AWARDS and RECOGNITIONS
Rosemary Reid of Portland, a representative of Modern Woodmen of America, was named to Modern Woodmen’s President’s Cabinet.
Reid was recognized for her high achievement in life insurance sales and ranking among the organization’s top representatives nationwide.

Harriman and The Cecil Group announced that two staff members recently earned professional certification and accreditation.

Jeffrey LaPierre received the Certified Energy Manager credential from the Association of Energy Engineers.

Kathryn Wise has passed the Architecture Registration Examination and is now a licensed architect.

UPS driver Ted Kalicky of Gorham was recently inducted into its Circle of Honor for achieving 25 years of accident-free driving.
Kalicky and six other elite drivers from Maine are among 1,613 newly inducted into the company’s honorary organization.
Maine has 42 active Circle of Honor drivers with a combined 1,142 years of accident-free driving.

Aaron Fitzgerald, manager of McDonald’s in Topsham, was selected to receive the 2016 Ray Kroc Award, which recognizes the top 1 percent of McDonald’s restaurant managers from around the world. The honor comes with a cash prize and a trophy.
Fitzgerald has been working for McDonald’s for nearly 10 years. He began his career in 2006 as a crew person at the Lisbon restaurant and was promoted to manager in 2008.
Lee Jackson was recognized as the McDonald’s Crew Person of the Year.
Jackson was one of only 25 McDonald’s employees nationwide to receive the award.

Kirby Littlefield, a longtime employee of Maine Water, was presented with the Sid Anthony Award of Merit from the Maine Water Utilities Association.
Littlefield was hired as a plant operator in May 1966 in the water treatment plant in Biddeford. He is now completing his 50th year in that role.

Sophia Rosendo, a Portland auction professional, recently received her designation as an Accredited Auctioneer Real Estate from the National Auctioneers Association’s Education Institute. Rosendo, of Cape Elizabeth, is an auction professional with Tranzon Auction Properties.

Scott Simons was named to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects.
Simons is one of three Fellows in Maine and the seventh in the state’s history to receive this honor. He has practiced architecture for over 30 years.

Anna Moorman, of Allen Insurance and Financial, recently received an award from Martin’s Point Generations Advantage as one of their top 10 performing producers in Medicare sales for Maine.
Moorman has been with Allen Insurance since 2012. She assists people who are aging into the Medicare system.

Scott Edwards, an employee of Poland Spring, was named one of four employees to receive the Nestlé Waters North America President’s Award in January.
Edwards was recognized for his commitment to the community and dedication to Poland Spring. He lives in Harrison and has worked for Poland Spring for 22 years.

Shane Perry recently received the Accreditation in Public Relations designation, joining only about 5,000 skilled public relations professionals worldwide.

Baker Newman Noyes was recently ranked in Accounting Today’s list of the top 100 firms in the country.
The annual list ranks CPA firms by revenue. The firm received high marks for its growth of 30 percent in 2015, allowing it to enter at 96 and rank fourth in the New England region. Overall growth for the top 100 came in at 9.32 percent.

The Society of Certified Insurance Counselors recently recognized Gene McKeever of Allen Insurance and Financial in Camden with a certificate honoring his 35 years of committed professional leadership and advanced knowledge.

Donna Millett Ewert, a financial adviser at Robinson Smith Wealth Advisors in Portland, was accepted for membership in the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors.
With membership, Millett Ewert is affiliated with an organization of more than 2,400 qualified financial advisers in the nation.

AWARD and RECOGNITIONS
Joshua Broder, CEO of Tilson, was named a 2017 “Top Young Professional” by Engineering News-Record, a national magazine of record for commercial construction and engineering stakeholders.
Broder was recognized for his role in numerous broadband infrastructure initiatives, including: the Three Ring Binder Project and the deployment of ultra-fast LTE cellular systems for several carriers.

Robin Alden, executive director of the Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries, was recognized as a “Hero of the Seas” award winner, one of the Peter Benchley Ocean Awards.
Alden was recognized for her career working at the grassroots, engaging fishermen’s knowledge and participation to build sustainable, healthy coastal fisheries and fishing communities.

Matthew Bell, co-founder, owner and operator of Northeast Pellets LLC was recently named to the National Small Business Association Leadership Council.
Bell, a recognized leader in the small-business community, joins the council alongside other small-business advocates from across the country as they work to promote the interests of small business to policymakers in Washington, D.C.

Thomas Downs, chief meteorologist in the bureau of air quality at Maine DEP, has received the EPA Environmental Merit Award.
He was recognized for his outstanding contributions and continued efforts to address the implementation of significant local, regional, and national ambient air quality programs.

BOARD APPOINTMENTS

Todd Keiller

The Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development announced the appointment of two new members to its board of directors. The new members are Todd Keiller, director, intellectual property and innovation, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; and Brian Whitney, president, Maine Technology Institute.
Keiller brings 30 years of experience in licensing, business development and marketing. He has managed the technology transfer affairs at Maine Medical Center for the last 13 years and the same for the University of New England for the last eight years.

Brian Whitney

Whitney is president of the Maine Technology Institute. He brings extensive experience in economic development.

Greg Boyd was elected to the board of directors for the Maine Manufacturing Extension Partnership.
Boyd is president and chief executive officer of Alternative Manufacturing, Inc. in Winthrop.
An active Rotarian, Boyd serves on the Kennebec Valley United Way Board and the Central/Western Workforce Development Board.

