NEW HIRES
Linda Valentino recently joined Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England Prime Properties as a real estate broker. She formed the Valentino and Scamman Real Estate Team.
Valentino will be responsible for selling and marketing new homes in southern Maine. She was a state senator for 12 years, and prior to that she spent many years as a developer of subdivisions in southern Maine.

Magnusson Balfour Commercial and Business Brokers has hired Jeffrey Lapointe as a sales agent.
Lapointe brings experiences in public accounting for KPMG in New York City, and Price Waterhouse Coopers in Boston. Most recently, he purchased a commercial office space and a commercial laundry service in the Portland area. His understanding of the transition from corporate life to running a small business will prove to be invaluable in helping people making decisions to purchase commercial property.

Dot Ollier, a Realtor from the midcoast, has created the Dot Ollier Team as part of RE/MAX.
The team will include several talented real estate agents, a marketing writer and a graphic designer.

AWARDS and RECOGNITIONS
Shelly Clark was honored for two decades of service to the Maine Real Estate & Development Association.
Clark, of Portland, serves as the organization’s vice president of operations.

NEW HIRES
Hannah Strickland was named a portfolio manager at Penobscot Wealth Management.
Strickland, a graduate of George Washington University’s School of Business, will be based in the firm’s Portland office. She most recently worked at Foster Victor Wealth Advisors in South Carolina. She lives in Portland.

The Jackson Laboratory has hired Jason Irwin as a controller and Kate Homer as a senior manager of financial planning and analysis.
Irwin most recently served as controller at Central Vermont Medical Center.
Homer previously served as senior manager of financial analysis at SomaLogic, Inc., a life sciences and clinical diagnostics company.

York County Community College has hired Stephen Paulone as a faculty member in the business department.
Paulone brings more than 25 years of experience in manufacturing, marketing and finance. He taught for almost 20 years and was previously a faculty member, director of graduate business programs and educational consultant.

Kathy Akopov joined Infinite Credit Union.
Akopov previously worked for Kittery Premium Outlets as the director of marketing and business development. Prior to that, she worked as director of marketing and development at PAWS Atlanta for four years.

Lucas Dunbar has joined the business insurance division of L.S. Robinson Co.
Dunbar is a native of Southwest Harbor and new to the insurance industry. He is following in the footsteps of Lawrence Robinson, his great uncle who founded the agency in 1932. Most recently, he and his father ran two Sears Hometown stores in Newport and Ellsworth.

David Kitchen joined the The Maine Real Estate Network in Yarmouth as an agent.
Kitchen has served on the Maine Real Estate Commission since 1993.
Michael Dubois, Michael McManus, Diane Cote, Bud Stoddard and Sandra Legere joined as agents in Sanford.

Dubois began his real estate career in 1977 and previously owned and operated his own office for several years.

Cote brings more than 40 years of experience in real estate sales throughout Southern Maine.

Stoddard is a successful entrepreneur who founded eight different companies in the information management and data storage industry. Most recently, Stoddard became a venture partner in The Adrenaline Fund. He is a licensed real estate sales associate.

Legere started her real estate career in 1978 and worked at the local board of Realtors and Multiple Listing Service for 17 years.

Carrie Lewis was named the general manager of the Portland Water District.
Lewis is a well known and nationally respected leader in the water sector. She previously worked at Milwaukee Water Works. In 1997, she was appointed to lead the agency, serving as the first woman superintendent in the utility’s 144-year history.

F.L. Putnam Investment Management Co. named Abby Psyhogeos as senior vice president and private client advisor. She will be based in Portland.
Psyhogeos joins F.L. Putnam from Bainco International Investors in Boston, where she spent nearly 30 years working with high-net-worth clients.

The Park Danforth has hired Lindsay Fisher as director of human resources.
She previously served as senior human resources business partner for the clinical divisions of Spectrum Medical Group. She brings more than 15 years of experience in strategic human resources.

PROMOTIONS
Joel Botler, M.D. was appointed senior vice president and chief medical officer of Maine Medical Center.
Botler served at MMC for 35 years as a physician, clinical leader. Most recently, he served as vice president, adult medicine service line. He was also one of the founders of InterMed, a Portland-based medical group.

NEW HIRES
Maine Medical Partners, a department of Maine Medical Center, announced that the following physicians have recently joined the practice:
Adam Owen, M.D., Michael Binette, M.D. and Michael Totta, M.D. have joined MMP’s neurosurgery and spine department.
Owen will focus on physical medicine and rehabilitation.

Binette received training in the diagnosis and treatment of spine disorders.

Totta is certified by both the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine.

Abby Fleisch M.D., MPH, joined the pediatric specialty care, endocrinology and diabetes department.
Fleisch’s clinical interest is general endocrinology and research interest is early life environmental exposures and childhood obesity and diabetes.

