member of Bernstein Shur’s Business Law Practice Group, Construction Law Practice Group and Real Estate Practice Group. He is also chair of the firm’s Pro Bono Committee.

Strait is a member of Bernstein Shur’s Real Estate Practice Group.

Tarasevich is co-chair of Bernstein Shur’s Labor and Employment Practice Group and a member of its Municipal and Regulatory Practice Group.

• Fluid Imaging Technologies in Scarborough was recognized as the “Employer of the Year” for “providing excellent opportunities to the unemployed,” a news release said.

• Don Foshay’s Discount Tire and Alignment of Hallowell was awarded the 2013 AAA Approved Auto Repair Independent Facility of the Year Award.

The award is presented by AAA Northern New England honoring one dealership and one independent repair facility in each of the three Northern New England states.

Don Foshay’s operates seven locations throughout Maine and has been in business for over 30 years.

• Jennifer Granata, an emergency department nurse manager at Southern Maine Health Care, was recognized by the National Emergency Nurses Association with the 2014 ENA Nurse Manager Award.

Granata, of Scarborough, joined SMHC in 2002 as a staff nurse. In 2007, she became a nurse educator and was promoted to ED nurse manager in 2010. Granata also provides hands-on nursing care as a nurse practitioner.

• Good Will-Hinckley’s Maine Academy of Natural Sciences in Fairfield was recognized by the Maine Conservation Alliance as a “Community Climate Champion” for its effort to reduce carbon pollution while providing students with educational opportunities.

GENERAL

• Express Employment Professionals in Portland has opened a specialized recruiting group to serve the healthcare market in Maine.

The group is dedicated to providing major hospitals, clinics and homecare facilities throughout southern Maine with high-quality temporary, temp-to-hire, and permanent-hire employees.

• The Seaside Group, Inc., a provider of vacation rentals in southern Maine, has acquired JoHank Rentals in Wells.

JoHank Rentals has a 20-year history of providing quality vacation rentals. Seaside Vacation Rentals has been offering vacation rental services to customers since 1983,

• The Maine State Ballet was recognized by Down East Magazine as the Best Dance Group in Maine in the magazine’s 2014 poll.

The “Best of Maine” awards occur annually and provide Down East readers the opportunity to nominate the Maine people, places and things that mean the most to them.

NEW FACES

• Carly Messer joined Portland Integritas Advisors LLC as a financial planner trainee.

Messer is currently pursuing a degree in business administration and a certification as a financial planner.

• Robert Marcroft joined The Iris Network as resident services manager at the Iris Park Apartments.

Marcroft previously provided case management and advocacy services at Preble Street Veteran Housing Services and supported residents at Shalom House. He was also a residential technician at Serenity House, where he educated clients on relapse prevention techniques while assisting them with recovery.

• Gary Barron was named executive director of Camp Sunshine, a retreat for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families.

Barron comes from SheerBliss Ice Cream in Sunrise, Florida, where he was the founder and served as president. He brings two decades of experience in fundraising, marketing and community outreach.

Previously, Barron served as deputy treasurer of the Democratic National Committee, where he oversaw the major donor program of the national party. Additionally, Barron worked in the White House under Presidents Ford, Carter and Reagan.

• Japhet Els joined the AARP Maine State Office as an outreach director.

Els has more than 10 years of experience in grassroots campaigns and communications including work for AARP Vermont on its multistate utilities campaign.

• Ed Brady joined the sales staff at Classic Flooring, 427 Route 1 in Scarborough.

Brady, of Scarborough, brings several years of experience in the flooring business.

• Seafax Inc. announces several hires:

Amita Nouchanthavong joined the firm as accounts receivable specialist in the receivables management services department.

Nouchanthavong previously worked as a manager for Enterprise Rent-A-Car.

Christopher O’Hara also joined Seafax’s receivables management services department as accounts receivable specialist. O’Hara previously worked in sales at Black Diamond Networks.

Erik Rousseau was recently hired as credit analyst in the credit department at Seafax. Rousseau previously worked as a manager at Play It Again Sports.

Matthew Spahr also joined Seafax’s credit department as a credit analyst. Spahr was previously employed by the seafood division of Diversified Communications.

• BerryDunn has hired 24 people to support its continued growth in accounting and consulting services to clients throughout New England.

Joshua Minnich and Gavin Penny joined as tax specialists. Amanda Eskow, Benjamin Halloran, Carlos Newsome, Thomas Robinson and Kolby Youland were hired as staff accountants. Tucker Cutter, a consultant, joined BerryDunn’s management and information technology group.

The firm’s government consulting group has hired Peter Alfrey, Mitch Darrow, Dane Fletcher and Jim Strasenburgh as senior consultants; Nicole Bailey, Adam Bates, Zachary Rioux and Ethan Wiley as consultants; Kristin Sims-Kastelein and Jennifer Vincent as business development specialists; Gina Austin as a manager; and MaryLou Banker as a project coordinator.

Devin Dukes joined as an event coordinator in the firm’s marketing group.

Tammy Champagne joined as an accounting and training assistant in the firm’s administration. Erica Long joined as a senior recruiter in its executive fit group. Kristi Thompson was hired as a director of learning and development.

The new hires will be based in BerryDunn’s offices in Portland and Bangor. Eskow will be based in the Manchester, New Hampshire, office.

• Andrea Todd rejoined P&C Insurance as vice president and account executive at the Saco & Biddeford Savings Institution branch in Westbrook.

Todd, of Westbrook, was first hired 10 years ago and worked in marketing and as a personal lines underwriter. In this role, she will specialize in commercial property and casualty insurance.

• John Peters joined Eaton Peabody Consulting Group.

Peters brings 30 years of experience as a member of the management team for Downeast Energy Corp. He served as its president for the last 10 years. He managed the sale of Downeast and stayed for a year after the sale. He has extensive experience in management consulting, business succession planning, management of family-owned business, estate planning for small-business owners, energy markets and acquisitions.

GENERAL

• Day One has opened a new residential treatment center on the historic Good Will-Hinckley campus.

Day One is Maine’s leading agency preventing and treating youth substance abuse with more than 40 years of experience. It operates two homes in southern Maine.

The new home will serve as many as 14 Maine teenagers at a time. The six-month program addresses the underlying causes of substance abuse.

NEW HIRES
John Van Pelt joined Nancy Marshall Communications as a digital marketing manager.
Previously, Van Pelt was the principal user interface designer for Oracle Corp. He also designs logos, informational graphics and presentations. He lives in Troy.

Health Affiliates Maine has hired Nina Bartlett as director of operations. Bartlett, of Turner, brings 10 years of experience as an operations manager in a variety of fields. Her experience includes strategic planning, organizational development, communications, bookkeeping and office management.

Eric Rasmussen joined Gawron Turgeon Architects as a designer.
Rasmussen previously worked as an architectural designer at PDT Architects in Portland. He has volunteered with Habitat for Humanity and participated in Keep ME Warm initiatives.

Sewall has hired Joshua O’Neill as a natural resource analyst/forester. O’Neill brings experience in forest inventory and three years of analyzing GIS, forest health, forest structure and energy data. Prior to joining Sewall, he worked as a GIS consultant.