NEW HIRES
SailMaine appointed Michael McAllister as its new executive director.
McAllister, of Portland, is a former member of SailMaine’s board of directors. He has served as interim executive director for the past year.
As executive director of SailMaine, McAllister will continue to pursue SailMaine’s mission of providing affordable access to the water through community sailing and educational programming.

Bo Hoppin was hired as executive director of Hurricane Island Center for Science and Leadership.
Hoppin brings more than 27 years of related experience. Most recently, he was executive director of Friends of Young Achievers in Boston, Massachusetts.
Hoppin will be relocating to the greater Rockland area.

Grant Austin joined St.Germain Collins as a senior project manager and environmental scientist.
Austin has nearly 20 years of experience as an environmental scientist.

Matt Leonard, a local businessman and former president and chief executive officer of the Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, was named a co-owner of LA Metro Magazine.
Leonard will assume the duties as chief visionary officer focusing on business development, creative development, and working on a vision to steer the magazine’s course into the future.

Susan Feibelman was named head of school for Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki, a Wiscasset institution dedicated to education and the environment.
Feibelman joined the faculty last year as a U.S. history teacher. She brings 17 years of progressive leadership roles in the Dallas public schools.

PROMOTIONS
U.S. Cellular promoted Brittany Smith to administrative coordinator for the directors of sales for company-owned and agent store locations in New England.
Smith will work out of the company’s regional business office in South Portland. She joined U.S. Cellular in 2006 as a retail wireless consultant. Most recently, she served as the administrative coordinator.

St.Germain Collins promoted Sandra Perry to director of environmental, health and safety services.
Perry has been with St.Germain Collins since 2015 and has more than more than 25 years of comprehensive regulatory compliance experience throughout New England.

Diversified Communications announced that Rick Watson was promoted to chief executive officer of DBC Pri-Med.
Watson was hired in 2002 and has held leadership roles in marketing, corporate development and general management.

Sarah Chappell Armentrout

BOARD APPOINTMENTS
The Maine Community Foundation elected two members to its board of directors: Sarah Chappell Armentrout of Lyman; and Adilah Muhammad of Lewiston.
Armentrout co-founded Carlisle Academy Integrative Equine Therapy and Sports for individuals with and without special needs.
Muhammad is a strategic planning and research consultant. She has facilitated community change efforts between faith-based and public institutions at the local, state and national level.

The League of Women Voters of Maine re-elected Jill Ward as president.
Ward lives in South Portland. Polly Ward of South Freeport, was named vice president; Cathie Whittenburg of Portland, was named secretary; and Ann Luther of Trenton, was named treasurer.
The following women were named directors: Peg Balano of Falmouth; John Brautigam of Portland; Helen Hanlon of Winthrop; Barbara Kaufman of South Freeport; Linda Lord of Brooks; Barbara McDade of Bangor; Stephanie Philbrick of Bowdoin; and Anne Schink of South Portland.

The Animal Welfare Society appointed Barbara Finkelstein to its board of directors.
Finkelstein has spent her 39-year career in higher education and is currently the president of York County Community College in Wells.

Timothy Griffin and Daniel Kleban joined the board of directors at Wolfe’s Neck Farm.
Griffin is an associate professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University. He was previously a research agronomist and lead scientist with the USDA-Agriculture Research Service in Orono from 2000 to 2008.
A former attorney, Kleban co-founded Maine Beer Co. in Freeport in 2009.

AWARD RECIPIENTS
Natalie King, executive vice president of Stonewall Kitchen, was selected as a 2017 Hall of Fame recipient by the Specialty Food Association.
King joined Stonewall Kitchen in 1996 and currently leads all of Stonewall Kitchen’s “guest-facing” efforts, including the wholesale division, 10 company stores, the cooking school and catalog and internet divisions in addition to the teams that oversee product development, merchandising planning and buying, marketing and design and guest services.

NEW HIRES
Maine Quality Counts hired Larry Clifford as executive director.
Clifford has held leadership roles for a wide range of health care organizations for the past 30 years. Most recently, he served as chief planning and development officer for Penobscot Community Health Care.

Gail Murphy joined the staff at Hobbs Funeral Homes as office manager and administrative specialist.
Murphy, of Kennebunk, brings extensive experience in office management has worked previously for timber, plastics and roofing companies in Maine. She has also been payroll coordinator, human resources manager, bookkeeper and accounting manager in her prior positions.

Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce welcomed Kelly Smith to its team as program assistant.
Smith brings more than 10 years experience at Family Violence Project, most recently serving as development director.

Bicycle Coalition of Maine hired Angela King as the community advocacy coordinator.
King is a former teacher, attorney and community activist.

PROMOTIONS
Cancer Care Center of York County named Louise Baca as the center’s acting executive director.
Baca brings over 17 years of administrative experience in the field of cancer care and radiation oncology. She currently serves as business director of the oncology service line for Maine Medical Center, overseeing the operations of radiation oncology programs in Scarborough, Portland and Bath as well as the Cancer Care Center of York County in Sanford. She has been with MaineHealth since 2016.

BOARD APPOINTMENTS
United Way of Greater Portland recently welcomed six people to its board of trustees.
They include Helaine Ayers, community volunteer; Dan Espinal, senior director for strategy and business development at Idexx; Michael Greer, executive director of Portland Ballet; Lou Inzana, senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer at Maine Medical Center; Leeann Leahy, CEO of The VIA Agency; and Mike Vail, president of Hannaford Supermarkets.