Rebecca Hutchinson, M.D., MPH and Fernando Moreno, M.D. joined MMP’s palliative medicine group.
Hutchinson completed her internship and residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and her fellowship in hospice and palliative care at Maine Med.
Moreno is board certified in family medicine and has a subspecialty in hospice and palliative medicine.

Gary Hochheiser, M.D. joined MMP as Maine Med’s director of thoracic surgery. Hochheiser was previously chief of the division of thoracic surgery at Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts.

Timothy Fitzgerald, M.D. joined MMP’s surgical care department.
Fitzgerald is director of a newly formed surgical oncology program that includes general surgical, hepatobiliary, gastrointestinal, endocrine, thoracic and breast oncological surgeons and advanced practice providers.

Sarah Dodwell, M.D., Jason A. Helis, M.D. and Mark J. Gorman, M.D. joined its neurology department.
Dodwell completed both her residency and fellowship at Harvard Medical School at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Helis is a pediatric neurologist who completed his residency training at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri.

Gorman is working as a neuro hospitalist at Maine Medical Center.

Jesse Sammon, D.O. has joined Maine Medical Partners’s Urology Department in South Portland.
Sammon completed a robotic urologic oncology fellowship at Vattikuti Urology Institute in Detroit, Michigan.

Caroline Foust-Wright, M.D., MBA, has joined MMP’s Women’s Health with a specialization in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery. She completed her residency at MMC. She then continued to Massachusetts General Hospital, where she was a clinical research fellow.

Kartik Pandya, M.D. joined MMP’s pediatric surgery department. He completed his residency at MMC and received his medical degree from the Florida State University College of Medicine.

Amanda Powell, M.D. joined MMP’s Lakes Region Primary Care. She completed her combined residency in internal medicine and pediatrics at Rush University Medical Center. She was previously with MaineGeneral Hospital.

Annabelle Rae Chua Norwood, M.D. joined MMP and will serve as nursing home medical director for Norway Rehab in Norway and Market Square in South Paris.

NEW HIRES

• Southern Maine Health Care hired Rick Olsen as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Most recently, Olsen served as senior director of finance and operations management, corporate financial planning for North Shore LIJ Health System.

• Stroudwater Associates, a leading national health care consulting firm, hired four consultants and its first directors of human resources and marketing.

C. Ross Berry joined Stroudwater as a principal. Berry brings more than 25 years of strategic, operational and financial leadership experience in health care.

Jacquetta Johnson joined as its first director of human resources. Johnson has more than 15 years of strategic HR experience.

Clare Kelley joined Stroudwater as a consultant. She brings a strong passion for public health and health care policy, as well as a strong background in geography, cartography and data visualization in the health care space.

Kimberly McCall joined Stroudwater as its first director of marketing. She brings more than two decades of experience in marketing, communications and public relations. She served as Anthem’s director of marketing for Maine. She was also the first marketing manager at MaineHealth.

Lan Mai Nguyen joined Stroudwater as a consultant in the firm’s valuation, compliance and physician-hospital alignment practices. Nguyen brings firsthand experience with clinical care and a deep understanding of the importance of clinical quality, safety and patient empowerment across the care continuum.

Jonathan Pantenburg also joined Stroudwater as a consultant, where he brings a strong record of leadership in rural health care. Pantenburg served as chief financial officer and chief operating officer of Kahuku Medical Center on the north shore of Oahu, Hawaii.

PROMOTIONS

• Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice recently announced three promotions to its management teams.

Angela Richards, RN, was promoted to director of transitional care. Richards has been with AHCH for 25 years, most recently in the role of project manager.

Steve Doyon was promoted to director of administrative services. Doyon has been working at AHCH since age 16. He earned a master of business administration from St. Joseph’s College in Standish.

Ann Perkins was promoted to manager of compliance and risk. Perkins is a 20-year veteran of AHCH, most recently serving as the performance improvement coordinator.

AWARDS and RECOGNITIONS

• Rockwell Davis, a Brunswick dentist, was honored by the International College of Dentists, USA Section, for his leadership, commitment and service. Dr. Davis recently traveled to Denver, Colorado, to receive this honor and be welcomed as a “Fellow” in the organization. He has been a member of the Brunswick community for over 23 years.

• Hospice of Southern Maine honored Dr. Daniel Hayes with the Pope Leadership Award, which recognizes a person or organization for visionary leadership, commitment to advancing the work of hospice, and to supporting its mission.

Hayes was instrumental in the formation of the organization, and before his retirement was the President of New England Cancer Specialists. Hayes was part of this year’s Anne L. Hunter Thresholds community education forums, which focused on having end-of-life conversations with physicians and families.

BOARD APPOINTMENTS

• Hospice of Southern Maine elected new board members and corporation members at its annual meeting.

Chris Coon, vice president of finance for Maine Medical Center, and Dr. Nathan Wilson, vice president of quality and patient safety at Southern Maine Healthcare Internal Medicine, were elected to the board. Elected to a second term was Donna DeBlois, chief executive officer of MaineHealth at Home. Serving a third term is Melanie Feinberg, manager of quality, information and clinical research at Maine Medical Center Cancer Institute.