Stephanie Whitman joined Common Census in Westbrook as a marketing manager.
Most recently, Whitman worked at The Smithers Group. She also has experience in corporate brand management through positions with Microsoft and Honest Tea. She lives in Westbrook.

Pete Carroll joined Morris Yachts as president. Carroll will oversee all aspects of Morris Yachts’ operations, customer service, finance and facilities. He recently retired from the Coast Guard after 20 years of active

PROMOTIONS
Benjamin Grant became a partner with the law firm McTeague Higbee. Grant, of Portland, joined the firm in 2008 and focuses his legal practice on labor law, and state and federal workers’ compensation law.

Rinck Advertising has promoted two staff members.

Karly Eretzian was named vice president of creative services. Eretzian has been with Rinck for 12 years and works daily with copywriters, graphic designers, Web designers, account managers, brand managers and others on the Rinck team.

Kathleen de Silva has been promoted to chief operating officer and vice president of account services. De Silva joined Rinck in 2010 as an account planner and was promoted to chief operating officer and vice president of account services.

Mark Nahorney, dean of students at the University of New England, was named director of community relations.

Nahorney serves on numerous civic and community organizations such as the Biddeford Saco Chamber of Commerce & Industry Board, the Biddeford Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee, and the Mobilize Maine York County Steering Committee. He was previously involved with the Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation System Mass Transit Committee and the Envision Biddeford 2020 Mayor’s Committee.

Currently, Nahorney is president of the Biddeford City Theater Associates Board and is co-founder and co-chair of the Biddeford-Saco Arts and Culture Association.

BOARD APPOINTMENTS
Dighton Spooner and Peter Lamb were appointed chair and vice-chair of the Maine Community Foundation Board of Directors.

Spooner, of Portland, is senior associate director of career planning at Bowdoin College.

Lamb, of Kittery Point, is an independent philanthropic adviser.

The following people have joined the Maine Credit Union League’s Board for three-year terms:

Joann Bisson, president and chief executive officer of Trademark FCU, has been with the credit union since 2009 and became president/CEO in 2013.

Scott Chretien, president and chief executive officer of York County FCU, first joined the credit union as executive vice president and chief operating officer in 2003 and was promoted to his current position in 2013.

Vicki Stuart, president and chief executive officer of Central Maine FCU, has served as president/CEO since 1992.

Nicki Bean, director of marketing for The Nonantum Resort, was appointed to the Kennebunk-Kennebunkport-Arundel Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. Bean also serves on the chamber’s destination marketing and PR steering committee.

GENERAL
Kathleen O’Donnell has joined the Portland Chapter of SCORE as a certified SCORE volunteer mentor. O’Donnell, of Harpswell, brings her broad range of business planning and development experience with a focus on small-business issues to SCORE clients.

NEW HIRES
Cait Vaughan joined Portland-based Hope Acts as the organization’s new immigrant support program coordinator.
Vaughan, of Portland, was previously a senior coordinator at the Council on International Educational Exchange and a support staff member at Preble Street.
She currently serves as a community organizer at the Southern Maine Workers’ Center, a position she will continue concurrently with her part-time position at Hope Acts.

Travis Dunbar joined Spurwink as associate program director of education for its Casco Program.
Dunbar was previously the lead teacher of the Day Treatment Program at Lewiston Middle School. He recently earned a master of education degree.

John Crane was hired as the general manager of the Portland Food Co-op.
Crane brings more than nine years of managerial experience in retail food cooperatives. He previously worked for Rising Tide Community Market in Damariscotta.

Baker Newman Noyes in Portland added the following people to its staff.
Ryan Dubois, of Lewiston, joined its audit practice. He earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting and a master’s degree in business administration from Thomas College.
Elaine Levasseur, of Dayton, was hired as a finance coordinator in the operations department.
Mike Meserve, of Kennebunkport, joined as an audit senior. Meserve focuses on serving the banking industry.
Anne-Marie Palmer was hired as an administrative assistant in the operations department.
Zachary Porter, of Scarborough, was hired as a staff member in the risk and business advisory practice. Porter is a University of Maine graduate.
Casey Pyburn, of Wells, was hired as a helpdesk analyst in the operations department. Pyburn is a graduate of York County Community College.
Tom Quentin, of Saco, was hired as a staff member in the audit practice. He is currently working toward his master’s degree in accounting from St. Joseph’s College.
Theresa Seekamp, of Portland, was hired as a file room administrator in the operations department. She attended the University of Southern Maine.

PROMOTIONS
Baker Newman Noyes recently promoted several people in its Portland office.
Kevin Chase, of South Portland, was promoted to manager in the audit practice. He has been with the firm since 2010, having previously interned with the firm’s audit and tax practices in 2009.
Shelley Duplisea, of Wells, was promoted to audit senior. Duplisea joined the firm in 2013, having previously interned with the tax practice.
Michelle Harvey, of South Portland, was promoted to audit senior. Harvey joined the firm in 2013.
Spencer Hathaway, of Windham, was promoted to audit senior. Hathaway joined the firm since 2013, and previously interned with the tax practice.
Nick Norton, of Presque Isle, was promoted to tax senior. Prior to joining BNN in 2013, Norton was an intern in the tax practice.
Chelsea Reynolds, of New Sweden, was promoted to manager in the audit practice. Reynolds joined the firm in 2009 and specializes in serving clients in the health care and manufacturing industries.
J. Morgan Smith, CPA, of Portland, was promoted to manager in the audit practice. Smith specializes in the commercial and manufacturing industries. Smith volunteers for the United Way of Greater Portland and Florence House.

Spurwink has promoted Gabrielle Gallucci to director of mission impact at Spurwink.
She has over 20 years of program and development experience.

Gorham Savings Bank announced the promotions of Julie Brooks, Kevin Heatley, Lisa Hughes, Matt Palmer, Sue Strout and Julia Hubbard.
Brooks, of Windham, was named senior vice president, senior risk officer. Brooks joined Gorham Savings Bank in 2011 and has been in banking for more than 25 years.

Heatley, of Windham, is a senior vice president, director of technology. Heatley started his career with Gorham Savings Bank in 1999 and has more than 21 years of experience in information technology.

Hughes, of Cornish, was named vice president, regional business banking officer. Hughes has been in banking for 18 years, the last seven in business banking.

Palmer, of Gorham, was named vice president, credit administration and collections manager. Palmer, previously assistant vice president, senior credit analyst, has been in banking for 17 years, most recently with TD Bank.

Strout, of Kennebunkport, was named vice president, senior regional retail manager. Strout started her career with Gorham Savings Bank in 2010 as a business development officer. Most recently, she was the regional banking center manager in Portland.

Hubbard, of Gorham, was promoted to assistant vice president, payroll and benefits. Hubbard joined Gorham Savings Bank in 2007 and has more than 22 years of experience in human resources.

AWARDS and RECOGNITIONS
The Maine Health Science Libraries and Information Consortium announced that Susan A. Bloomfield has won its 2015 Eleanor C. Cairns Distinguished Librarian award.
Bloomfield is a medical librarian at Southern Maine Health Care in Biddeford.

RETIRING
The Maine Real Estate & Development Association recently recognized two retiring board members.
Jaimie Schwartz, of Bernstein Shur, served as a contributing member of the MEREDA Board for the past 13 years.
Drew Sigfridson, of CBRE | The Boulos Co., retired from board after 12 years of service. Sigfridson served as president from 2012 to 2014.