GENERAL
Cirrus LED Systems, an LED technology company, relocated its headquarters and manufacturing operations from San Francisco to Saco.
The company previously maintained a small office on Middle Street in Portland. A West Coast presence will be maintained as part of this expansion. Cirrus LED Systems has three divisions: outdoor high-resolution LED displays and electronic message centers, horticultural LED lighting and cloud-based digital display content management software.

Avangrid, Inc. has moved its finance, internal audit and other executive offices to downtown Portland.
An estimated 140 employees will be working at the new facilities in One City Center. Avangrid is the parent company of Central Maine Power Co.

Heidi and Brett Allen will assume responsibility for all event scheduling, program direction and oversight of the building currently recognized as 207Sports, located at 1173 Riverside St. in Portland.
In November, the facility will be identified as the “Maine Athletic Complex.” The MAC’s mission is to provide space and programming that will offer small groups, clubs, schools, camps and event planners the opportunity to teach, train and host events in a safe and comfortable environment.

PROMOTIONS
Day One announced the promotions of Joanne Grant, Christine Grant, Sharon Martel and Kristen Cianelli.
Joanne Grant was named director of residential services at its three residential locations in Buxton, Hollis and Hinckley, which serve youth ages 13 to 20 years-old.
Christine Grant was promoted to director of corrections services and clinical training at Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland, where Day One provides services to committed youth in collaboration with the Department of Corrections. She joined Day One as program manager at Long Creek in 2013.

Martel was promoted to accounting manager.
Martel was hired in 2016 to operate the day-to-day accounting function within the agency.

Cianelli has taken on an expanded role. She will continue to serve as program manager for Day One’s residence at Hollis and its residence in Buxton for girls.

BOARD APPOINTMENTS
WinterKids announced its new board members for fiscal year 2018.
Seth Coburn is an associate attorney at Verrill Dana LLP.

Sarah Long is a meteorologist at WMTW and owner of Long’s Board Shop. Long has been a friend of WinterKids for eight years, having hosted License to Chill, Welcome to Winter and the Downhill 24.

Jeff Zachau is the president of Zachau Construction.

WinterKids also named its officers for fiscal year 2018:
Erin Brennan was named president. She works in risk management at TD Bank
Joe O’Neil was named vice president. He is owner of Portland Pie Co.’s Brunswick restaurant
Lisa Trundy-Whitten was named treasurer. She is a CPA and senior manager at BerryDunn.
Julie Mulkern was named secretary. She is executive director, WinterKids
Will Stiles was named past president. He is an attorney at Verrill Dana LLP.

GENERAL
The Book Review in Falmouth changed ownership.
Clare Lygo, a Falmouth resident and loyal patron of the book shop, has bought the business. Siblings Donna Williams and Stephen Fournier, who operated the store for 37 years, are retiring.
Lygo has been a customer of the Book Review for 22 years.

Rough and Tumble, a leather handbag and apparel manufacturer, will expand to a third location in the Fort Andross Mill in Brunswick.

This location will serve as headquarters for production and design with a forthcoming retail space before the new year.

NEW HIRES
The University of Maine School of Law hired Jennifer Crane as director of advancement.
A 2005 graduate of Bowdoin College, Crane returned there in 2011 to work in the office of development and alumni relations. She brings diverse fundraising knowledge and experience.

Dawn Tufts joined Hussey Seating Co. as a financial analyst.
Tufts, of Sanford, is a graduate of Bentley University. She previously worked for another family-owned business, H.A. Mapes in Springvale.

Locations Real Estate Group announced three new hires.
Leah Gagne has joined Locations with extensive knowledge in sales and experience with larger parcel, farm and waterfront properties.

Anne Manning was hired with an extensive background in design and home construction. She is the co-founder and home design specialist at MGM Builders.

Jason McFarland also joined Locations. He brings experience with investment properties. In addition, he has owned multiple properties in the Greater Portland area.

Kristy Goodson joined Bar Harbor Bank & Trust as senior vice president, treasury services manager.
Goodson, of Concord, New Hampshire, will work with business customers across Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.
Most recently, she worked as senior vice president and manager of treasury services and municipal banking at a New Hampshire-based financial institution.

PROMOTIONS
Lauren Chartier was promoted to marketing and events coordinator at Down East Enterprise Inc.
Chartier has worked for Down East since 2016, filling several roles as circulation assistant and production representative.

J.S. McCarthy Printers announced that Jonathan Tardiff was appointed president of J.S. McCarthy Co.
For the past 25 years, Tardiff has worked in the family business in various positions.

Montalvo, an industrial web services company in Gorham, announced three promotions.
Eric Champigny was promoted to a gauging technician.
Champigny joined Montalvo in February in a part-time position. He has two years of electronics experience. He previously worked with Enercon Technologies.

Josh Harriman was promoted to electronics and quality-control technician.
Harriman joined Montalvo in 2011, with two years of electronics experience. Previously, Harriman worked at Idexx and Metso Paper.

Jack Mastrogiacomo was promoted to a quality-control manager.
Mastrogiacomo joined Montalvo in 2016 and has over 30 years of experience. He previously worked with Boston Brands of Maine, Maine Oxy and Lab Medical Co.

