True North announced that as of Jan. 1, 2016, its practitioners will no longer provide health care services to patients in its location on Route 1 in Falmouth.

Rather, it will begin to collate its findings and document the experience of running a nonprofit organization founded to change health care and encourage individuals to live healthier lives through integrative care, education and research, according to a release from its executive director.

Dr. Miles Simmons will continue his psychiatric practice and relocate to a new office in the Portland area. Allie Knowlton and Evelyn Rysdyk of Spirit Passages will continue their shamanic healing practice in Yarmouth. True North will continue to provide supplements through its store.

Family practice doctors Reuben Bell, D.O., and Charles de Sieyes, M.D., and gynecological specialist Bethany Hays, M.D., are retiring as of Jan. 1 and closing their practices.

Meteorologist Ted McInerney joins Channel 8 WMTW in January.
McInerney brings eight years of forecasting experience to Maine’s Total Weather Team. He previously worked for television stations in Illinois and Alabama.
He will be delivering the eight-day forecast to Mainers across the area.

NEW HIRES
Biddeford School Department hired Karen Chasse as the director of community outreach and development.
Chasse brings more than 17 years of communications, marketing and fundraising experience to her new role. She previously worked for Southern Maine Health Care for 23 years, most recently as the community outreach and development manager.

Regan Flaherty joined the Rogers/Norton Wealth Management Group of Raymond James in Portland as a registered sales associate.
Flaherty, of Portland, graduated from Western Kentucky University with a degree in financial management.

Vets First Choice has hired Michael DeLuca as the company’s new director of integrative medicine programs.
DeLuca, of Arundel, brings more than 20 years experience in development, manufacturing and marketing of holistic and integrative health products.

Competitive Energy Services in Portland recently hired two new associates.
Nate Niles joined as an energy analyst. He was an intern at CES over the summer after he graduated from Bowdoin College with a degree in environmental studies and earth and oceanographic science.
Greg Attra was hired as a software developer. He previously worked in politics as a legislative aide for the Maine House of Representatives and as an assistant in the U.S. Senate for Sen. Angus King.

Elias Law Offices of York has hired Eric Thistle as an associate attorney.
Thistle participated in the criminal law clinic of New England School of Law, and gained experience practicing in courts throughout the Boston area. He now offers legal services in the areas of criminal defense, personal injury and family law in York and Cumberland counties.

Melissa Winne joined E2Tech as a project associate, in partnership with Goodwill Industries of Northern New England under the Technology Occupations through Pathway Strategies grants.
She was previously an intern with E2Tech as a research assistant.

Kristine Richardson joined Diversified Communications as a search engine marketing specialist.
Richardson previously worked for Auto Europe in Portland.
Erin Prunty was also hired as a customer service representative. Prunty was previously employed with OA Centers for Othopaedics.

Thomas College has hired Jill Spencer and Chris Toy as the project managers for the Maine Center for Innovation in education.
Spencer bring more than 30 years of teaching social studies, language arts and technology integration at a middle school. She works with educators internationally, most recently presenting at the Association of International Schools in Africa’s annual conference in Cape Town.
Toy has more than 30 years of experience as a high school teacher, high school assistant principal, middle school principal, university instructor, consultant, presenter and writer. He has worked with educators in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Africa and Asia.

Amanda Johnson joined Visible Logic as a marketing communications specialist.
Johnson is the newest member of the Visible Logic team. Her previous experience includes more than 10 years of sales outreach, managing social media campaigns and email marketing working in-house at several firms.

United Way of York County recently hired Fiona Robinson as manager of communications and donor development.
Robinson previously worked as a freelance writer and editor. Most recently, she was the editor and associate publisher of SeaFood Business magazine for 17 years. She serves on the board of directors of SeaShare, a Seattle nonprofit that works to provides seafood to food banks nationwide.

Whitney Harvey

Town & Shore Associates in Portland has hired Whitney Harvey and Lynn Hallett as associate brokers/owners.

Lynn Hallett

POC Collision Inc. recently announced it has acquired Sebago Lake Collision from Windham’s pre-owned automotive dealership, Sebago Lake Automotive.
POC will retain Sebago Lake Collision’s staff.

Jared and Kelly Laflin, principals of Laflin Properties LLC, announced the acquisition of The BeachFire Bar & Grill located at 658 Main St., Ogunquit.
The couple purchased the restaurant from Bill Doherty last month. Jared Laflin has been acting general manager of the Route 1 restaurant since March 2015.
The restaurant retained many of the existing staff members.

Lipman & Katz announced it will move its law firm to 5 Community Drive in Augusta.
The firm will officially open at its new location on Jan. 15, 2016.

Rock Lobster Gourmet Popcorn Co. recently opened at 481 Main St. Unit 2 in Springvale Village. In addition to gourmet popcorn, Rock Lobster also sells Haven’s Chocolate’s, Stonewall Kitchen, Hot Sauces made in Maine and bin candy by the pound.

Bill’s Original Kitchen is now open in Kittery Foreside at 1 Government St. in Kittery.
Operated by chef and owner Bill Clifford, the 16-seat restaurant features a menu of small plates, a hand-selected wine list and local beer.
Clifford has more than 20 years of food and wine experience.