NEW HIRES
Taylor Belanger, Sarah Bird, Tony Bird, Cathy Brezinski, Kevin Gove and Hannah Rheaume joined Rinck Advertising.
Belanger of Lewiston joined as an administrative assistant.

Sarah Bird of Turner joined as social media manager.

Tony Bird of Turner joined as an account executive.

Brezinski of Portland joined as traffic manager. She previously worked at CD&M Communications in Portland.

Gove of Bowdoin joined as manager of public relations. Most recently, he was chief content officer at Nancy Marshall Communications.

Rheaume of Lewiston was hired as a public relations specialist. She began at Rinck as a public relations intern.

Baker Newman Noyes hired the following people in its Portland office:
Sierra Leonard of Lyman joined the staff in its audit practice. She earned her bachelor’s degree in accounting and master’s degree in business administration from Husson University.
Kelly Morris of Falmouth joined its tax practice. Morris focused on estate planning in law school and is a member of the private client services practice at BNN.
Jay Norris of Portland joined as a senior in the risk and business advisory practice. He serves as president of the board of the Munjoy Hill Neighborhood Organization and as an active member of the Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce, Portland Trails and Friends of the Eastern Promenade.
Marcus Pratt of Standish was hired as a staff member in the tax practice. He earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting and a master’s degree in business administration, with a concentration in accounting, from Thomas College.
Tyler Stephens of Saco was hired as an intern in the tax practice. He is working toward his master’s degree in accounting at St. Joseph’s College.
Katie Tracy of Topsham was hired as a staff member in the tax practice. She will soon begin working toward her master’s degree in accounting at St. Joseph’s College.
Sonya Walker of Scarborough joined the audit practice. She has a bachelor’s degree in accounting and a master’s degree in business administration from Husson University.
Sarah Warner of Winthrop also joined its audit practice. She earned her bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Maine.

PROMOTIONS
Christina Carter was promoted to executive vice president at Community Credit Union.
Carter of Winthrop joined the credit union two years ago as vice president of lending. She has 14 years of credit union experience.

BOARD APPOINTMENTS
The following board members for the Maine Estate Planning Council were elected as officers:
Jennifer Kruszewski of Epstein & O’Donovan LLP was named president. Stephanie Strouse of Drummond & Drummond LLP was named vice president. Robin Cyr of Albin Randall & Bennett was named treasurer; and Kerry Peabody of Clark Insurance was named secretary.
The immediate past president is Kenleigh Nicoletta of Brann & Isaacson. Each officer will serve a one-year term.

GENERAL
Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice opened a new drop-off site for staff in Manchester in July.
This new location is designed to enhance the agency’s efficiency to provide high quality home care, home hospice care and supportive care services to its patients throughout the Greater Augusta area.

NEW HIRES
MDI Hospital has named Dr. Edward Gilmore as its first chief medical officer.
He will serve as a liaison between the medical staff, the administration and the hospital’s board of trustees. He will also work to represent the hospital’s medical staff and provide physician input regarding budget issues and other administrative concerns. He will continue to serve as the hospital’s chief of medicine.

Milestone Foundation has hired of Manuela Arundel as new director of development.
She brings more than 10 years of experience in nonprofit social services, housing and education sectors. She previously served as director of development for the Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals, and as an associate for philanthropic equity for the Housing Partnership Network. She also served as general manager of ITNAmerica, a nonprofit transportation service for seniors in the Greater Portland area.

Michael Stairs was named chief operating officer of Care & Comfort.
He brings nearly 30 years of business, financial, IT and operational management experience. He previously worked for Seniors Plus/Elder Independence of Maine. Most recently, he was chief operating officer of a company that provides direct home health care services.

Dr. Peter Higgins, an interventional cardiologist, joined the staff at Central Maine Medical Center.
He is practicing with Central Maine Heart Associates, a comprehensive cardiology practice with its main offices at the Central Maine Heart and Vascular Institute in Lewiston.

Island Nursing Home has hired Marjorie Love as its new administrator.
She is a licensed, multilevel long-term care administrator who has worked at nursing homes in Saco, Mechanic Falls and Farmington. She also has more than 40 years of experience managing Maine nonprofits.
She succeeds Marc Plourde, who retires Friday after more than 11 years at the helm.

PROMOTIONS
Matthew Perry was promoted to community education and communications coordinator at Family Crisis Services.
He has worked as a trained domestic violence advocate for Family Crisis Services since 1999. He was the first man in Maine to staff one of the Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence 24-hour domestic violence crisis hot lines. He has facilitated over a thousand programs to more than 100,000 community members over his 16-year tenure.

AWARDS and RECOGNITIONS
Spurwink has announced that it will honor the Volk family of Scarborough for their autism awareness advocacy.
Derek Volk has recently written a book, “Chasing the Rabbit: A Dad’s Life Raising a Son on the Autism Spectrum.” He is president and co-owner of Volk Packaging Corp. in Biddeford. Amy Volk is the state senator for District 30, which includes most of Buxton and Scarborough and all of Gorham. Dylan Volk, who was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome at the age of 8, has joined his father in speaking publicly about autism and contributed to his father’s book. Daughters Mariah, Lilly and Serena Volk will also be among the honorees.

Kenneth McCall III was recognized by the Maine Pharmacy Association with its Bowl of Hygeia Award for outstanding community service.
He is an employee of the University of New England. He is actively involved in the pharmacy profession and is known for putting patient care first. He is a leader in legislative affairs affecting pharmacy on the state and federal level.

GENERAL
Cunningham Prosthetic Care LLC has opened a new prosthetic and orthotic practice in Wells for patients in southern Maine and New Hampshire.
Services include artificial limbs, skeletal bracing and diabetic wound care.
Cunningham has been a board-certified prosthetist-orthotist since 2005.

Annie Cambridge joined the University of Maine Alumni Association as director of alumni programs.
Cambridge, of Bangor, was previously the membership and convention sales coordinator for the Greater Bangor Convention & Visitors Bureau.

Conor Beliveau joined Northland Enterprises as development officer.
He was previously the marketing director at a commercial mill property in southern Maine. He’s a licensed real estate broker.

The following people joined Diversified Communications:
Stephanie Gildart joined as a marketing coordinator, digital and events. She previously worked for Kennebunk Savings.
Heidi Weeks joined as a sales representative.
Glenn Dulberg joined as an account executive. He was previously with JD Media in New York.
Patrick Rudman joined as lead web designer. He was previously with CD&M Communications in Portland.

The University of Maine School of Law hired Elizabeth Limerick as director of advancement and external affairs.
She served for more than 10 years as director of planned giving at Bates College. Most recently, she was director of development and outreach at Hospice of Southern Maine.

Rodney Voisine, M.D., was appointed to the office of associate chief medical officer at Community Health Options.
He is board certified in anesthesiology and obesity medicine. He maintains an active practice in South Portland and Augusta.

PeoplesChoice Credit Union in Wells recently hired Kevin Cerroni as assistant branch manager.
He brings more than 13 years of finance experience, previously holding a leadership position with The Bank of Maine.

Island Nursing Home has hired Marjorie Love as its new administrator.
She is a licensed, multilevel long-term care administrator who has worked at nursing homes in Saco, Mechanic Falls and Farmington. She also has more than 40 years of experience managing Maine nonprofits.
She succeeds Marc Plourde, who retired last month.