Kayla Caron was promoted to associate at Scott Simons Architects.
A resident of Portland, Caron joined the firm in 2013 and has her master’s in architecture from Norwich University. She has worked on a variety of projects, with a focus on master planning, educational and library projects.

Burns & McDonnell has promoted Victor Elazegui to serve as a physical security specialist in the Northeast from its Portland office.
Elazegui is an ASIS board-certified physical security professional and has experience in physical security operations and management in the public and private industries.

NEW HIRES

• Ben Geci joined Androscoggin Bank as chief lending officer and executive vice president.

Geci, of Falmouth, previously served as director of southern commercial banking and the senior vice president for Cumberland and York counties at Camden National Bank.

• Kristy Goodson joined Bar Harbor Bank & Trust as senior vice president, treasury services manager.

Goodson of Concord, New Hampshire, will be working with business customers across all three states of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.

She brings decades of experience developing treasury management, merchant services and payroll services in the banking industry.

• Norway Savings Bank hired Andrea Wallace as assistant vice president, mortgage loan officer of the Gorham and Standish offices.

Wallace brings more than 20 years of experience in the mortgage industry.

• SIS Bank named Catherine Buffum as its new commercial lender.

Buffum, of Biddeford, previously held positions as a vice president, commercial loan officer at institutions such as TD Bank and Androscoggin Bank.

• Bigelow Investment Advisors named P. Benjamin Flood as vice president and senior adviser.

Flood brings his expertise as a Certified Financial Planner practitioner to the firm as it grows and expands its current financial planning offerings.

Flood spent the previous 10 years with KeyCorp, most recently working as a financial adviser with Key Investment Services LLC.

PROMOTIONS

• New Dimensions Federal Credit Union promoted Danielle Farmer as Augusta’s newest branch manager.

Farmer joined the credit union in 2014 as a teller and later transitioned into the role as head teller and lending consultant.

• Gorham Savings Bank announced the following promotions:

Dan Hancock, an employee since 2007, was promoted to chief deposit officer.

Mark Girr, who was hired in 2014, was promoted to senior vice president, director of marketing and communications.

Tracey Sardella was promoted to vice president, compliance officer. She joined the bank in 2015

Alden Joy, an employee with nearly 25 years of service, was promoted to vice president, general services.

Michael Voisine, who was hired in 2004, was promoted to assistant vice president, commercial portfolio loan officer.

Kristine Amato, an employee with 30 years of service, was promoted to officer, loan administrative supervisor in the business banking department.

NEW HIRES
William Kennedy joined the Portland law firm of Drummond & Drummond LLP.
Kennedy assists clients with all aspects of civil litigation. He worked for three years as a law clerk for the Maine Superior Court and Business and Consumer Court.

Michael-Corey Francis Hinton joined Drummond Woodsum as an associate to its nationwide Indian Law Practice Group.
Hinton was an attorney at Akin Gump in Washington, D.C. His focus is on advising Indian nations and their enterprises.

Drummond also added Erick Giles to its service group for tribes.
Giles, a University of Maine School of Law graduate, has deep experience in working with Indian nations on environmental regulatory matters.

APPOINTMENTS
Elizabeth Connellan Smith, an attorney at Verrill Dana, was appointed first co-chair of the American Bar Association Workers’ Compensation Standing Committee.
Smith will serve a three-year term. She has practiced for nearly 25 years and brings experience in workers compensation law.

Peter Guffin, who heads Pierce Atwood’s privacy and data security practice, was selected by the U.S. Department of Commerce and European Commission to serve as an arbitrator for the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield arbitration program.
In his privacy and data security law practice, Guffin counsels clients on compliance with state, federal and international laws and regulations. He also serves as professor of practice and co-director of the information privacy law program at the UMaine School of Law.

GENERAL
Bernstein Shur announced the launch of its joint technical and legal cybersecurity team.
Josh Silver, a shareholder and co-chair of the data security team, brings over 10 years of experience negotiating complex technology transactions, and serves as co-leader on the initiative.
Matt Kramer, the chief information officer, has covered all IT aspects in business and higher education for the past 20 years.

NEW HIRES
The MEMIC Group has hired Anthony “Tony” Payne to serve as senior vice president, external affairs.
Payne, of Falmouth, will oversee corporate communications and marketing, advertising, public relations, community relations, and legislative and government affairs.
Most recently, he held the position of vice president, business development with Clark Insurance, an independent insurance agency.

Beth Given joined Portland Stage as development director.
She relocated to Maine after nearly a decade working in various organizations throughout New York City’s performing arts industry. Most recently, she served as a producer at Lincoln Center.

Portland Monthly Magazine hired Per Lofving as an advertising executive.
Lofving brings more than 35 years of publishing, marketing, and advertising experience. He previously held positions at leading computer industry publisher Ziff Davis Inc.

Wendy Byrd, of Appleton, joined Allen Insurance and Financial as an account manager in the company’s insured benefits division.
Byrd, a graduate of Lewiston High School and the University of Maine, is certified as a benefits account manager by the National Association of Health Underwriters. She is based in Camden at Allen’s Chestnut Street office.

Price Associates announced that Francis Eberle, Ph.D., has joined its Portland office.
Eberle spent more than 25 years as an executive for nonprofits and startups. Eberle previously served as the deputy executive director of the National Association of State Boards of Education and the executive director of the National Science Teachers Association.