AWARDS and RECOGNITIONS
Earle W. Noyes & Sons Moving Specialists in Portland received the 2015 United Van Lines President’s Quality Award.
The company is a two-time winner of the award, receiving the first in 2009. It was recognized for its quality service as measured by data generated through a survey completed by customers after the move.

Fringe Hair Art in Kennebunkport was recognized by Elle Magazine as one of the top 100 salons in America.
This is the fifth consecutive year that the salon has received the national magazine’s top 100 distinction.

Spurwink, a nonprofit in Portland that provides behavioral health and educational services for children, adults and families throughout Maine, announces that its Portland Help Center is a winner of the Maine Psychological Association 2015 Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award.
For 25 years, the clinic has been providing integrated community-based outpatient psychiatric treatment, assertive community treatment and clinical community support to adults with serious mental illness and chemical dependencies.

Jennifer Reckmeyer joined Cross Insurance as a senior commercial lines account manager.
Reckmeyer has more than 20 years insurance experience at both the agency and company level. She is pursuing her Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter designation.

Vuthi Roeun recently joined the firm’s Portland branch as a claims manager and will assist with insurance placement for large accounts.
Roeun was previously with United Insurance for 12 years.

Megan Hezlep joined the firm as a personal lines producer. Hezlep has more than five years experience in the insurance business. She previously worked for a smaller agency.

Shane Riley was hired as a personal lines account manager. He started in the insurance industry in 2011. He spent the past three years assisting clients with writing new policies and servicing existing policies.

Jessica Reed joined its Portland branch as a personal lines account manager. She previously worked for Varney Insurance Agency.

Melissa Sousa joined the firm as a senior commercial lines account manager.
Sousa has more than 15 years in the insurance industry. She previously worked for Maritime Program Group as manager of recreational marine operations. She holds multiple insurance industry designations and credentials.

Kari Cyr was recently promoted to an assistant personal lines manager. She joined Cross as a personal lines producer in February of this year. Cyr joined the firm with 18 years of personal lines experience.

Kim Perreault was promoted to account manager for small business accounts at Cross Insurance. Perreault was previously a team leader for personal lines.

AWARDS and RECOGNITION

Laura Honey was recognized with the Life Membership Award in the New England Inns & Resorts Association.
The award is given to active members of the association for a minimum of 10 years and have retired from the inn-keeping business.
Honey, of Boothbay, worked for Fisherman’s Wharf Inn in Boothbay Harbor for 50 seasons before retiring in 2014.

Eileen Skinner was recently recognized with the 2016 Women of Distinction Award.
Skinner is president and chief executive officer of Mercy Health System of Maine. The award is given annually to a woman who exemplifies accomplishment, leadership, community involvement and is a role model for girls and young women.

Ed Leveque, former owner of Twin City business and a SCORE volunteer-emeritus, was recognized for his decades of public service by the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Leveque was presented with a certificate of appreciation for his 33 years of volunteer service to the Lewiston-Auburn small business community. He owned Jimmy’s Gas stations and diners, eventually operating 11 gas stations, a heating oil storage and delivery service, and two diners, including the landmark Jimmy’s Diner on Minot Avenue in Auburn. Leveque sold the business in 1981, and began his long career as a SCORE volunteer in 1982.

Jane Lafleur, executive director of Friends of Midcoast Maine and The Community Institute, received the Professional Planner of the Year Award from the Northern New England Chapter of the American Planning Association and from the Maine Association of Planners.
Lafleur was recognized for her 35 years of professional work in community planning and her service to the profession.

Portland wealth management firm R. M. Davis was ranked No. 5 nationally in Bloomberg Markets Top 50 list of registered investment advisers.
R. M. Davis was rated higher than any other firm in New England at $2.8 billion in assets under management and a 25 percent change year over year from June 3, 2013.

Van Perry, a representative for Modern Woodmen of America, attained the Fraternal Insurance Counselor designation.
Perry lives in Scarborough. The FIC title is an educational designation that can be earned by career life insurance representatives associated with fraternal insurance societies.

Carmen Fortin, a registered nurse clinical educator at Central Maine Medical Center, was presented the Maine Emergency Nurses Association Special Merit Award for her work on behalf of the professional organization.
Fortin, of Harpswell, has been an active member of the Maine Emergency Nurses Association for more than 30 years and serves as chair of the organization’s Pediatric Committee.
She has some 35 years’ experience as a practicing emergency nurse.

NEW HIRES
Alison Tozier joined Taylor, McCormack and Frame LLC to practice in the areas of civil and criminal litigation, labor and business law, landlord/tenant disputes and family law.
Tozier, a Falmouth High School graduate, graduated from the University of Maine School of Law. She is licensed to practice in Maine and Massachusetts.

Portland law firm Murray Plumb & Murray has hired attorney Amy Phalon to focus on special education matters.
Phalon, of York, previously worked as an attorney at Gibbons Stevens Law Office in Kittery, specializing in special education law, estate planning, family member guardianship, and real estate and land use law.