Elected to the Corporation were: Dr. Cynthia Atkinson, Chris Coon, Marilyn Gugliucci, Ph.D., and Kenneth Smaha.

PROMOTIONS
Diversified Communications announced the following promotions:
Brian Cuthbert was named group vice president. Cuthbert previously served as product director for the firm’s Institute of Finance Management.

Jenn Jipson was promoted to financial analyst. Jipson previously served as senior accountant.

Justin Slattery was promoted to manager of corporate finance. Slattery previously served as senior corporate financial analyst.

Melinda P. Shain was named vice president and general counsel. Shain most recently served as corporate counsel.

Sarah Esmond was promoted to corporate controller. Esmond previously served as corporate finance manager.

Norway Savings Bank recently promoted five on its staff:
Dan Walsh was promoted to executive vice president, commercial banking. He joined the bank, formerly Coastal Bank, in 1997, and previously served as senior vice president, commercial banking.

Janice deLima was named vice president, community reinvestment officer. She joined Norway Savings in 2014 and transitioned to community reinvestment officer in April 2015.

Ian Pullen was promoted to vice president, commercial lending. Pullen joined Norway Savings in 2013 and has focused on growing the commercial loan portfolio in western Maine.

Elysia Avery was promoted to assistant vice president and Gray branch manager. She joined Norway Savings as branch manager of the Gray branch in November 2014 after nine years of banking experience.

Donny Hinkley was promoted to assistant vice president, commercial lending. Hinkley joined the commercial lending department in September 2015, serving both the Norway/South Paris and Lewiston/Auburn regions.

Career Management Associates promoted Audra Becker to president. Becker has been with CMA for seven years, most recently serving as vice president of HR services.

 NEW HIRES
Evergreen Credit Union hired Howard Lowell as vice president of marketing.
Previously, Lowell was a marketing and management executive with associations serving the mortgage banking industry in Massachusetts.

Spinnaker Trust hired Chris Whitney and Laura Greenstein to new positions in its employee stock ownership plan practice and portfolio management services, respectively.
Whitney was hired as the ESOP client adviser. He previously worked as a retirement planning consultant for Transamerica, servicing clients throughout New England.
Greenstein was hired as an assistant portfolio manager. She was previously a financial adviser at Merrill Lynch.

Camden National Bank announced new leaders of its Bangor Commercial group and Downeast Retail group.
James Adsit has joined the bank as senior vice president and director of commercial banking for the Bangor and Downeast Regions.
Adsit most recently was senior vice president, healthcare group New England Team Leader for the First Niagara Bank N.A.

Blaine Jones was named the new retail regional manager for Camden National Bank in the Down East region. Jones most recently served as regional market manager for Bangor Savings Bank

Carl Marsh has joined Camden Financial Consultants as assistant vice president, financial consultant.
Previously, Marsh was associate wealth manager at TRSS Wealth Management.

Control Point Inc. recently hired Jack Schifano as an account manager.
Schifano brings extensive technology experience with a variety of platforms. He previously served in numerous sales, account management and project management roles, including at General Electric.

PROMOTIONS
Evergreen Credit Union announced promotions to the senior management team, effective immediately.
Timothy Verreault will serve as the new senior vice president/chief operating officer. Verreault has been with the credit union for 10 years, most recently as interim president.

Nathan Davis was named vice president of information technology. Previously, he was manager of the IT department

BOARD APPOINTMENTS
Nicholas Brouillette, market sales manager for KeyBank Mortgage’s Maine and Vermont markets, was recently appointed to the board of directors of the Maine Association of Realtors Foundation.

NEW HIRES
KeyBank hired Brian O’Coin as vice president and senior business banking relationship manager.
O’Coin brings more than 10 years of commercial banking experience serving Maine and New Hampshire clients. Before joining Key, he served as a commercial workout officer for TD Bank N.A. in Portland.

Diane Kelly joined First Financial Mortgage as a mortgage loan officer.
Kelly, of Scarborough, previously worked for Bank of America as a financial center operations manager.

Norton Financial Services hired Matt Chapman as an investment assistant.
Chapman is a 2016 graduate of the University of Maine. He was an intern at Means Wealth Management in Bangor. Chapman lives in Westbrook.

New Dimensions Federal Credit Union hired Brianne McNally as manager of its Augusta branch.
McNally brings 15 years of management and lending experience. She attends the University of Maine at Augusta and lives in Augusta.

Heal Accounting Solutions P.C. hired Lisa Ladd as a tax administrative assistant.
Ladd, of Owls Head, brings experience with various types of small businesses and an interest in taxation.

Cribstone Capital Management added Timothy Woodhouse to its advisory team.
Woodhouse, of South Portland, was named director, private client services, for Cribstone Capital Management. He previously worked for Camden National Wealth Management, formerly known as Acadia Trust, as senior vice president, director of trust services. He has over 18 years of investment, trust, tax, and estate planning experience.