Katrina Sink, M.D. joined the staff at Naples Family Practice, 410 Roosevelt Trail in Naples.
Sink earned her medical degree at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine in East Lansing, Michigan. She completed her family medicine residency and a fellowship in hospice and palliative medicine through Grand Rapids Medical Education Partners in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

The Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram announces two appointments in its newsroom.
Karen Beaudoin, web editor for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, is taking on a new role as director of digital content platforms.
Beaudoin’s position will support best practices and work flows utilizing the platform technologies shared by the company’s consortium of websites. She joined MaineToday Media more than 13 years ago and has held various positions, including a producer for MaineToday.com. Most recently, she was a producer, then web editor for the Press Herald.

Katherine Lee, city editor at the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram for the past five years, will move into the role of web editor.
Her new focus will be getting news to the web fast, updating developing stories continuously and supervising the way the news organization presents its journalism and uses social channels and analytics.

BOARD APPOINTMENTS
Karen Bilodeau, a partner at McTeague Higbee, was named to the board of directors of the Workers’ Injury & Advocacy Group.
Bilodeau has years of experience fighting for the rights of people who have been injured on the job.

AWARDS and RECOGNITIONS
Carolyn Mitchell, a 13-year employee at Allen Insurance and Financial in Camden, recently achieved an Accredited Customer Service Representative in personal insurance from the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America.
Mitchell, of Camden, has been with the company for 13 years.

GENERAL
Sebago Technics in South Portland announced the acquisition of Sweet Associates, a hydrogeological consulting company of Falmouth.
Both firms have been in business for more than 35 years. Through the acquisition, expanded servies will be available to clients of both firms.

Clyde Bergemann Bachmann Inc. in Auburn has been acquired by private investors and will once again be known as Bachmann Industries Inc.
Prior to the acquisition, the company comprised the air-gas handling division of the multinational Clyde Bergemann Power Group. CBPG acquired Bachmann Industries, Inc. in 2009 and renamed it Clyde Bergemann Bachmann. The group recently decided to sell the non-core asset as part of a restructuring.

NEW HIRES

Lewis Richards

Maine Medical Partners announced the following new hires:
Lewis Richards, M.D., is splitting his time between MMP’s hospital medicine and palliative medicine groups.

Evdokia Eleftheriou

Evdokia Eleftheriou, M.D., and David Taplinger, M.D., joined MMP – Neurology.
Eleftheriou comes to MMP after recently finishing her fellowship in neuroimmunology/multiple sclerosis at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

David Taplinger

Taplinger is fellowship trained in clinical neurophysiology/EEG and epilepsy. He will be practicing adult neurology with a focus on the evaluation and management of patients with epilepsy.

Patrick Hohl

Patrick Hohl, D.O., and Christopher Link, M.D., joined MMP – MaineHealth Cardiology
Hohl joined its Lewiston practice. He completed a residency in internal medicine at the University of Vermont College of Medicine. He served as chief resident and then completed a fellowship in cardiovascular disease.

Christopher Link

Link joined its Scarborough practice. He completed two fellowships, in heart failure and cardiology at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

Christopher Racine

Christopher Racine, M.D., joined Maine Medical Center’s department of psychiatry.
Racine completed his residency and fellowship training at New York University’s department of psychiatry.
He comes to MMC from Long Island Jewish Medical Center, where he was director of emergency psychiatry.

Elbert White

Elbert White IV, M.D., joined MMP – Neurosurgery and Spine.
White joined as a neurosurgery hospitalist.
His clinical interests include traumatic spine fracture, traumatic brain injury, intracranial hemorrhage and geriatric spine.

Elizabeth DesJardin

Elizabeth DesJardin, M.D., joined the Breast Care Center at Maine Medical Center Cancer Institute.
DesJardin completed a residency in surgery at Maine Medical Center.
She also completed a breast surgical fellowship at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine.

Emily Carter

Emily Carter, M.D., joined MMP – Geriatric Medicine.
Carter completed her residency at Maine Medical Center and her fellowship training at Baylor College of Medicine.

Jared Cassin, M.D., and Amy Riviere, D.O., joined MMP – Hospital Medicine.

Jared Cassin

Cassin and Riviere will both work at Maine Medical Center and Stephens Memorial Hospital.
Cassin completed his residency at New York University School of Medicine.

Amy Riviere

Riviere completed her residency at MMC. Her clinical interests include quality improvement and cardiology.

William Lambie, left, Steven Trockman, center, and Sonja Tomic.

Spectrum Healthcare Partners has announced the addition of Penobscot Bay Pathology Associates to its team of specialists.

Dr. William Lambie and Dr. Sonja Tomic will now be part of the Spectrum Healthcare Partners pathology division. Tomic has been a pathologist for over 30 years and Lambie for over 13 years.

Steven Trockman was named director of marketing operations of New England Rehabilitation Hospital of Portland.

Trockman brings 18 years of public health and health care leadership experience at the federal, state and community level.

CLINIC OPENS

Jill Mahoney, left, and Jacob Aguiar.

Jill Mahoney, M.D., and Jacob Aguiar, N.D., have opened Scarborough Integrative Health, a patient-centered, tick-borne disease clinic at 51 Route 1 in Scarborough.

Mahoney served as a general medical officer in the Navy, acting as senior medical officer for Destroyer Squadron 14 during a 2002 deployment. She received the Navy Achievement Medal for her service.

In 2006, she moved to Maine, where she has been caring for patients as a family physician for the past decade.