ELIZABETH FRAZIER

Pierce Atwood added two people to its government relations team: Elizabeth Frazier, a recent graduate of the UMaine School of Law, is the firm’s newest associate, and Megan Sanborn, who has worked in Maine politics for eight years, joins the firm as a government relations specialist.

MEGAN SANBORN

Frazier will be advocating on behalf of Pierce Atwood clients in Maine’s Legislature and regulatory agencies. She previously she served as Rep. Chellie Pingree’s scheduler and executive assistant until 2012 when she returned to Maine to pursue her law degree.

PROMOTIONS

John Aromando, a firm litigation partner at Pierce Atwood, was named litigation practice group chair.
Aromando succeeds David Barry, who will become the firm’s managing partner. He has been a partner since 1993 and a trial lawyer for more than 30 years. His practice focuses on defending businesses and individuals in complex litigation, for clients in industries as diverse as financial services, energy, pulp and paper, manufacturing, insurance and professional services.

AWARDS and RECOGNITION
The Berman & Simmons law firm was recently selected as a Tier 1 law firm for its core practice areas, the highest possible achievement, in rankings announced by U.S. News – Best Lawyers.
The firm received Tier 1 rankings in commercial litigation, medical malpractice law for plaintiffs, and personal injury litigation for plaintiffs. Berman & Simmons has been featured in the directory since 2010.

New England Super Lawyers also selected 11 Berman & Simmons attorneys for its 2015 directory.
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.

The firm of Skelton Taintor & Abbott received a Tier 1 ranking for the Portland metropolitan region in the U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers 2016 “Best Law Firms” rankings.
The practice areas are insurance law, labor law/union, litigation/tax, product liability litigation/defendants, tax law and trusts and estates.
Eight lawyers from the firm were also named to The Best Lawyers in America: Jill Checkoway, Bryan Dench, Ronald Lebel, Michael Poulin, Norman Rattey, Alan Stone, Stephen Wade and Rebecca Webber.

JACQUELINE MOSS

Jacqueline Moss and Beth Valentine were named fellows at the first legal incubator in the state of Maine, the Maine Community Law Center, founded by Elizabeth Stout, an established family law practitioner.

BETH VALENTINE

Moss will focus her efforts on family, elder and education law. Valentine will focus on food, environmental, estate planning and elder law.
For more information about the program, go to www.mainecommunitylaw.org.

Attorneys Tom Douglas and Anne Schools, partners at Douglas McDaniel Campo and Schools, were recognized by New England Super Lawyers as top attorneys in Maine.
Douglas was selected as a Super Lawyer for business litigation. Schools was named Rising Star for family law by the industry publication.

The Westbrook law firm also hired Kristen Dorion, a 2015 Maine Law School graduate. During school, Dorion worked for the Maine Volunteer Lawyers Project as a family law advocate and for the Cumberland County District Attorney as a student prosecutor. She will practice personal injury law, family law and criminal law.

Attorney Ben Leoni, of Curtis Thaxter, was named a 2015 Rising Star in the area of general litigation by New England Super Lawyers, and Stephanie Albert was recognized as a Rising Star in the area of Real Estate. Attorney John Gleason of Curtis Thaxter was once again recognized by New England Super Lawyers in the area of Health Care.

The Maine State Bar Association Board of Governors named the second annual class of its Leadership Academy.
Members of the class of 2016 include: Alexander Chaiken of Portland; Katherine Griffin of Portland; Robert Hayes of Portland; Scott Lever of Augusta; Matthew Libby of Portland; Andrew Mason of Augusta; Shannon Merrill of Portland; James Mundy of South Berwick; Tina Nadeau of Portland; Taylor Neff of Portland; and Joshua Randlett of Bangor.

Michael Poulin, a shareholder at Skelton Taintor & Abbott, was recognized by U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers.
Poulin’s practice focuses on corporate and business, healthcare and hospital law, employment law and labor law.

Shareholder Norman Rattey also made the 2016 Best Lawyers in America list.
Rattey’s practice areas include a diverse range of transactional and litigation services. He represents buyers, sellers and lenders in commercial and residential real estate transactions.

Alan Stone, a shareholder and former trial practice group leader, made the list again. Stone’s practice areas include energy and public utility law, administrative law, personal injury and general civil and criminal litigation.

Peter Schroeter was named president of the Maine Association of Mediators.
Schroeter, of Shaheen & Gordon, has an AV pre-eminent peer review rating in ADR from Martindale-Hubbell. He has also been recognized by Best Lawyers in America in Mediation since 2009 and selected to the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals.

Eileen M.L. Epstein and Dennis J. O’Donovan, partners at Epstein and O’Donovan LLP, were named to the 2016 Lawyers of the Year list. They were recognized for trusts and estates law. O’Donovan was also listed for litigation in trusts and estates.

Drummond Woodsum named five new shareholders: Adrianne Fouts, Rodney Lake, Laurel McClead, Keriann Roman and Christopher Stevenson.

Fouts joined the firm in 2012 and is a member of its trial services group. She works primarily in the area of commercial litigation, representing clients in both federal and state trial and appellate courts. She also advises the firm’s higher education clients with respect to student affairs and Title IX compliance issues.