Bernard Ouellette joined Thomas College as the new executive vice president.
He joins the college after a long career with Hannaford supermarkets, where he most recently served as director, retail strategy implementation. He has extensive experience in strategic development and planning, change management leadership and collaborative leadership.

PROMOTIONS

Brooke Butler

Brooke Butler and Erin Burgess, of Dehler Animal Clinic in Westbrook, have earned their associate degree’s in veterinary technology from Penn Foster College.

They will now advance in their careers from veterinary assistant to veterinary technician.

Erin Burgess

BOARD APPOINTMENTS
Clark Insurance elected new officers to its board of directors.
Kenneth Ross of South Portland was elected chairman of the board. He joined the agency in 1989 and has served as the agency’s president since 2010.

G. Jeffrey Shaw of Saco was elected president. Shaw joined the agency in 2004 and most recently served as executive vice president and sales manager.

Jeffrey Lind of Limington was elected executive vice president. He has served as a vice president and currently serves as treasurer. He joined the agency in 1993.

Maine Maritime Museum has elected William Gemmill and Jennifer Yahr to its board of trustees.
Gemmill spent 15 years as an owner of small-business franchises and served as a financial adviser with Ameriprise. He is also a maritime historian who lives in Wiscasset.

Yahr, of Falmouth, is a psychotherapist, facilitator, consultant and educator. She is a practitioner with 202 Behavioral Health, principal with DBT Maine LLC and partner in Brunswick Psychotherapy Associates.

Bernard Wyman Jr. joined the board of directors of Plant Memorial Home in Bath.
He retired from Bath Iron Works in 1995 with more than 36 years of service.

Delta Dental Plan of Maine recently elected Audree Park, DDS, to its board of directors.
Park is the primary dentist and owner of MDI Dental Arts PC in Bar Harbor. She is also the co-founder of Caring Hands of Maine Dental Center in Ellsworth. She currently provides services through its mobile dental clinics to rural and island communities.

James Delamater, former president of Northeast Bank and Northeast Bancorp, joined the board of directors for Spinnaker Trust.
He is an accomplished business and banking leader with extensive financial services experience. He is a partner with Delamater/Farris and president of Delamater Financial Consulting Group.

AWARDS and RECOGNITIONS
Deborah Wentworth of Clark Insurance has earned the insurance designation of Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter.
Wentworth, of Falmouth, is the agency’s director of business insurance services in three states.

Kerry Dor

Kerry Dor and Donna Spencer, both of Saco, were named “Caregiver of the Month” for August by Comfort Keepers, a provider of in-home support services for older adults in southern Maine.

Donna Spencer

GENERAL
Deputy District Attorney Meg Elam was assigned to spearhead prosecutions of sex trafficking and other forms of commercial sexual exploitation in Cumberland County.

Susan McPartlan joined the Portland Chapter of SCORE as a volunteer mentor.
McPartlan, of Portland, brings a range of financial planning experience, with a focus on small-business issues.

Lighthouse Foot and Ankle Center in Portland has moved to a new location, 23 Spring St., Suite B, in Scarborough.

Community Concepts Finance Corp. has provided Argo Marketing Group the financing needed to expand in Maine.
Argo made news recently by being named the 2014 fastest growing private company in by Inc. magazine. With the acquisition of its newly acquired iYogi contract, Argo is expected to hire another 200 skilled employees.

Maine Medical Partners, an affiliate of Maine Medical Center, added four physicians to its practice.

Joseph Rappold, M.D., and Jaswin Sawhney, M.D., joined its surgical care acute care surgery team.
Dr. Rappold was previously an associate professor of surgery at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia. He’s a retired U.S. Navy captain with 29 years of active service and multiple combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.

Dr. Sawhney completed a fellowship at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, where he worked in surgical critical care. His experience also includes seven years in a rural surgery practice in Minnesota.

Nicole Geissen, D.O., and Michael Robich, M.D.,joined the cardiographs surgery team.
Dr. Geissen completed her general surgery residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center – Horizon, where she was chief resident in the department of general surgery and department of medical education. She completed her cardiothoracic surgery residency at Rush University Medical Center.

Robich completed his residency in general surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He completed a research fellowship at Harvard Medical School and Brown University, and a fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery at the Cleveland Clinic.

Bedard Pharmacy & Medical Supplies has hired Amanda Foster as a pharmacist.
Foster is a 2015 graduate of the University of New England College of Pharmacy, where she was a member of professional pharmacy fraternity Lambda Kappa Sigma. Originally from Epping, New Hampshire, she will work in the Lewiston-Auburn community.

Resources First Foundation has hired Melissa O’Neal as director of development and outreach.
O’Neal brings more than 25 years of experience in public affairs, political outreach, legislative initiatives and fundraising. She spent the last 12 years at Preti Flaherty as special projects coordinator for its energy and telecommunications department.

Sarah Plimpton has joined Waynflete as director of development.
Plimpton, of Portland, was previously vice president at CCS, an international fundraising consulting firm. While at CCS, she led major capital campaigns for a number of Maine nonprofits including Hospice of Southern Maine, the Penobscot River Restoration Trust, Eastern Maine Medical Center, the Foundation for Maine’s Community Colleges and the Senator George J. Mitchell Scholarship and Research Institute.

PDT Architects has hired Adam McKinnon as a project manager for multi-family housing and K-12 school projects.
McKinnon previously worked at Blackney Hayes Architects in Philadelphia, where he was a project architect and technology manager.

Andrew Kalloch has joined Macpage LLC as an audit associate.
Kalloch, of South Portland, is a 2015 University of Southern Maine graduate with degrees in accounting and finance. Prior to joining the firm, he was a tax intern at a CPA firm in Portland and as an accounting intern at a major communications company.

Lauren Klibansky joined the team of consultants at KMA Human Resources Consulting of Falmouth.
Klibansky, of Falmouth, has more than 10 years of human resources experience in the fields of higher education and financial services.

Tom Morse joined Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors magazine as a sales and development representative for southern Maine.
Morse, of Peaks Island, has worked as both art director and copywriter at an advertising firm in Portland; creative director at McDonald/O’Meara Communication in Portland, and as an agency principal and creative director at Woodbury & Morse Advertising, which he will continue to lead.

AWARDS and RECOGNITIONS
The following Berman & Simmons attorneys were recognized as New England Super Lawyers and Rising Stars:
Attorneys Craig Bramley, Benjamin Gideon, Daniel Kagan, Jodi Nofsinger, Steven Silin, Jack Simmons, and Julian Sweet were recognized for excellence in representing clients in personal injury and medical malpractice cases. Attorneys Travis Brennan, Alicia Curtis, Susan Faunce, and Timothy Kenlan were recognized as Rising Stars.