Aguiar works with patients to create personalized and effective treatment solutions. He spent the last several years treating over 1,000 patients with Lyme disease and tick-borne infections at North Coast Family Health in New Hampshire.

CERTIFICATIONS

Sarah Kelly

Sarah Kelly, owner of Sarah Kelly Coaching, is now a national board-certified health and wellness coach.

Kelly was one of six Mainers to take the first standardized medical board exam for health and wellness coaches in September. She trained at Duke Integrative Medicine as an integrative health coach.

Kelly launched her business full time in August. She works in a holistic way with people looking for guidance in taking steps toward a healthier life.

GENERAL

Carolyn Milles has established a private nutrition counseling practice at 510 Main St. in Gorham.

Milles is a third-generation registered dietitian/nutritionist who offers counseling services for cardiovascular health, diabetes, weight management, hypertension/hyperlipidemia, general wellness and more.

Carolyn Milles

She also specializes in polycystic ovary syndrome, fertility, eating disorders, and digestive conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome.

North Berwick Family Medicine and Dr. Mary O’Hare, an OB-GYN, are extending services in southern Maine

The practice joined the Southern Maine Health Care team on Oct. 1, enabling patients of the practice to benefit from SMHC’s extensive group of specialists, specialty programs and diagnostic and therapy technology in nearby Sanford.

The providers and staff at North Berwick Family Medicine will continue to see their patients at 7 High St.

O’Hare will work in the Sanford Women’s Health office, where she will see patients five days a week.

She has been caring for women in the Biddeford office for more than 25 years.

NEW HIRES
Sara Moppin joined the law firm of Preti Flaherty.
Moppin’s practice areas include mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance matters, business transactions, commercial law, contract issues and finance. She lives in Portland.

AWARDS and RECOGNITIONS
Elizabeth High, a principal with LeBlanc & Young in Portland, was named the 2018 Trusts and Estates Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers.

One lawyer in each specialty in each community is honored as the Lawyer of the Year.

High is a partner at LeBlanc & Young, a specialty law firm with a statewide practice devoted exclusively to estate planning, trust and estate administration, charitable giving, adoptions, guardianships, conservatorships and related areas.

Berman & Simmons announced that six of its attorneys were selected for the Best Lawyers in America 2018 directory.

In addition, attorney Benjamin Gideon was named a Maine Lawyer of the Year for personal injury litigation for plaintiffs. Attorney Jodi Nofsinger was named a Maine Lawyer of the Year for medical malpractice law for plaintiffs.

The attorneys earning individual recognition are: Gideon, of Freeport; Daniel Kagan of Freeport; Nofsinger, of Portland; Steven Silin of Freeport; Julian Sweet of Portland; and Jack Simmons.

Forty-two Preti Flaherty attorneys were named to the 2018 Best Lawyers in America.

Nominations are based on an intensive peer-review survey.

For the list, visit www. preti.com.

Verrill Dana was recognized as a top firm for female attorneys by both the National Law Journal and Law360.

The firm was ranked seventh in the nation in the National Law Journal’s NLJ 500 Women’s Scorecard and was also named a Law360 Ceiling Smasher for its percentage of female equity partners compared to other firms its size.

In 2016, about 39 percent of the attorneys at Verrill Dana were women, and 41.5 percent of the firm’s equity partners were women, surpassing national averages by about 5 percent and 20 percent, respectively.

Eight attorneys from Skelton Taintor & Abbott were named to the 2018 Best Lawyers in America list.

They are: Jill Checkoway, Bryan Dench, Ronald Lebel, Sarah Mitchell, Michael Poulin, Norman Rattey, Stephen Wade and Rebecca Webber.

NEW HIRES
Rich Bard was recently hired as executive director of Scarborough Land Trust.
Bard previously served as executive director at Downeast Coastal Conservancy.

Melanie Wendell has joined Camden National Bank as vice president, mortgage loan officer.
Wendell previously served as vice president, mortgage loan officer for Gorham Savings Bank for four years and vice president, residential loan officer for Kennebunk Savings Bank for 17 years.

SIS Bank hired Christopher MacDonnell as its new vice president, cash management/treasury services.
Prior to joining SIS Bank, MacDonnell was senior vice president, treasury management at Bank of New Hampshire.

Nika Beauchamp joined the Environmental Health Strategy Center as a new digital communications manager.
Beauchamp brings nearly a decade of experience as a writer and editor focusing on environmental justice. Prior to joining the strategy center, she was a staff writer and assistant editor at Common Dreams.

Tim Cyr joined the Fontaine Family real estate agency in Scarborough.
Cyr, of Lovell and Old Orchard Beach, is an entrepreneur and business owner. He started and grew an IT company in southern New England which was sold to a larger firm. He also worked as a consultant to growing businesses.

Diversified Communications hired Steven Hughes as an IT operations manager.
Hughes previously worked for MEMIC in Portland.

Alayna Hebert also joined as a web developer. Hebert previously worked for Concordia Partners.

BOARD APPOINTMENTS
South Portland City Councilor Linda Cohen was recently sworn in as president of the Maine Municipal Association.
Mary Sabins, town Manager in Vassalboro, was elected vice president.
Cohen will take over her duties of MMA president effective Jan.1. She has served as a council member in South Portland since 2012, and served as mayor from 2014-2015.
Sabins, of Vassalboro, was elected vice president. Before starting with Vassalboro in 2008, Sabins previously held various municipal positions in the towns of Chelsea, Windsor, Union and Hope.