Lake is a tax and business lawyer, who represents businesses and owners in transactions such as mergers, acquisitions, financings, restructurings and dispositions, as well as in tax controversies before taxing authorities.

McClead is a member of the firm’s labor and employment group. She counsels public and private employers on compliance with state and federal employment laws.

Roman joined the firm in 2012 and practices in the firm’s municipal and trial services groups. She works with numerous municipalities on a variety of issues including land use matters, municipal finance, tax abatements, town warrants and employment matters.

Stevenson joined the firm in 2008 and practices with the firm’s business services and public sector groups. He specializes in the areas of tax and employee benefits law.

Drummond Woodsum also launched a new consulting business, Drummond Woodsum Strategic Consulting.
Toby McGrath, former deputy chief of staff for U.S. Sen. Angus King, was named managing director of DWSC.
McGrath brings 15 years of experience in the legislative and electoral process to assist clients in achieving their legislative, organizational, public policy and electoral goals.
The business offers services including government affairs, organizational development, grassroots organizing and campaigns.

Baker Newman Noyes announced Monday that Carl Chatto has officially taken the lead as managing principal of the growing accounting firm.

Chatto has succeeded Eleanor “Ellie” Baker, managing principal and a founding member of the firm, who will work closely with Chatto over the next several months to ensure a smooth transition before retiring this summer.

Chatto will be based at the firm’s headquarters in Portland. He previously served as director of audit and currently provides audit and advisory services to a broad spectrum of clients. He is actively involved in several professional and community organizations, including the Maine Historical Society.

NEW HIRES
People’s United Bank has hired Jennifer Mirabile as senior vice president and wealth management adviser.
Mirabile brings more than 29 years of banking and wealth management experience at Key Private Bank.

F.L. Putnam Investment Management Co. in Portland has appointed R. Thomas Manning Jr. as chief executive officer and president.
Manning succeeds John Carberry, the firm’s president, who is retiring after 15 years.
Manning has more than 25 years of experience in leadership positions in the investment management industry. Most recently, he was chief investment officer and a member of the executive committee at Boston Private Wealth LLC, the wealth management division of Boston Private Bank & Trust Co.

Danielle Gerber joined Macpage LLC as a marketing coordinator.
Gerber previously worked as an artist’s assistant and exhibition coordinator in southern Maine. She also works as a freelance artist, creating jewelry, sculptures and paintings out of her studio apartment in Portland.

Andrew Kalloch was also hired at Macpage LLC as an audit associate.
Kalloch, of South Portland, is a 2015 graduate of University of Southern Maine. He previously worked as a tax intern at a CPA firm in Portland.

Al Moroney

Business Lending Solutions has hired Al Moroney as loan officer in Midcoast Maine. Will Hatt also rejoined the firm as senior vice president and chief operating officer.
Moroney has more than 30 years of banking and lending experience. Previously, he was a senior loan officer at Coastal Enterprises Inc.
Hatt has more than 25 years of experience in the financial services industry. Most recently, he was senior vice president and senior commercial lender at Skowhegan Savings Bank.

Taylor Aisenson joined Cornerstone Financial Planning as the office manager.
Aisenson, of Gray, will work at the firm’s new Union Wharf location in Portland, where her responsibilities will include managing the payroll, accounting, tax preparation and some marketing functions. She previously worked for almost 10 years as an office manager for a family-owned business.

Dan Tilton joined Skowhegan Savings Bank as senior vice president of sales and customer relations.
Tilton, of Detroit, joins the bank with over 18 years of sales management experience. In this role, he will oversee both the commercial and retail lending teams.
Most recently, he worked for Blackstream Creative, based out of McMinnville, Tennessee.

Kennebunk Savings has hired Alyson Graybill as vice president, retail market manager for the York branches.
Graybill, of South Berwick, will be responsible for lending in the York market, overseeing the two York branch offices and the overall performance of those branches.

William Dehais also joined the organization as senior vice president, chief credit officer.
Dehais, of Cumberland, has over 20 years of experience in the financial industry. Most recently, he was director of residential mortgage and business banking credit administration.

Norton Financial Services has hired Renée Greatorex as group benefits account specialist.
Greatorex previously served as account manager at Kilbride & Harris in South Portland.

Dennis Wheelock was named senior broker at Magnusson Balfour Commercial and Business Brokers.
Wheelock joined the firm in October of 2012 after owning and operating his own business, Dennis’ Pizza, for 30 years.

PROMOTIONS
Camden National Bank announced the promotion of Elliott Barry to senior vice president, commercial banking officer in Portland.
Barry joined Camden National Bank in September 2012 as vice president, commercial banking officer in Portland.

Infinity Federal Credit Union has named Kandy Moreau the new chief lending officer.
Moreau, of Raymond, has been with IFCU since 2012, and has more than 42 years of experience in the financial services industry. Previously, she served as director of lending services.

Biddeford Savings promoted the following individuals on its staff.
Abi Arsenault was named manager of the bank’s branch on Main Street in Biddeford.
Arsenault, of Saco, has over seven years of experience with Biddeford Savings, most recently as assistant branch manager in Biddeford.