Thompson-Hamel LLC hired Natalie Nadeau as an associate.
Nadeau, of Bangor, brings more than 11 years of retail and commercial banking experience. Most recently, she worked at Camden National Bank as an assistant vice president of treasury management and government banking.

PROMOTIONS
Allen Insurance and Financial announced that Dan Bookham was appointed vice president of the corporation.
Bookham, of Rockland, joined the company’s business insurance division in September 2012 after four years as executive director of the Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce. He was named business development director in 2013.

Kennebec Savings Bank has promoted Jennifer Bechard to a human resources officer.
Bechard works at the bank’s main office in Augusta. She originally joined the bank in 2015 as its payroll and human resources information system manager.

Macpage LLC promoted several individuals on its staff.
Bethany Bougie, Kelly Peaslee and Meredith Schalk were promoted to managers.

Bougie specializes in performing audit services to financial institutions and employee benefit plans.

Peaslee joined Macpage in 2009 and is a certified public accountant.

Schalk joined Macpage in 2013 and is a CPA.

Christian Poulin and Samantha Troegner were promoted to senior associates.
Poulin joined Macpage in 2015 and is currently in the process of obtaining his CPA license.

Troegner joined Macpage in 2013, where she started working in tax preparation. In 2015, she began working as an accounting consultant

NEW BRANCH
TruChoice Federal Credit Union will open its second York County office on Barra Road in Biddeford.
TruChoice operates public branches in Buxton and Portland and a workplace branch in Cumberland County.

NEW HIRES
Diversified announced the following new hires:
Emily Nelson joined as a registration coordinator. Nelson was previously employed by The Boeing Co. in Everett, Washington.
Erin Morton joined as an operations coordinator.

Dan Nelson joined East Brown Cow as a chief financial officer. Nelson joined the company after a distinguished career in global taxation, including 15 years with PwC.

Steve Adams joined Johnson and Jordan Mechanical in Scarborough as general service manager.
Adams has worked with Fortune 100 HVAC companies over the last 25 years.

Beth Perkins Hudkins recently joined the sales team at Classic Flooring in Scarborough.
Hudkins, of Saco, brings more than a decade of flooring experience.

Willis Real Estate has hired Kris Allen as an associate broker.
Allen brings 14 years of real estate experience.

The Maine Women’s Fund has hired Megan Hannan as its new executive director.
Hannan, of Bath, brings over 20 years of nonprofit management experience. She was previously the executive director of Frannie Peabody Center in Portland and the senior director of public affairs at Planned Parenthood of Northern New England.

NEW HIRES

Gorrill Palmer hired Lucas Anthony as a land development project manager.
Anthony has 20 years of engineering and project management experience. He previously worked for Bowman Consulting and Kimley-Horn and Associates.

Demont & Associates, Inc. hired John Lanham as an associate
Lanham, of Bangor, spent the past six years in Denver, where he worked for the international touring group Up with People.

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Portland has hired Caroline Grimm as its director of finance.
Grimm has been the owner of Lake Region Accounting Solutions since 2001, providing consulting, accounting and training for clients. She is also the author of two cash flow and finance books.

Susan Letcher joined College of the Atlantic as a professor of plant sciences. She will begin work in September.
Letcher is a Mount Desert Island native.

Westin Portland Harborview named Mary Weisheit as director of its new Artné Spa.
Weisheit brings over 20 years of professional experience. She previously served as spa director at the Cliff House Resort in Ogunquit.

Lois’ Natural Marketplace announced that Patsy Wiggins was named the communications coordinator.
Wiggins was an anchor, reporter and producer at network affiliates WABI, WCSH, WGME and the Maine Public Broadcasting Network.

Nicki Noble Bean joined the Kennebunkport Resort Collection as the new director of sales.
Bean, of Arundel, joined the KRC team from Nonantum Resort in Kennebunkport, where she was the director of marketing.

Elise Edwards joined VHB as an environmental scientist in its South Portland office.
Edwards worked on various projects and field studies across New England and the Mid-Atlantic.

Kathleen Gierok joined Wright-Pierce as a senior project manager in their Orlando, Florida, office.
Gierok brings nearly 24 years of experience in consulting engineering for water and wastewater utilities.

NEW HIRES
Bruce Lastra, D.O., joined the staff at Bridgton Obstetrics-Gynecology located at 15 Hospital Drive in Bridgton.
Lastra earned his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine in Biddeford. He completed his residency at Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital/St. Joseph Mercy Oakland in Pontiac, Mich.

Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice hired Sonya Purington as director of marketing and development.
Purington, of Greene, brings 13 years of experience in brand development, communications strategy, fundraising and leadership to AHCH. Most recently, she served as the director of marketing and communications for Make-A-Wish Maine.

Irving Faunce was named executive director of Woodlands Memory Care of Farmington, which is scheduled to open in the fall.
Faunce, of Wilton, previously served at Maplecrest Rehabilitation and Living Center in Madison.