Bernstein Shur recently announced that 27 of its attorneys were named to 2015 New England Super Lawyers. Of those ranked, 13 were named Rising Stars.
The following attorneys were recognized as super lawyers by practice area: Patrick Scully, of Portland, was recognized for his practice in administrative law; D. Sam Anderson, of Yarmouth; and Robert Keach, of Falmouth, for bankruptcy business; Andru Volinsky, of Concord, New Hampshire; Paul McDonald, of Cape Elizabeth; Daniel Mitchell, of Scarborough, for business litigation; George Burns, of Falmouth, for construction litigation; Edward Shumaker, III, of Concord, New Hampshire; Patricia Peard, of Cumberland Foreside; and Ronald Schneider Jr., of Wells, for employment and labor: Michael Hodgins, of Pittsfield, for general litigation; Kenneth Lehman, of Cumberland, for health care; Emily Gray Rice, of Concord, New Hampshire, for professional liability, defense; and Charles Miller, of Portland, for real estate.
The attorneys named as rising stars include: Helen Sterling Coburn, of Cumberland, for business/corporate; Asha Echeverria, of Cumberland, for construction litigation; Steven Gerlach, of North Yarmouth for tax; Molly Barker Gilligan, of North Yarmouth, for health care; Katherine Joyce, of Scarborough, for energy and resources; Kathryn McGintee, of Yarmouth, for employment and labor; Shoshana Cook Mueller, of North Yarmouth, for state/local/municipalities; Edward Sackman, of Concord, New Hampshire for business litigation; David Schneider, of South Portland, for employee benefits; Joshua Silver, of Cumberland, for technology transactions; Hawley Strait, of Yarmouth, for real estate; and Kathryn Wallace, of South Portland, for estate and probate.

Attorneys Rebecca Webber and Stephen Wade, of Skelton Taintor & Abbott, were named New England Super Lawyers.
Webber was recognized for her work in employment and labor. Wade was recognized for his work in personal injury general: plaintiff.

Thompson & Bowie, LLP in Portland announced the following attorneys were named New England Super Lawyers:
James Bowie was recognized for his work in professional liability, defense; Mark Franco for personal injury general, defense; Robert Hatch for professional liability, defense; and Leonard Langer for transportation/maritime.
The firm also announced that the following lawyers were chosen as rising stars: Hillary Bouchard for civil litigation, defense; Twain Braden for transportation/maritime; Jason Donovan, professional liability, defense; Sarah Yantakosol Gayer, professional liability, defense; and Rosie Williams, for civil rights.

Sea Bags, designers and manufacturers of handmade items from recycled sails, was named an official partner of the 2016 Atlantic Cup.

The event, presented by 11th Hour Racing, spans 1,000 nautical miles and is the longest offshore race on the Eastern seaboard. The fifth edition of the race will start May 28 in Charleston, South Carolina. Teams will sail to New York for a brief stopover, then compete in the second leg of the race, 350 nautical miles to Portland, home-base for the Sea Bags business. The race ends with two days of inshore racing on Casco Bay.

“We’re so proud to be a part of the Atlantic Cup race,” Beth Shissler, president of Sea Bags said in a press release. “Its mission of being the most environmentally sustainable sailing race in the U.S. aligns perfectly with our own brand, which was founded on the principles of recycling and promoting a more sustainable way of life, in order to preserve our oceans for generations to come.”

NEW HIRES
Skelton Taintor & Abbott has hired Jordan Payne as an associate attorney.
Payne will practice in the areas of employment law, labor law, family law, commercial litigation and civil rights litigation. Most recently, she worked as a legal intern for the U.S. Attorney’s Office Civil Division in Portland and as judicial intern for the Honorable Norman H. Stahl of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

Ted Small also joined the firm as a shareholder.
Small’s practice will include complex commercial and business litigation and arbitration, construction law, real estate litigation, and municipal and government law. Prior to joining Skelton Taintor & Abbott, Small was associated with another Maine law firm.

Ann Freeman joined Bernstein Shur in Portland as a counsel attorney in the firm’s municipal and governmental services and labor and employment practice groups.
Freeman previously served as associate corporation counsel for the city of Portland, as ethics and compliance manager for Bath Iron Works, and as a litigation associate at a Portland-based firm.

Attorney Rachel White Sears joined Murray Plumb & Murray in Portland, where she will focus on commercial transactions and commercial litigation.
Most recently, Sears worked as a law clerk to Judge John Woodcock Jr., of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine. She lives in Portland.

Susan Bryant joined Verrill Dana’s Portland office as counsel in its business and corporate, mergers and acquisitions and securities law groups.
Bryant previously practiced at her own boutique firm, Bryant Law PC, since 1997.

AWARDS and RECOGNITIONS

Martha Gaythwaite

Verrill Dana attorneys Martha Gaythwaite and Karen Frink Wolf were named to the fourth edition of Benchmark Litigation’s Top 250 Women in Litigation for the second consecutive year.
Gaythwaite and Frink Wolf joined Verrill Dana in the firm’s 2013 merger with Friedman Gaythwaite Wolf.

Karen Wolf

Gaythwaite now serves as the chair of the firm’s litigation and trial group. Frink Wolf is chair of its professional liability group.

Three lawyers at Berman & Simmons were named as “Lawyer of the Year” for their practice areas, in a report issued this week by Best Lawyers in America 2016.
Steven Silin was recognized for his work in medical malpractice law for plaintiffs.
Benjamin Gideon was recognized for personal injury litigation for plaintiffs.
Daniel Kagan was recognized for product liability litigation for plaintiffs.
In total, six Berman & Simmons attorneys were individually selected for inclusion in the publication.
Gideon for his work in civil rights law, medical malpractice, personal injury and product liability; Kagan for medical malpractice, personal injury and product liability; Jodi Nofsinger for medical malpractice; Silin for medical malpractice and personal injury; Jack Simmons for bet-the-company litigation, commercial litigation, medical malpractice, personal injury, and product liability; and Julian Sweet for medical malpractice and personal injury.

Drummond Woodsum announced that seven of its attorneys were selected by their peers as “Lawyer of the Year” for inclusion in the Best Lawyers in America.
Attorney Jerrol Crouter was recognized for litigation, construction law; Melissa Hewey for employment law; Michael High for closely held companies and family businesses law; Benjamin Marcus for bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights, insolvency and reorganization law; William Plouffe for litigation, land use and zoning law; Daniel Rose for labor law, management; and Amy Tchao for education law.
In addition, 30 of its attorneys were named to The Best Lawyers in America list.

Skelton Taintor & Abbott shareholder Jill Checkoway was named to the Best Lawyers in America list.
Checkoway has more than 30 years of experience. Her practice focuses on probate administration, wills and trusts, estate and gift tax planning and pre and post marital agreements.
The law firm’s chairman of the board of directors

Bryan Dench was also named to the list for the 18th time.
Dench’s practice includes mergers and acquisitions, administrative law, business, collective bargaining, corporate real estate, entity formation, estate planning and family business planning.

NEW HIRES

David Burke, M.D., a surgeon with more than 20 years of experience, joined the staff of Central Maine Surgical Associates in Lewiston.
Burke brings more than 10 years of service as a general and trauma surgeon, and as a critical care physician at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor.
For the past five years, he served as EMMC’s trauma medical director and co-director of the intensive care unit.

Maine Medical Center added three new physicians to its staff.
Michael Ferguson, M.D., has joined the MMC’s Department of Pediatrics. Most recently, he was a Pediatric Critical Care Fellow at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Kelley Conroy, M.D., has joined Maine Medical Partners – Women’s Health Maternal-Fetal Medicine. Conroy recently completed a maternal-fetal medicine fellowship at Tufts, while also focusing on clinical research.