Rhonda Hebert was promoted to vice president and business banking officer at the Kennebunk branch.
Hebert, of Kennebunk, was formerly the branch manager and residential loan officer in Kennebunk. She has been a member of the Biddeford Savings team for over 14 years and has over 25 years of experience in banking.

Marcus Buzulchuck, of Sanford, was named assistant vice president, branch manager and loan officer of the bank’s Kennebunk branch. He has been with the Kennebunk branch since the office opened in 2011.

Naomme Paris was hired as assistant vice president, portfolio manager of the bank’s office located at 234 Main St. in Biddeford.
Paris, of Wells, brings to the bank over 20 years of banking experience, most recently as a credit analyst for People’s United Bank.

Katahdin Trust Co. recently promoted Peter St. John to executive vice president, commercial services.
St. John, of Winterville Plantation, has 35 years of banking experience. He joined Katahdin Trust in 1995 as vice president and senior commercial lender. In 1999, he was promoted to senior vice president, commercial services.

Heather Clark, assistant vice president, marketing officer at Saco & Biddeford Savings Institution, has received her Certified Financial Marketing Professional certificate from the American Bankers Association.
Clark, of Gorham, joined SBSI in 2004 and has been in her current role since 2006.

AWARDS and RECOGNITIONS
Gorham Savings Bank recently recognized employees Laura Mingione and Samantha Croteau with the 2015 Gorham’s Greatest Customer Service Award.
Mingione is a data processing specialist at the bank’s operations center in Gorham. Croteau is an administrative assistant at the main office in Gorham.

NEW HIRES
Josephine Conte, D.O., joined Central Maine Medical Center as a faculty member for its residency program.
Conte, a graduate of the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine in Biddeford, brings experience working as a personal trainer, a childbirth educator and wellness educator.

Thomas Hoke, M.D., joined the staff at Central Maine Sports Medicine, a Central Maine Medical Group practice in Lewiston.
Hoke recently completed a fellowship in sports medicine at Maine Medical Center in Portland. He serves as team physician for both the Lewiston/Auburn Fighting Spirit juniors hockey team and Poland Regional High School.

Dr. Radis

Maine Coast Memorial Hospital hired Charles Radis, D.O., and David Engelbrecht, M.D., specialists in rheumatology. Both will see patients in the Mary Dow Center.
Radis previously practiced at Rheumatology Associates in Portland for 23 years. He recently retired from full-time practice, but continues to see patients in the Ellsworth region.

Dr. Engelbrecht

Dr. Engelbrecht previously practiced in New York for 25 years.

Spurwink has hired the following people:
Jessie Graham joined as lead speech language pathologist. Graham comes to Spurwink from Vermont, where she worked for 25 years providing speech/language and child development services.

Sharon Bolduc joined Spurwink’s finance department in Portland as a billing clerk. Bolduc previously worked at BMS Practice Solutions in Saco.

Samantha Leeman joined as a public school counselor in Sabattus and Litchfield Primary Schools. Leeman was previously the assistant director for children’s behavioral health services at Centro Las Americas in Massachusetts.

Three new physicians joined Maine Medical Partners.
Heidi Golden, M.D., joined its endocrinology and diabetes center. Golden is fellowship-trained in endocrinology and will specialize in general endocrinology, diabetes, thyroid and parathyroid disease, osteoporosis, pituitary disease and adrenal disease.

Christine Kleinman

Christine Kleinman, D.O., and Kathryn Brouillette, M.D.C.M, joined its hospital medicine department.
Kleinman will work at Maine Medical Center and Stephens Memorial Hospital, and teach for its family medicine program.
Brouillette completed her residency at MMC, where she is a clinical

Kathryn Brouillette

associate with Tufts School of Medicine.

Aly Finn has joined the American Red Cross as its new disaster program specialist.
Finn joins the Maine team from the Florida Red Cross, where she was a community outreach and disaster education specialist.
Previously, she served as an assistant team leader with AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps, FEMA, in Sacramento, Calif.

Bridgton Pediatrics has hired Michael Vinograd, M.D., to join its Central Maine Medical Group practice at Bridgton Hospital.
Vinograd comes to Maine from Brooklyn, New York, where he spent the last three years completing his medical training at New York Methodist Hospital, also in Brooklyn.

Maine Coast Memorial Hospital and Southwest Harbor Medical Center hired Clarke Baxter, M.D., as a primary care physician.
Baxter is relocating to Southwest Harbor from Cincinnati, Ohio, where he taught and practiced family medicine for several years before opening a private practice in 1994. In June of 2011, he associated his practice with the Mercy Health System.

PROMOTIONS
Mount Desert Island Hospital has promoted Robin Fisher to director of medical imaging.
She joined the organization in 2013 as the CT/X-ray supervisor.

AWARDS and RECOGNITIONS
Two nurses at Maine Medical Center were recognized by the American Nursing Association – Maine.
Marjorie Wiggins, senior vice president of patient care services at MMC, received The President’s Award for being “instrumental in promoting professional nursing practice at MMC, Maine and nationally.”