The Iris Network hired a new eye doctor to its low vision clinic.
Jamy Borbidge, an optometrist working at Eyes on Rosemont with significant low vision clinical experience at the Veterans Administration, will work at the clinic two days each month starting in February.
Jaime Burns was recently hired by The Iris Network as a recreation and volunteer coordinator.
She will assist both residents of Iris Park Apartments and students of The Iris Network rehabilitation center.

Paul Muehle has been named the new maintenance/materials manager of New England Rehabilitation Hospital of Portland. A veteran of more than eight years employment with NERHP, he began his tenure with the hospital in the materials management department prior to assuming roles in the local business office and most recently as environment of care coordinator. Previous to his employment with NERHP, he owned and operated his own business.

Vu Ho, M.D., joined the medical staff at Mid Coast Hospital.
He joins the team of four board-certified pulmonologists, offering diagnosis, evaluation, and management of lung conditions and sleep disorders. He holds four board certifications in internal medicine, pulmonary disease, critical care medicine, and sleep medicine.

PROMOTIONS
Susan Maxwell, R.N., was named director of nursing at St. Joseph’s Rehabilitation and Residence, located at 1133 Washington Ave. in Portland.
Maxwell, of Cape Elizabeth, was previously the MDS Director at St. Joseph’s. She has worked in the aging services field for 20 years.
Prior to joining St. Joseph’s, she was the director of nursing services with Piper Shores in Scarborough.

BOARD APPOINTMENTS
Eric Meyer, president and chief executive officer of Spurwink, was appointed to Maine’s 21st Century Economy and Workforce Task Force.
Meyer will be one of 16 members representing the interests of Maine businesses that employ fewer than 1,000 workers. Spurwink employs nearly 750 employees in 14 of Maine’s 16 counties.

Angela Cole Westhoff was named the new executive director of the Maine Dental Association.
Westhoff, of Oakland, has more than 16 years of experience managing nonprofits in health care and public health in Maine. She is the current executive director of the Maine Osteopathic Association, where she has served as executive leader and chief lobbyist for the past eight-and-a-half years.

AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS
Cassandra Parsons, assistant professor of pharmacy practice at Husson University, was recognized with the 2016 Distinguished Young Pharmacist in Maine Award from the Maine Pharmacy Association. The award recognizes individuals who make outstanding contributions to their state’s pharmacy association and community.
Parsons’ career began at 15 years old as a pharmacy technician in retail. Over time, she gained experience working for pharmacies at Wal-Mart, CVS, and Rite Aid.

GENERAL
Saco Bay Physical Therapy has leased a 2,200-square-foot medical office space at 45 Western Ave. in South Portland.

NEW HIRES
Community Credit Union hired Lethicia Ndombi as a member representative.
Ndombi, of Auburn, will assist members with daily transactions, primarily from the branch on Pine Street in Lewiston.

PROMOTIONS
Franklin Savings Bank promoted Derek Hayes to senior vice president, director of commercial lending.
Hayes joined Franklin Savings after his work at a coastal bank, where he was vice president, commercial regional manager in Hancock and Washington County. He has more than 14 years’ experience in commercial banking.

Brad Martin was promoted to vice president, director of information technology at Franklin Savings.
Martin was previously the information technology manager. He has served as the bank’s information systems manager since 2014. He joined the bank in early 2009 as a network engineer

Christine Wilson was promoted to member representative III at Community Credit Union.
Wilson will oversee the day-to-day operations and assist members with transactions on the Auburn teller line.

Community Concepts Finance Corp. announced that Zachary Maher was promoted to vice president of lending.
Maher, of Poland, spent the past two years working as a loan officer specializing in business lending and related services.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
Christopher Rogers, managing director, senior vice president of Investments with Raymond James & Associates, was recently named to Barron’s list of the Top 1,200 Financial Advisors by State.
This marks the second consecutive year that Rogers has been selected for the list and the fourth time overall. Rogers, who manages more than $600 million in client assets, offers his clients Total Family Wealth Management.

BOARD APPOINTMENTS
Craig Denekas, trustee, chairman and CEO of the Libra Foundation, joined Camden National Corp.’s board of directors.
He joined the Libra Foundation in 2001 and served in multiple leadership positions before his appointment as CEO.

NEW HIRES
Camden National Bank hired Victoria Gray as vice president, commercial banking officer.
Gray brings over 35 years of industry experience. Most recently, she served as vice president, treasury management sales officer at Citizens Bank.

Amy Taylor joined NBT Bank as vice president and cash management sales representative. Taylor is based at NBT’s regional headquarters at 254 Commercial St. on Merrill’s Wharf in Portland. She brings 12 years of experience.
Most recently, she was treasury management sales officer at TD Bank in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Kathryn Beaule was named vice president of sales and service at Town & Country Federal Credit Union.
Beaule, of Mechanic Falls, brings many years of sales, marketing, lending, technology and customer service experience to her position. She previously worked for Credit Union National Association Mutual Group.