Genevieve London, M.D., has joined MMP – Westbrook Pediatrics. London was previously a pediatric hospitalist at Central Maine Medical Center.

The Daniel Hanley Center for Health Leadership has hired Derek Ahl as a new facilitator-trainer and executive coach.
For the past 20 years, Ahl has been working with leaders across a variety of industries including health care, to drive individual and organizational effectiveness through the implementation of systems thinking, applied learning and interpersonal behavior practices and solutions.

PROMOTIONS
Maine Medical Center has promoted Baird Mallory, M.D., to surgical specialty medical director and associate service line physician leader.
A former primary care and emergency medicine physician, Mallory is board certified in general and pediatric surgery. He joined MMC in 2005, most recently serving as division director of Maine Medical Partners – Pediatric Surgery.

AWARDS and RECOGNITIONS
Maine Medical Center’s Weight & Wellness Program was recently awarded a Comprehensive Center accreditation, as earned from the American College of Surgeons Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program.
This recognition highlights the program’s commitment to providing and supporting quality improvement and patient safety efforts for metabolic and bariatric surgery.

Carl DeMars, M.D., a primary care physician with Mid Coast Medical Group in Bath, recently completed the fundamentals of value-based health care certificate program with The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice.
The year-long training provides insight and skills to improve health care delivery. DeMars, who is also the senior medical director of the hospital’s accountable care program, plans to integrate the strategies and concepts learned through the Dartmouth Institute program to help navigate the challenges of patient-centered, high-value health care.

RETIRING

David Fitz, M.D. is planning to retire Nov. 1 after 28 years of practice as a plastic surgeon with Plastic & Hand Surgical Associates.
Fitz has also served as a member of the teaching faculty of the Lahey Clinic, and as an assistant clinical professor at Maine Medical Center for Tufts University School of Medicine.

GENERAL

Dr. Brian Boynton

Dr. James Pound, a dentist who has practiced in Gray Center for 20 years, is making a transition to retirement.
He sold his dental office, formerly known as Total Family Dentistry, to Dr. Brian Boynton, of Cumberland. As part of the sale, Boynton changed the name of the practice to Patriot Dental.
Pound and Boynton will work together over the next two years, as Pound transitions to part-time work.
Boynton and his wife Marcy have been operating Yarmouth Dental for the past 17 years.

Deb Walters

Deb Walters, a member of the Rotary Club of Unity who is on a solo kayak expedition from Maine to Guatemala to raise awareness for Safe Passage, was chosen as one of six Rotary Global Women of Action.
She will be recognized on Nov. 7, World Rotary Day, at the United Nations in New York for her service to the people of Guatemala and her efforts to help break the cycle of multi-generational poverty.
Walters, a retired cognitive scientist, currently serves on the board for the Yarmouth-based non-profit Safe Passage (Camino Seguro). The organization provides education, health care, counseling, nutrition and community services to the children and families living in the Guatemala City garbage dump community. Working with other Rotarians, Walters has helped provide funds, leadership and hands-on service to that community. Most recently, she set out to complete a solo kayak expedition from Maine to Guatemala to raise $425,000 for Safe Passage’s programs, which serve nearly 2,400 students and their families—both young and old— every day.
“I am humbled that my service in Guatemala is being recognized by Rotary International and the United Nations,” said Walters said in a press release. “Achieving this level of recognition on the world stage will go a long way to bringing international attention to the plight of so many families in need. Through global collaboration, together we can lift these families out of chronic poverty and offer them hope for the future.”

Spurwink, a nonprofit that provides behavioral health and educational services, has hired and promoted the following people:

Abby Peck joined as director of annual giving and special events. Peck came to Spurwink from New York City, where she served as director of special events at Hetrick-Martin Institute, a youth agency serving 2,000 LGBTQ young people annually. Prior to that, she was the marketing manager at Women Make Movies, a documentary film distribution and production company.

Misty Marston was promoted to program director for Spurwink at Cornville. Marston previously worked as the associate program director of residential treatment for Spurwink.

Whitney Taggart was promoted to assistant program director – residential at Spurwink’s Chelsea program. Taggart, who received a master’s degree in social work at Boston College, has worked at Spurwink since 2003 in a variety of roles, most recently as a clinician at the Chelsea location.

Spurwink also announced that its Portland Help Center was recognized by the Maine Psychological Association with its 2015 Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award.
The center is a mental health clinic in downtown Portland that provides integrated community-based outpatient psychiatric treatment, assertive community treatment and clinical community support to adults with serious mental illness and chemical dependencies.
The awards program recognizes organizations that make a commitment to programs and policies that foster employee health and well-being while enhancing organizational performance and productivity.

NEW HIRES
Landry/French Construction Co. added four people to its staff.
Chuck Pollock joined the company as superintendent. He brings nearly 30 years of experience in commercial construction, including 28 years with a local contractor.

Nick Duncan joined as assistant project manager.
Duncan brings five years of industry experience, most recently working for PC Construction and Consigli.

Jim Gardner was hired as director of preconstruction services.
He has 30 years of experience in the commercial construction industry, most recently as senior estimator at Consigli.

Jon Sirois joined as project manager.
Sirois has more than 12 years of project management experience specializing in health care, commercial and municipal projects. He previously worked for a national contractor in Virginia working on projects at The Pentagon, U.S. Naval Academy and Andrews Air Force Base.

Chase Custom Homes & Finance Inc. of Westbrook recently announced two new hires.
Liz Prybylo joined as marketing manager. She has been working in real estate and development for more than nine years, most recently as a marketing coordinator in greater Boston.

Kathy Hallee joined as administrative coordinator. Most recently, she provided support services to the SAD17 school system.

PROMOTIONS
Chase Custom Homes & Finance Inc. of Westbrook promoted two on its staff.
Eric Hallee was promoted to president. Hallee owned his own successful construction company for many years before joining the Chase Custom Homes.

William Noone was promoted to sales manager. Noone has several years of experience in new construction and sales.

AWARDS and RECOGNITIONS
The redevelopment of an abandoned mill building in Sanford was recognized with a Phoenix Award celebrating outstanding execution in cleaning up a former brownfield site and transforming it into a significant community asset.
The redevelopment of Sanford Mill took seven years from start to finish, according to Josh Benthien, a partner at Northland Enterprises. The mill is a mixed-use development that includes residential units, office and retail space.

BOARD APPOINTMENTS
National Association of Women in Construction Maine Chapter 276 recently inducted a new board of officers and directors.
The board of officers include: Robin Wood, of Reed & Reed, who will serve as president; Heather Berlinski, of Kleinfelder, as vice president; Bethany Martin, of Reed & Reed, as treasurer; Mackenzie Kersbergen, of the Maine Department of Transportation, as recording secretary; and Lori Gile, of Auburn Concrete, as corresponding secretary.
The board of directors includes: Margo Walsh, of Maine Works; Rachel Theriault, of All States Asphalt Inc; Brooke Glidden, of Kleinfelder; and Kyla Magnusson, of Preferred Construction Management.

NEW HIRES

• Bar Harbor Bank & Trust has hired Jeff Charland as vice president, regional relationship manager.

Charland, of Rockport, will work from the Rockland branch, 245 Camden St. He was previously with athenahealth as manager of credentialing services.