Deborah Bachand, a nursing director, was recognized with the Agnes Flaherty Leadership Award, which recognizes “a registered nurse leader who demonstrates leadership, courage and dedication in his or her interactions with patients and families, staff and coworkers, the profession and the community.”

Carol Bult, Ph.D., a cancer researcher at The Jackson Laboratory, was appointed to the Knowlton Family Chair, an endowed professorship newly established by Winthrop Knowlton, chairman emeritus of the laboratory’s board of trustees.
Bult, who joined the JAX faculty in 1999, has been a principal investigator in the Mouse Genome Informatics consortium, building the genetic and genomic databases. Bult is deputy director of the Laboratory’s National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Center, and scientific director of the PDX/Cancer Avatar program, leading the study of human tumors and their response to treatment on the platform of special, immune-deficient mice.

Mount Desert Island Hospital in Bar Harbor was recognized for achieving the Gold Star Standard of Excellence from the Maine Tobacco-Free Hospital Network for its effort to create a tobacco-free environment and support tobacco-free lifestyles.

Steve Kelley, a certified vision rehabilitation therapist, has received the Thomas Caulfield Award.
Kelley, a professional at The Iris Network in Maine, was recognized for sharing his expertise in access technology both statewide and nationally through speaking engagements, published articles and his website.

BOARD APPOINTMENTS
Hospice of Southern Maine elected the following new officers and board members to its board of directors.
Edward McGeachey III, president of Southern Maine Health Care, was named board chairman; Gayle Brazeau, Ph.D., professor and dean at University of New England, College of Pharmacy, was named vice-chair; Kevin Montminy, director of audit and compliance at MaineHealth, was elected treasurer; Maryanna Arsenault, a health care consultant, was named secretary; and Miriam Leonard, vice president of value improvement at MaineHealth, was named past board chair.
Elected to the board were Laurence Gross, executive director of Southern Maine Agency on Aging; Heidi Hanson, principal of HN Hansen and Co.; Angela Orr, owner and director of Good for All Pharmacy and independent distributor for Jeunesse Global; Adam Walker, funeral director and owner of Conroy-Tully Crawford Funeral Homes and Cremation Services; and Paul Wolf, president of Kennebunk Investment Service, who served as an interim director. All will serve a three-year term.

NEW HIRES

Megan Crowder joined Nancy Marshall Communications as an account coordinator.
Crowder, formerly of Michigan, will work on social media campaigns and strategies for the firm’s clients. She lives in Gardiner.

Broadreach Public Relations has hired Jason Sulham as a senior strategist.
Prior to joining Broadreach, Sulham founded North Public Affairs and has directed projects for a diverse list of clients that include corporations and nonprofit organizations, as well as numerous federal, state and local electoral campaigns and issue advocacy initiatives. He lives in Cumberland.

Market Decisions Research in Portland has hired John Charles as a research assistant.
Charles will be aiding the senior research staff in getting scientific truths from raw data and drawing meaningful inferences about populations’ parameters. In 2014, he won the outstanding student in statistics award at the University of Southern Maine. Currently, he is enrolled in the master’s program in statistics at USM.

E.J. Fechenda joined the Portland Press Herald’s advertising team as lead generation, sales.
Fechenda brings several years of experience in media advertising and marketing both in digital and print. She was previously an advertising sales manager for the Verde Valley Newspapers in Arizona, marketing manager for Axon Design and Marketing in Portland, and held roles as a sales manager and audience data manager at HIMSS Media.

Kristina Williamson has joined the on-air lineup for Mainestream Media’s WHTP-Hot 104.7
Williamson be on air from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. She was previously at 103.3 Amp Radio in Boston. She also worked at Kiss 108 and Jam’n 94.5 in Boston as well as Fun 107 in New Bedford.

Ryan Deelon, program director for Hot 104.7, is now hosting the morning show where he’s joined by mid-day host Hayley Smith-Rose from 5 to 10 a.m.

Monica Sanders was hired as senior vice president, operations and planning of United Way of Greater Portland.
Sanders has held leadership positions at Siemens, 3M Health Information Systems, Health Dialog and Humana.

United Way of York County recently hired Fiona Robinson as manager of communications and donor development.
Robinson is responsible for overseeing all facets of United Way’s communications and marketing efforts, including print, digital, and social media. In addition, she will assist with enhancing current and building new donor relationships and connections. Most recently, she was the editor and associate publisher of SeaFood Business magazine for 17 years.

Krysta Lilly was hired as director of communications for The Maine Heritage Policy Center.
Lilly, of Arundel, previously worked with the National Rifle Association – Institute for Legislative Action. During her tenure, she fought for second amendment rights in over 25 states and was involved in the passage of Constitutional Carry in Maine and the defeat of the bear hunting referendum in 2015.

The Bowdoin International Music Festival has hired Casey Oakes as public relations and marketing coordinator.
Oakes brings a background in theater work, having previously worked at Cape May Stage in Cape May, New Jersey, and Gloucester Stage in Gloucester, Massachusetts.