Embrace Home Loans has hired Angela Levesque as a senior loan officer in its South Portland office. Levesque previously worked for Franklin American and Wells Fargo.

Community Credit Union hired Richard Grondin as a member representative.
Grondin, of Auburn, will assist members with daily transactions, primarily from its branch in Lewiston.

Ed Powell joined Mechanics Savings Bank as vice president, commercial loan officer.
Powell, of Buxton, will be based out of the Windham branch. He brings more than 30 years of banking experience, including 20 years in commercial banking.

Bath Savings Institution has announced management changes to its Freeport and Falmouth offices.
Vice President Andrea Martin has been named the branch manager of the Falmouth office.
Martin, of Yarmouth, has been with Bath Savings for 12 years, where she most recently managed the Freeport office.

Michelle Barker has been promoted to Freeport branch manager.
Barker, of Lisbon, joined the bank in 2006 as a teller in Freeport. She was promoted to customer service representative and later assistant branch manager.

CEI Capital Management LLC promoted Aimee Cates to investment officer and Elizabeth “Libby” Chenevert to asset and relationship manager.
Cates began her career at CCML in 2011 as a compliance assistant before being promoted to asset and relationship manager in 2015.
Chenevert began her career at CCML in 2015 as a compliance assistant.

Naomme Paris was promoted to business banking officer at Biddeford Savings in Kennebunk.
Paris joined Biddeford Savings in 2015 as assistant vice president, commercial loan portfolio officer II. She brings over 20 years of banking experience including commercial real estate financing.

Joseph Leland was named branch manager at Norway Savings Bank in Falmouth.
Leland joined Norway Savings in 2012 as a teller before working his way to assistant branch manager of the Scarborough office in 2015.

The Maine Credit Union League received the prestigious national Youth Financial Education Award from the Credit Union National Association.
It’s the 14th consecutive year they received the national award.
Maine’s credit unions reached more than 17,000 Maine high school students during the 2015/16 school year.

F.L.Putnam Investment Management Co. announced that senior vice president and portfolio manager Robertson P. Breed was named to Barron’s Top 1,200 Financial Advisors list.
Breed was one of just six advisers in Maine to make the list. He started his career at E.F.Hutton and joined F.L.Putnam in 1991. He now serves as the most senior portfolio manager on the F.L.Putnam investment team.

Monique Gorey joined Town & Country board of directors. Gorey, of Scarborough, was assistant branch manager for Town & Country and now works for the Scarborough School Department as an ed tech III in the guidance office.

Tim Nightingale, executive vice president and senior loan officer at Camden National Bank, was named to serve on the board of directors for the Finance Authority of Maine. He brings more than 35 years of commercial banking industry experience to the board.

Joshua Broder, chief executive officer of Tilson in Portland, joined the board of directors of Skowhegan Savings.
Broder, who grew up in Cumberland, was recently named a “Top Young Professional” in New England by Engineering News-Record. A former Army signal officer, Broder was awarded the Bronze Star for service in Afghanistan. He replaces Roger Gifford, who stepped down from the board after 26 years of service.

NEW HIRES
Black Funeral Homes & Cremation Service of Sanford-Springvale hired Candis Lawrance as a licensed practitioner of funeral service.
Lawrance earned her degree in funeral service from the American Academy McAllister Institute in New York City, has completed her apprenticeship and has recently passed her national board and state board exams. She worked with Black Funeral Homes as a practitioner trainee for the past three years.

Portland North Dental Associates and Dr. Robert A. DeRice welcomed Dr. Christopher Pochebit to its practice.
Pochebit, of Portland, is a recent graduate of the University of New England College of Dental Medicine. The practice is currently accepting new patients.

Macpage LLC hired Nadia Batishcheva as an accounting associate.
Batishcheva previously worked as a senior accountant at Infinity Credit Union.

Maine Water announced the hiring of Richard Serino and the retirement of Robert Theriault.
Serino joined the company as an accountant. He was previously with Avangrid, Inc. where he was lead analyst – income tax. Theriault retired as accounting manager and CPA.

Aroostook Aspirations Initiative recently hired Justin Simpson as a sales and business development executive for Opportunities Aroostook.
Simpson brings 12 years experience in sales and finance, including 10 at two car dealerships in the Presque Isle area.

Erin Herrick joined Fontaine Team as an associate broker in its Scarborough office.
Herrick, of Cumberland, brings an extensive background in customer service, starting at her father’s restaurant as a teenager. In 2011, she earned her real estate license.

NEW HIRES

Jason Ready joined the Portland office of Milone & MacBroom Inc. as a project engineer, transportation.
Ready brings 11 years of experience in traffic engineering and municipal planning. He previously worked for Androscoggin Transportation Resource Center as a traffic engineer/transportation planner.