• Howard Strang recently joined Academy Mortgage as manager of its Portland branch.

Strang has more than 10 years of experience in the mortgage business. He brings experience as a loan originator for Pelican Capital, Arian & Associates and NE Moves Mortgage LLC.

• Jay Flower joined H.M. Payson in Portland as a portfolio manager.

Flower brings over 15 years of experience in portfolio management and investments. Most recently, he was a vice president and portfolio manager with Old Port Advisors in Portland.

• Emma Church joined Charter Oak Capital Management LLC as a registered investment adviser.

Church began her career as a financial adviser with Morgan Stanley. In her new role she will be a financial planner for the firm’s clients. She also serves as a member of the board of directors for Caring Unlimited.

• Peter Nicholson joined The First, N.A. as vice president, portfolio manager for First Advisors, operating as the investment management and trust division of the bank.

Nicholson most recently worked as a trust investment officer at Bar Harbor Trust Services in Ellsworth.

He lives in Bar Harbor and has an office there.

• Abraham Dugal joined Allen Insurance and Financial as a financial adviser.

Dugal, of Camden, worked in the financial services industry in the Boston area for almost 10 years before returning home to Maine. He previously worked for Cambridge Associates as director of U.S. investment operations.

• D. Robinson Snow joined Bangor Savings Bank as vice president and senior fiduciary officer of the bank’s wealth management group.

He has worked in the trust and financial services industry for over 25 years. He joined the bank from Concord Trust Co. in New Hampshire, where he managed its client relationship team.

PROMOTIONS

• Scott Kenney was promoted to director of wealth management for Bangor Savings Bank.

Kenney, of Hampden, joined Bangor Savings in 1999 and has served in various roles in the wealth management department. Most recently, he was senior vice president and chief investment officer.

• cPort Credit Union recently promoted Theresa Bliss to senior member service representative.

Bliss joined cPort in 2013 as a member service representative with 21 years of banking experience.

• cPort also promoted Alicia Roberts to human resources coordinator.

Roberts began her career at cPort in 2013 as executive assistant.

• TD Bank has promoted Andrew Love to branch manager at 95 Main St. in Gorham.

Love, of Portland, has 10 years of retail banking experience. He joined TD Bank in 2011 as assistant branch manager at the Maine Mall Road location in South Portland. Most recently, he served in a similar role in the store at One Portland Square in Portland.

• Kennebunk Savings recently announced executive management promotions.

Dennis Byrd was promoted to senior executive vice president. Byrd, of Gorham, is the bank’s chief operating officer and oversees information technology strategy and deployment, corporate facilities administration, deposit services and credit administration. He has been with Kennebunk Savings since 2007.

Lynn Howe was promoted to executive vice president and named the chief sales and delivery officer. She began working for Kennebunk Savings in 1998 as a commercial lender and was later promoted to corporate lending team leader. She lives in Arundel.

Jill Peter was promoted to executive vice president. Peter, of Gorham, is the company’s chief risk officer. She joined Kennebunk Savings in 2009 as the bank’s senior vice president of credit administration.

BOARD APPOINTMENTS

• Katahdin Bankshares Corp., parent company of Katahdin Trust Co., announced the retirement of board director Robert Anderson, of Bangor.

Kimberley Niles, of Scarborough, was elected to fill Anderson’s unexpired term.

Niles, of Scarborough, is the managing director and chief financial officer for Constant Energy Capital Management in Portland. She is also a founder and consultant for VC CFO Services LLC, a financial consulting firm in Scarborough.

AWARDS

• Bath Savings Institution recently honored employees for their commitment to exceptional service and customer relationships at the 2015 Employee Recognition Night in Bath.

The winners include Julie Chew, of the South Portland office, who was recognized as an exceptional customer service representative.

Emmie Carrigan, a teller in Yarmouth, received the exceptional teller award. Sarah Peters, assistant branch manager in Damariscotta, received the neighbor-to-neighbor award for her commitment to community service. Hope Rainey was voted as most helpful internal support person. She is a deposit services clerk II in Bath. The Damariscotta Branch was awarded the 2015 Relationship Builder Award.

GENERAL

• SIS Bank donated $450 to the Sanford-Springvale YMCA through its promotion, “SIS Touchdowns for Good” initiative.

In partnership with WBLM-FM of Portland, SIS Touchdowns for Good gives $50 to a local non-profit organization for every touchdown thrown by the Patriots’ quarterback throughout the regular season. The donation will support the YMCA’s efforts in developing the potential of kids, improving individual health and well-being, and giving back to and supporting our neighbors.

NEW HIRES
Seth Kimball, a landscape architect, recently joined the staff at Mitchell & Associates Landscape Architects in Portland.
Kimball brings more than 12 years of design experience and project management to M&A. Most recently, he was a project manager at Michael Boucher Landscape Architecture in Freeport and worked as a designer at Gawron Turgeon Architects in Scarborough.

PDT Architects has hired Adam McKinnon as a project manager for multi-family housing and K through 12 school projects.
McKinnon comes to PDT from Blackney Hayes Architects in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he was a project architect and technology manager. He has been an adjunct faculty member at Drexel University since 2013, teaching undergraduate and graduate classes in BIM/Revit software.

AWARDS and RECOGNITIONS
The American College of Healthcare Architects has announced that Carol Gillis, principal at Harriman Architects and Engineers, has earned her board certificate in health care architecture.
Gillis has more than 20 years of experience in health care design and leads Harriman’s Healthcare Design Studio.

Alpha One and the American Institute of Architects, Maine Chapter recently celebrated the 25th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act by honoring Maine’s top examples of accessible architecture.
Two top awards, called the Honor Awards, were awarded. The first went to Bucksport architect John Gordon for the design of 363HOUSE for his client and daughter Jessica. Jessica is a C6/C7 quadriplegic – paralyzed from mid-chest down with limited use of arms and hands. The design mandate for 363HOUSE was to support Jessica’s abilities and minimize barriers to an accessible life.
The second award went to WBRC Architects ∙ Engineers for their renovation of the Cross Insurance Arena. The renovations were designed to attract and accommodate larger shows and events, while offering visitors safer and equal access to Portland’s premier sports and entertainment venue.

NEW HIRES
MaineToday Media announced two new hires.
Shamus Alley joined the Web development team as director of digital design.
Alley is an artist, interactive Web designer and Web developer. He has experience in digital agencies, with roles such as creative director, front end developer and art director. He was a staff writer/interactive creative director for Rescue Magazine. Most recently, he was a front end developer/designer for Page One Web solutions.
Jason Pafundi joined the Kennebec Journal as a reporter.
Pafundi has several years of experience in news and media. Most recently, he was a reporter for the Daily Journal corporation in Los Angeles. He was a freelance writer for the Portland Press Herald before being hired at the KJ.

Sage Data Security has appointed Jockel Carter to senior information security adviser.
Carter brings more than 20 years of experience in information technology, including eight years in cybersecurity. Most recently, he worked for Agero as a principal security engineer and the organization’s PCI master.

Jane Bopp joined the team of human resources consultants at KMA Human Resources Consulting of Falmouth.
Bopp, of Falmouth, has more than 15 years of experience in human resources. She will provide consulting and organizational development services to clients throughout Maine and northern New England.