PROMOTIONS
Market Decisions Research in Portland has promoted Mark Noyes to full-time research analyst.
Noyes joined the firm as a part-time employee in 2013. He taught the use of the research software, SPSS, at the University of Southern Maine.

Sea Bags promoted Laura Hnatow to vice president of marketing and e-commerce.
Hnatow joined Sea Bags in 2013. She previously worked in similar leadership roles at Cuddledown and L.L.Bean.

Hyperlite Mountain Gear, a manufacturer of ultra-lightweight outdoor equipment, was named the overall winner of the fourth-annual American Made Outdoor Gear Award.

The Biddeford-based company makes ultralight packs, shelters and accessories using Dyneema Cuben fiber in Biddeford’s Pepperell Mill.

Over the past four years, the awards program has received 290 entries from domestic manufacturers. Past overall winners have included Liberty Bottleworks, Benchmade Knives and Sterling Rope.

Robert N. Barnes, a funeral director at Jones, Rich & Hutchins Funeral Home in Portland for over 40 years, was recertified with the designation of Certified Funeral Service Practitioner by the Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice.

Barnes, vice president of the funeral home, has been a member in good standing with the academy, and has been honored for his dedication to continuing education for over 37 years.

Fluid Imaging Technologies was named a winner in the laboratory equipment category in Algae Industry Magazine’s 2015 International Reader’s Poll.
The Scarborough-based company was recognized for its FlowCam dynamic imaging particle analyzer technology.

Dan Libby, plant operator at the Camden and Rockland Division of Maine Water Co., recently graduated from the Management Candidate School, a program that prepares drinking water and wastewater personnel for career advancement in utility management.
Libby and 16 other water and wastewater professionals attended this yearlong program to enhance their skills in personnel management, supervisory skills, labor relations, budgeting and engineering basics.

The New England Board of Higher Education will honor Cianbro and the University of Maine at Presque Isle with excellence awards during a ceremony in March.
Cianbro will be recognized with a Business Contribution to Higher Education Award. Cianbro has partnered with various higher education institutions including Eastern Maine Community College, Husson University, Kennebec Valley Community College, St. Joseph’s College and the University of Maine at Augusta. Through these partnerships, Cianbro employees can pursue degree programs through seamless pathways and receive customized training opportunities.
The personalized learning program at University of Maine at Presque Isle will receive a Maine State Merit Award. The program offers a personalized approach to delivering instruction and assessing student learning.

Capt. Jeffrey Monroe, director of education and training for the International Association of Maritime and Port Executives, was awarded the Meritorious Public Service Award and Medal by the Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard.
Monroe was presented the award at his final meeting as chairman of the secretary of Homeland Security’s National Maritime Security Advisory Committee. He was recognized for “notable services that have assisted greatly in furthering the aims and functions of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

The American Institute of Architects Maine Committee on the Environment recognized Harriman with a special citation for historic adaption for its work on the renovation and addition at Good Will-Hinckley Moody School.
The school was constructed in the early 1900s and designed by the architectural firm of William R. Miller of Lewiston, replacing an earlier structure destroyed by fire.
The building is designed to an energy usage level approximately 30 percent less than a conventional building. This is achieved through the use of energy-efficient mechanical and lighting systems.

Kim Carignan of the Maine Real Estate Network was awarded the Seniors Real Estate Specialist designation by the Seniors Real Estate Specialist Council of the National Association of Realtors.
Carignan joins a specialized group of only 1 percent of real estate professionals in North America who have earned the designation.

Landry/French Construction Co. was named as the 2015 fastest growing company in Maine in the medium company category by Mainebiz.
The firm was one of three finalists selected in the mid-sized category with 26 to 74 employees.

NEW HIRES
Rippleffect has re-hired Adam Shepherd as its executive director.
Shepherd joined Rippleffect as director of advancement and adult programs in 2013. He later left the organization to become co-founder of Brown & Shepherd Nonprofit Consulting.

Live and Work in Maine has hired its first employee, Nate Wildes, as engagement director.
Wildes, of Harpswell, was previously an independent consultant focusing on startups, business development and e-commerce. Prior to that, he served as assistant brand manager at Eureka.

Sunday River Resort in Maine has hired Heath Weatherbee as its new director of group service within its conference and wedding department.
Weatherbee brings over a decade of experience in the hospitality industry to Sunday River\. Weatherbee spent the past six months backpacking across Asia.

Aroostook Aspirations Initiative promoted Kristen Wells to serve as executive director.
Wells, of Hodgdon, joined the organization in April of 2015 as director of advancement. In August, she was named interim executive director.

The Board of Trustees of the Maine Community College System has appointed Lisa Larson as president of Eastern Maine Community College in Bangor.
Larson, vice president for academic and student affairs at Hennepin Technical College in Minnesota, will assume her new post this spring.
Larson brings more than 20 years of community and technical college experience to EMCC. From 2013 to 2015, she served as interim president of North Hennepin Community College in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. She was selected from a field of 30 candidates following a national search. She will succeed Lawrence Barrett who left EMCC this past summer to become president of Florida Gateway College.