Payroll Management has hired Michael Caron as chief financial officer and director of human resources.
Caron is an accomplished payroll professional with experience in all areas of payroll and tax filing, He is also responsible for managing all human resources functions and initiatives as well as all accounting and tax functions of the company.

Michael Demmons joined Vreeland Marketing & Design as a new art director.
Demmons brings experience in both corporate and agency environments, as well as freelance design.

Marti Northover joined Vreeland as accounting and human resources manager, bringing more than 20 years of experience in financial and personnel administration as well as systems and logistics management.

The Maine CPA Society has hired Trish Brigham as executive director.
Brigham brings experience in accounting and finance as well as nonprofit board and foundation administration.

Abigail Latulippe joined the staff of Sevee & Maher Engineers Inc. in Cumberland as a civil engineer.
Latulippe, of Freeport, is a 2017 graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering technology. She previously completed an internship with SME in which she conducted data analysis and assisted in preparing stormwater permitting documents.

Fluent IMC in Westbrook hired Bryan Roche as a public relations and digital strategist.
Roche brings 21/2 years’ experience with the University of Southern Maine.

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Well, now’s the time. Painting small spaces and furniture yourself is a small, inexpensive project that can be finished in a single weekend. So start picking colors today.

Once you’re done, you can feel proud knowing that you put in the hard work to give your home a fresh look.

Ward off vermin. You’re not the only one who’s happy to see that warmer weather has arrived. Vermin of the mammal, reptile or insect variety will also be more active during the warmer months, and they may set their sights on your home.

GREAT STUFF Pestblock Insulating Foam Sealant helps block vermin from entering your home through gaps, cracks and holes.

Spray the foam to block these points of entry and the only guests you’ll greet this season are those you actually invited.

Update your window treatments. If “treatment” is a generous word when describing the accent pieces around your windows, it’s time for an upgrade. Whether curtains, blinds or drapes, window treatments can be as cost effective as you want them to be, so don’t be afraid to be picky.

And once you find treatments that appeal to you, use them to block the sun on the hottest days to reduce your energy expenses.

Expand your DIY. Your DIY projects don’t have to be confined to your home; they can also involve your boat, your RV or your other vehicles. GREAT STUFF Multipurpose Black Foam Sealant can be used to fill unwanted gaps and cracks in vehicles, allowing you to cruise into vacation with no worries.

You can scratch that DIY itch without a month-long commitment or completely draining your bank account. All you have to do is pick the projects that match your budget, your time frame and your goals, and get to work.

And when they’re done, you’ll have the rest of the season to enjoy your new and improved home.

PROMOTIONS
Macpage LLC announced two promotions.
Michael Leclerc, of Scarborough, was promoted to chief operating officer.
Leclerc joined Macpage in 2013. As COO, he will oversee internal operations and participate in process improvement initiatives. Additionally, he will manage all functions in IT strategy, system selection and IT security.

Ralph Hendrix was promoted to chief executive officer at Macpage.
Hendrix, also of Scarborough, has been with Macpage for over 35 years. As chief executive officer will have oversight of human resources and marketing for the firm.

The Maine Red Claws announced two promotions.
Jordan Place was promoted to manager of business development.
Place, of Scarborough, previously served as an account executive with the team. He began his career in sports as an intern with the Red Claws in 2009.

Chris Taylor, of South Portland, was promoted to manager of ticket sales and game operations at the Maine Red Claws. He joined the organization five years ago.

Ryan Kanteres was promoted to senior associate at Scott Simons Architects.
Kanteres, of Portland, joined the agency in 2012. He has served as project manager for the Bangor Public Library renovation, the Lisbon High School gymnasium, and Patrons Oxford Insurance’s new office building in Portland Technology Park.

Coffee By Design promoted Nathan Hann to director of training.
Hann joined the Coffee By Design in 2016 and worked in production. He is a member of Barista Guild, Roasters Guild and passed the traveling barista exam at Coffee Fest.

NEW HIRES
Tim McCarty joined Clark Insurance as the director of loss control services.
McCarty, of Gorham, brings decades of national experience in the safety field and has twice been recognized by his peers as the Maine Chapter Safety Professional of the Year of the American Society of Safety Engineers.

Scott Walker has joined the Clark Insurance Employee Benefits Group.
Walker, of Standish, previously served as the benefits manager for the Olympia Cos., overseeing benefit administration as well as the design and negotiation of medical, dental, disability and life insurance products and services.

PROMOTIONS
Joshua Ellis and Joshua Fifield were promoted to senior account executives in the business insurance department of Clark Insurance.
Ellis, of Falmouth, joined Clark in 2009 after serving as a claim adjuster for workers’ compensation for two national insurance organizations.
Fifield, of Portland, joined Clark in 2008, having been a workers’ compensation underwriter at MEMIC. He started at the agency as an account manager and in 2010, joined the sales team.

AWARDS and RECOGNITIONS
Michelle Belanger, a personal lines underwriter III at Patriot Insurance Co. in Yarmouth, won the 2017 International Association of Insurance Professionals Region I Professional Underwriter of the Year.
Belanger was selected from nominees across nine Northeast states.