The Maine Small Business Development Centers has hired Peter Harriman as a business adviser in its Portland office at the University of Southern Maine.
Harriman will provide business advising to new and existing entrepreneurs and small businesses in Cumberland County. Most recently, he worked as a loan specialist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Karen Dow-Butler joined Chalmers Insurance Group York as a personal lines insurance account manager.
She brings over 30 years of client service experience to the firm. She previously worked as an account manager for notable agencies across New England. She is a home and auto coverage expert.

Bath Savings Institution announced the hiring of two new bank officers.
Rachel Bouchard of Topsham joined the bank as the vice president of compliance.
She previously worked for Douglas Title Co. and H&D Title and Closing Services.

Mara Pennell of Harpswell joined as an assistant vice president, commercial lender.
She started in the banking industry in 2002 and brings a broad spectrum of banking experience.

PROMOTIONS
Bath Savings Institution has promoted Sarah Piper to commercial lender.
Piper, of South Portland, was previously a commercial lending assistant. She joined Bath Savings as a teller in 2013.

The Maine Small Business Development Centers named Steve Lovejoy to center director at its Portland office at the University of Southern Maine.
Lovejoy has been a business adviser with the Maine SBDC for over four years, most recently serving the York County area. He specializes in small-business banking, finance and marketing.

Stephanie Dunn was promoted at Unum to a marketing consultant in its Portland office.
She previously worked as a sales coordinator, and most recently as a market specialist in Quote Unum. She lives in Portland.

SmartCatalog in Westbrook has promoted Christine Cook to business manager.
Cook was previously a bookkeeper. The company recently moved into newly renovated offices at the Dana Warp Mill and maintains an office in Washington, D.C.

AWARDS and RECOGNITIONS
Michelle Raber, owner of the Raber State Farm Insurance Agency in Scarborough, earned the Chartered Financial Consultant designation awarded by the American College of Financial Services.
Raber, of Scarborough, received the designation following completion of an extensive educational program for financial services professionals. She has been with State Farm for 22 years.

State Sen. Rebecca Millett of Cape Elizabeth was named to the Maine Alliance for Arts Education board of directors.

The Center for Guardianship Certification announced that Teri McRae is now a National Certified Guardian.
McRae, of Portland, has provided guardianship services for seven years and serves anyone with fiduciary or guardianship needs. She served four years as registrar of probate in Cumberland County before starting her own practice.

Adele Nichols, a senior account manager at Clark Insurance of Portland, was recently was named Insurance Professional of the Year at the Maine State Council Annual Meeting of the International Association of Insurance Professionals.
Nichols has worked in the insurance industry since 2003.

BOARD APPOINTMENTS
Tedford Housing recently elected two new officers to its board of directors.
Sally Loving of Brunswick is a self-employed communications consultant for advocacy groups in Washington, D.C., and New York.
Joyce McPhetres of Topsham is the chief human resources officer at Community Health Options.

GENERAL
The Junior League of Portland recently announced the appointment of Jillian Rich as president for 2017-18.
Rich, of Portland, has been an active member of the Junior League of Portland for over five years and held multiple leadership roles. She currently serves on its board of directors as vice president of the mentoring and placement council. She spent the past four years working as a marketing and community relations at Bangor Savings Bank, where she currently serves as assistant vice president and senior marketing coordinator.

NEW HIRES
Community Credit Union has hired Kirstyn Birkbeck as a member representative.
Birkbeck has one year of experience working at another financial institution. She lives in Sabattus and attends Central Maine Community College.

Camden National Bank has hired Mark Stasium as senior vice president, commercial real estate lending officer in Portland.
Stasium, of Portland, was previously a senior loan officer in commercial lending at TD Bank.

Jennifer Morin also joined Camden National Bank as vice president, commercial banking officer.
Morin has 16 years of banking experience and a strong history of partnering with Maine’s businesses.
Morin was previously vice president, senior relationship manager for Bangor Savings Bank.

Cynthia Smith joined Portland Integritas Advisors LLC as a financial planner.
Smith brings three years of financial service experience at National Life and Morgan Stanley. She previously worked and consulted with the fishing industry and related regulatory agencies at the state and federal levels.

The First N.A. and its parent company, The First Bancorp, has hired Peter Nicholson as vice president, portfolio manager for First Advisors, operating as the investment management and trust division of the bank.
Nicholson most recently worked as a trust investment officer at Bar Harbor Trust Services in Ellsworth. He lives in Bar Harbor.

George Carr joined R. M. Davis as vice president of its firm headquartered in Portland
Carr brings five years of leadership experience in the field. He previously served as senior client adviser for Federal Street Advisors in Boston.

Anderson-Watkins Insurance in Westbrook has hired Kathy Joy as a commercial account customer service representative.
Joy previously worked at Averill Insurance Agency, Peerless Insurance and Commercial Union Insurance in several customer focused positions. She brings 27 years of insurance experience to the firm.

Dean Michaud joined Macpage LLC as a manager.
Michaud, of Scarborough, previously worked as a consultant, controller, corporate accounting manager, and an auditor in public accounting.

Allie Ordway of Freeport joined the firm as an audit associate.
Prior to joining the firm, Ordway worked at various retail outlets and at a large energy corporation in Maine.

Mishaela Albright also joined the firm as an audit associate.
Prior to joining the firm, Albright worked in the hospitality industry and also interned with Macpage. She lives in South Portland.

Abby Boissonneault joined Macpage as an audit associate.
She lives in Saco and previously worked as an office manager at a community club in Maine.

PROMOTIONS
Saco & Biddeford Savings recently promoted Matt Grenier to assistant branch manager of the Scarborough branch.
Grenier, of Saco, started at SBSI in 2008 as a full time teller in Old Orchard Beach. Most recently, he worked as a supervisor at its Biddeford branch.

Camden National Bank promoted Nancy Tracy to senior vice president, retail banking, for central and western Maine.
Tracy will oversee 19 branches from Greenville to Auburn. She joined Camden National Bank in July 2011 as vice president, retail regional manager, for the southern/central region. She has more than 21 years of experience in the banking industry.

Ashley Shawley, assistant vice president at KeyBank, was named manager of its Windham branch.
Previously, Shawley was manager of the Augusta branch in Maine. She joined KeyBank in 2012 as a relationship manager. She lives in Farmingdale. An active member of the community, she serves on the board of Maine Children’s Home for Little Wanderers.

Salem Advisory Group LLC of Wells announced two promotions.
Kevin Colley was promoted to president, chief compliance officer and portfolio manager. He joined the firm in June of 2009, and most recently served as vice president and portfolio manager.
Prior to joining Salem Advisory Group LLC, he was president and owner of Lighthouse Investments and Financial Services P.A. He lives in Wells.
Jennifer Arps was named the new executive vice president. She has over 23 years of management experience, 16 in the banking/lending and financial services industries. She joined the firm in 2012 as vice president. She previously managed banking offices of both Sovereign Bank and The Bank of Maine (formerly Rivergreen Bank).

Perry, Fitts, Boulette and Fitton CPAs recently promoted Janet Audette to senior accountant.
Audette joined PFBF CPAs in 2011. She works closely with nonprofit organizations, small businesses and individuals. She lives in Winslow.

AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS
Clint Blood celebrated his 40th anniversary as a financial representative of Northwestern Mutual in Portland.