Alain Nahimana and Kristine Stratton joined the board of directors at the Environmental Health Strategy Center.
Nahimana, a native of Burundi, is the co-founder and executive director of the Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center.
Stratton is senior vice president of operations at Earthjustice, the nation’s original and largest nonprofit environmental law organization.

NEW HIRES

n Rebecca Wright has joined the staff of Big Brothers Big Sisters as director of development.

Wright, of Freeport, previously served as director of development for Good Shepherd Food Bank of Maine.

n Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage hired Katie Schindler as a sales agent in its Kennebunk office.

Schindler became a real estate sales associate after extensive experience in education, from early childhood through adult education.

n The Maine Heritage Policy Center hired Terry Brown as its director of communications.

Brown, of Yarmouth, is a nationally published writer with 25 years of professional experience in corporate and political communications.

n OTT Communications hired Gabriel Winch as its new technical support representative in its Bangor office.

Winch, of Orono, joins OTT after previous stops at HelloTech and CellSavers.

n The Cathance River Education Alliance hired Wendy Van Damme as the executive Director.

Van Damme, of Harpswell, comes to CREA after more than 12 years in leadership roles with the Peace Corps, most recently as the Country Director of Peace Corps — Lesotho.

n Diversified Communications welcomes new employees:

Wes Doane joined as a sales manager.

Doane previously worked for Solar Promotions International.

Chris Hakala was hired as an account executive. Hakala was previously employed by Accenture.

Kelsey Rex joined as a conference administrative assistant. Rex was previously employed by the American Red Cross.

n The Portland Society for Architecture named Addy Smith-Reiman as the group’s executive director.

She replaces Carole Merrill who is retiring after leading PSA since its 2006 inception.

Smith-Reiman brings a broad range of relevant expertise to her new role.

She previously worked for Riverlife in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as a senior planner/project manager.

She also served as transportation planner/project manager for Connect Historic Boston; conservation associate for the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation in Boston; and founder/director of the Northeast Kingdom Arts Council in Vermont.

n Christopher Beaulieu, of Waterville, joined Allen Insurance and Financial as a broker-dealer assistant.

Beaulieu, of Waterville, is working as an assistant to Norm Hart, financial planner.

He is the third generation of his family to work for the company’s financial planning division.

NEW HIRES
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences announced the appointment of Deborah Bronk as president and CEO.
Bronk is the Moses D. Nunnally Distinguished Professor of Marine Sciences and department chair at Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences.
She previously served as division director for the National Science Foundation’s Division of Ocean Science and as president of the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography.
She will assume her new role at the nonprofit marine research institute March 1.

Legacy Properties Sotheby’s International Realty has hired Susan Desgrosseilliers as a vice president in its Camden office.
Desgrosseilliers, who splits her time between Portland and the mid-coast, spent the past 15 years working in design as the owner of Fixtures Maine LLC.

Melanie Wendell joined Camden National Bank as vice president and mortgage loan officer.
Wendell previously held the same role at Gorham Savings Bank for four years and at Kennebunk Savings for 17 years.

Julie Court joined Alliance Realty in Westbrook as a Realtor and sales agent.
Court specializes in southern Maine real estate marketing and has experience in residential and commercial properties.

Jim Fox joined Chase Custom Homes & Finance Inc. in Westbrook as a sales representative and client relations manager.
Fox previously worked in modular construction with Hallmark Homes. He brings 20 years of experience in the mortgage industry and is a licensed loan officer.

NEW HIRES
Hale Melnick and Alexander Porter were hired as associates at Verrill Dana. Both previously served as summer associates.
Melnick previously served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Paul J. Barbadoro of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire. He was later a judicial extern to the Honorable O. Rogeriee Thompson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Porter is a former legislative aide to U.S. Sen. Angus King. Previously, he worked as a judicial intern for U.S. District Court Judge Jon Levy for the District of Maine.

Elizabeth Hunt joined Murray Plumb & Murray as a partner.
Hunt will focus on areas of trust and estate planning and administration. In addition, she will help clients with business and corporate law and real estate, finance and real estate succession planning.
Most recently, she worked at McLane Middleton in New Hampshire.

Sage Friedman also joined the firm as an attorney.
Friedman served as a clerk for the firm in 2016, and returned after his recent graduation from the University of Maine School of Law. He brings more than 15 years of business experience as an entrepreneur and a consultant in New York City and Maine.
For the last nine years, Friedman was a principal at Fire Lane 17, a Maine company that offered long-term consulting services to select entrepreneurs, investors and small businesses.

Meryl Poulin joined Preti Flaherty’s litigation practice in its Portland office.
Poulin graduated from the University of Maine School of Law in 2017.

Eliza Mette of Portland joined Kozak & Gayer P.A., in Augusta where she will maintain a general health law practice.
Mette recently graduated from the University of Maine School of Law, where she received the school’s Health Law Award.

BOARD APPOINTMENTS

Photo by M. Kathleen Kelly/for IBEC

Sarah Yantakosol Gayer, an attorney at Thompson Bowie & Hatch, was appointed chair of the American Bar Association Admiralty and Maritime Law Committee.
Gayer will serve a one-year term. She practices admiralty and maritime law and professional liability defense in Portland.