Richard Crossman, of Allen Insurance and Financial, was recently honored by Certified Risk Managers International for leadership and professionalism in the field of risk management.
Crossman, of Camden, was recognized for 15 consecutive years of active affiliation with CRM International. He joined Allen Insurance and Financial in 2008.

BOARD APPOINTMENTS
Bret Cote was elected to the board of directors of Clark Insurance.
Cote, a native of Windham, joined the employee-owned agency in 2007. He lives in Auburn, New Hampshire, and helped establish an office in Manchester that now employs 10 people.

RETIRED
Ken Salvatore, of L.S. Robinson Co. of Southwest Harbor, retired June 1 after a 35-year career in insurance.
Focused primarily in commercial insurance, he worked with two generations of business owners on Mount Desert Island.
Salvatore, of Southwest Harbor, joined L.S. Robinson in 1991 and served in leadership roles in a number of statewide insurance organizations, including a year as president of the Maine Insurance Association from 1998-1999.

NEW HIRES
OTT Communications hired David Allen as the senior director of telecom operations.
Allen previously worked for GWI where he served as vice president of technology for nine years.

Springborn Staffing of Portland hired Brian Bakke as director of business development.
Bakke brings more than 15 years of experience in sales.

Andrew Sheffield was hired as director of brewing operations at Baxter Brewing Co.
Sheffield brings more than a decade of experience making wine and beer. He previously served on the senior brewing team at New Belgium Brewing in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Sweetser announced that James Martin joined the organization as vice president of programs.
Martin most recently served as the director of child and family services at the Maine Department of Health and Human Services. He is a 2017 Fellow within the John T. Gorman Fellowship Program.

Rinck recently moved its headquarters to downtown Lewiston and hired two account executives and an administrative professional.
Brock Naylor, Andrea LaBonte and Carolyn Kennison have joined the Lewiston office.
Naylor was most recently a marketing and creative media coordinator at Thomas P. Miller & Associates in Indianapolis.
LaBonte worked as the marketing communications coordinator at Johnny’s Selected Seeds and held a number of positions at Geiger Bros. that culminated in her role as a business development manager.
Kennison comes to Rinck from Bates College, where she was an administrative assistant in the office of accessible education/student affairs and held previous positions as office manager and as an educator for childhood and family development and support.

Shannon Dobbins joined Diversified Communications as a registration coordinator.
Dobbins was previously employed by Enterprise Rent-A-Car in Westbrook.

Black Funeral Homes & Cremation Service hired Candis Lawrance as a licensed practitioner of funeral service.
Lawrance, of Sanford, recently passed her national board and state board exams. She has worked with Black Funeral Homes as a practitioner trainee for the past three years.

NEW HIRES
Tom Buckland joined Fluid Imaging Technologies as a materials manager.
Previously, Buckland worked for Hews Co. LLC as a supply chain manager.

Jonathan Mayorquin also joined the company as a shipper/receiver/QC Tech.
Mayorquin was previously an import and export customer service representative at Eimskip USA in Portland.

Hancock Fenton joined the Maine Department of Labor as the chief hearing officer and director of the division of administrative hearings.
Fenton most recently served as deputy counsel and advised Gov. Paul LePage on matters relating to the Departments of Public Safety and Corrections.

Kerry Grover joined U.S. Cellular as an administrative coordinator for area sales managers for company-owned store locations in New England.
Grover will work out of the company’s South Portland office. She brings more than 10 years of wireless experience to U.S. Cellular.

Mary-Theresa Tringale joined WinterKids as a manager of special events and sponsorships.
Tringale brings extensive experience in managing and marketing events, including Portland Health & Wellness Expo, Varsity Maine Awards, SOURCE Awards, Harvest on the Harbor and Portland Food Festival.

Diversified hired Rita Hicks as an account executive.
Hicks previously worked for Graphisoft in Waltham, Massachusetts.

PROMOTIONS
Sarah Grinnell-McNeal was promoted to sales manager for the U.S. Cellular’s South Portland retail store.
Grinnell-McNeal brings 12 years of wireless sales experience. She joined U.S. Cellular in 2006 as an agent account executive for the Midcoast area. Most recently, she served as the sales manager for the company-owned retail store in Westbrook.

Sebago Technics announced two recent promotions.
Bradley Lyon was promoted to director of transportation services.
Lyon has over 11 years of experience in the transportation/traffic engineering field. He joined Sebago Technics in 2006.
Brian Farrell was promoted to CAD/IT support coordinator.
Farrell has more than 25 years of CAD/IT experience and has been with Sebago since 1997.

Burns & McDonnell recently promoted Earle Cianchette to lead the firm’s Portland office.
Cianchette joined the firm in 2016 as a senior project manager, overseeing construction field operations and leading design-build initiatives. His career spans more than 30 years in construction management.