Renee Kelly, director of economic development initiatives for the University of Maine, was elected director of The First Bancorp and its banking subsidiary, The First, N.A.
Kelly joined the University of Maine in 1997 and serves as a liaison to the state’s economic development community and identify opportunities for the university to partner with national, state, regional and local organizations to improve Maine’s economy.

Ellen Russell joined the American Cancer Society as senior director for Relay For Life for Maine, New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts.
Russell, of Cape Elizabeth, brings over 25 years of nonprofit leadership and partnership experience to the organization. She was formerly with the American Red Cross Blood Services.

Steve Lovejoy, a business adviser for Maine Small Business Development Centers, was recently named center director at its Portland office.
Lovejoy has been a business adviser with the Maine SBDC for over four years, most recently serving the York County area. He brings more than 20 years of experience in banking and finance.

Carol Holt joined the Salvation Army of Northern New England as director of donor relations.
Holt brings a background in fundraising, communication and customer service skills. She has 11 years of marketing and professional development and fundraising experience in the nonprofit sector.

GrowSmart Maine, a Portland nonprofit that works to build a more sustainable future for Maine, has hired Janet Sawyer as business development director and promoted Andrew Zarro to community engagement director.
Sawyer, of Dover-Foxcroft, previously worked as business development director for Piscataquis County Economic Development Council. She also owned her own business and managed outside sales for a Maine-based office products distributor.

Zarro, of Portland, was previously the development director of GrowSmart Maine. He previously led several small nonprofits working on a range of missions including as executive director of a criminal justice policy reform organization and as executive director of a Boston Main Streets District in Jamaica Plain.

GrowSmart Maine also elected Rachel Bouvier, Ph.D. and The Hon. Ted Koffman to their board of directors.
Bouvier is founder and principal of rbouvier consulting, a private consulting firm specializing in socio-economic analysis, market and economic research, statistical analysis and community economic development.

Koffman, who served as Maine Audubon’s executive director from 2009-2014, previously worked as an administrator at College of the Atlantic for 33 years.

NEW HIRES
Linda MacDonald, Elise Kiely and Mary Libby have joined Legacy Properties Sotheby’s International Realty in Portland as a senior vice presidents.
MacDonald, of Falmouth, has practiced real estate in Maine for more than a decade.

Kiely, of Falmouth, was a successful litigator in Washington, D.C., and Maine for 10 years. She started developing and investing in real estate, which eventually led to a high-end real estate brokerage practice.
Libby, of Cape Elizabeth, has practiced real estate in Maine for more than a decade. She has consistently been one of the top performing agents in Greater Portland with a focus on high-value properties and the coastal communities in Cumberland County.

Legacy Properties also welcomed Mary Jean Labbe to its brokerage team in York County.
Labbe, of Kittery Point, brings extensive experience with the Sotheby’s brand, luxury residential properties and global marketing venues.

Town and Shore Associates has hired Lucy Flight as an associate broker/owner.

Edie Fontaine

Portside Real Estate Group has hired Edie Fontaine and Maureen Zemrak.
They brings more than 15 years of experience and consistently rank among the top in the industry.

Maureen Zemrak

AWARDS and RECOGNITIONS
The Manchester Team of Keller Williams Realty was recently recognized for being first in listings sold units in the New England Region for 2015.
The real estate team helped 166 families buy and sell homes in 2015 and is on track to surpass that number this year.

NEW HIRES
Business Lending Solutions has hired Al Moroney as loan officer in Midcoast Maine, and welcomed back Will Hatt as senior vice president and chief operating officer.

Moroney has more than 30 years of banking and lending experience. He was previously a senior loan officer at Coastal Enterprises Inc.

Hatt has more than 25 years of experience in the financial services industry. He was most recently the senior vice president and senior commercial lender at Skowhegan Savings Bank.

PROMOTIONS
Baker Newman Noyes has elected Jeffrey Wheeler, CPA, as director of audit, effective Jan. 1.
Wheeler, a principal in BNN’s Manchester office, joined the firm nearly 14 years ago. He specializes in family businesses, private equity and venture-backed entities in the manufacturing, distribution, technology and service sectors.

Amy Chasse and Jeffrey Raab joined the partner group of Runyon Kersteen Ouellette.
Chasse has worked at RKO for 14 years. She specializes in the tax and commercial side of the firm’s practice. She also assists the municipal department through her work with various cities, towns and school districts.

Raab joined RKO in 2011 with 13 years of experience from two different New Hampshire-based firms. He also specialized in the tax and commercial side of the firm’s practice. He has assisted with several of the firm’s nonprofit audits and employee benefit plan tax filings.

The firm also promoted the following employees in its South Portland office: Josh Kochis to supervisor; Lauren Dunn to senior accountant; Chris Healey and Jess Woods to in-charge accountants; and Eben Bradley, Nicole Favreau, Megan Story and Kate Wypyski to staff accountants.

Josh Kochis

Lauren Dunn

Chris Healey

Jessica Woods

Eben Bradley

Nicole Favreau

Megan Story

Kate Wypyski

GENERAL
Allison Bishop, CPA, has started a financial coaching business in Portland.
Bishop helps clients organize their personal finances and align their financial decisions with their goals. She brings 18 years of experience as a certified public accountant.