Peter Schroeter, an attorney at Shaheen & Gordon P.A., was selected as chair of the Maine State Bar Association’s Alternative Dispute Section.
Schroeter, who serves as counsel at the firm’s Saco and Portland offices, has more than 35 years of legal experience as a trial lawyer and mediator.

AWARDS
The following Thompson Bowie & Hatch attorneys were recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2018 edition: Jim Bowie, Robert Hatch, Rebecca Farnum and Leonard Langer.

Berman & Simmons received a Tier 1 ranking by U.S. News – Best Lawyers.
The firm was recognized for its work in medical malpractice law for plaintiffs, personal injury litigation for plaintiffs, and commercial litigation.

New England Super Lawyers selected 11 Berman & Simmons attorneys for its 2017 directory.
Attorneys Benjamin Gideon, Daniel Kagan, Jodi Nofsinger, Steven Silin, and Julian Sweet were recognized as ‘Super Lawyers’ for excellence in representing clients in personal injury and medical malpractice cases.
Attorneys Taylor Asen, Travis Brennan, Miriam Johnson, Timothy Kenlan, Dov Sacks and Esther Yoo were recognized as ‘Rising Stars’.

Perkins Thompson announced that 12 of its attorneys are listed in U.S. News & World Report – The Best Lawyers in America 2018
Timothy Benoit, Fred Bopp III, Randy Creswell, Melissa Hanley Murphy, John Hobson, Phil Hunt, James Katsiaficas, Peggy McGehee, Paul Pietropaoli, William Sheils, Mark Snow and John Upton have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2018.
The firm also achieved a Tier 1 regional ranking by Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” 2018 in the areas of bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights; insolvency and reorganization law; corporate law; banking, finance and bankruptcy litigation; and real estate law.

Shaheen & Gordon P.A., announced it was recognized by U.S. News – Best Lawyers with a “Best Law Firms” rankings.
Several practice areas were recognized in the metropolitan designations. Law firms that are included in the rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process, including client and peer reviews.

The 2017 edition of New England Super Lawyers and Rising Stars has recognized 48 Verrill Dana attorneys for excellence in their individual areas of practice.
In addition, Karen Frink Wolf was again included in the Top 100 New England Super Lawyers and listed in the Top 50 Women this year.
For more information on the attorneys recognized, go to www.verrilldana.com.

NEW HIRES
Kirt Bell joined Movement Mortgage as branch manager for its flagship Portland branch.
Bell brings an extensive knowledge of FHA, VA and conventional mortgage products.

PROMOTIONS
Alexandra Douston was promoted to senior tax associate at Macpage LLC.
Douston was an intern prior to joining Macpage in 2015.

Kady Wiles, of Belgrade, was promoted to senior audit associate at Macpage LLC
Wiles is a graduate of Thomas College and joined Macpage in 2015.

AWARDS and RECOGNITIONS
Nine attorneys from Eaton Peabody were “top rated” by Super Lawyers New England Magazine.
The following attorneys made the list: Jason Barrett, Seth Brewster, Ryan Dumais, P. Andrew Hamilton, Berney Kubetz, Mariah Mitchell, Jon Pottle, Neal Pratt and Jeff Spaulding.

L to R: Jason Barrett, Seth Brewster, Ryan Dumais

L to R: P. Andrew Hamilton, Berney Kubetz, Mariah Mitchell

L to R: Jon Pottle, Neal Pratt, Jeff Spaulding.

Twenty-two Preti Flaherty attorneys were recognized by Super Lawyers.
Of those, 10 were selected for inclusion in the New England Super Lawyers list; and nine were named as New England Rising Stars.
Attorneys named as New England Super Lawyers include John Doyle Jr., Gregory Hansel, Christopher Nyhan, Jonathan Piper, Daniel Rapaport, Sigmund Schutz and David Van Slyke.
Attorneys named as New England Rising Stars are J. Andrew Cashman, R. Benjamin Borowski, Timothy Connolly, John J. Cronan, III, Benjamin Piper, Laura Rideout, Michael Smith and Matthew Warner.

Preti Flaherty attorney R. Benjamin Borowski was named a 2017 New England Rising Star by the attorney rating service, Super Lawyers.
Borowski, of Portland, is an associate in the firm’s Portland office. He was recognized for his work in the field of energy and resources law.

More than 60 Verrill Dana attorneys were recognized as “Best Lawyers” by Best Lawyers 2018.
In addition, 12 attorneys from the firm were named “Lawyer of the Year,” a distinguished recognition for only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area.
For a complete list of ranked Verrill Dana attorneys, go to verrilldana.com.

McTeague Higbee announced that partners Jeffrey Cohen, Karen Bilodeau and Kevin Noonan, managing partner, were named to the Best Lawyers in America for 2018.
Attorneys Bilodeau and Noonan were recognized in the field of workers’ compensation, and Cohen was recognized for workers’ compensation and personal injury.

Keith Jacques, of Woodman Edmands Danylik Austin Smith and Jacques, a nine-person firm in Biddeford, was named a 2017 New England Super Lawyer.
Jacques was recognized for his work in general litigation.

Bryan Dench, Rebecca Webber and Stephen Wade from the firm of Skelton Taintor & Abbott have been honored on the 2017 New England Super Lawyers list.
Dench was recognized in the business and corporate categories.

Webber, who was honored in the areas of employment and labor, is a shareholder at the firm.

Wade was honored in the area of personal injury general, plaintiff.

Amy Dieterich and Braden Clement from the firm of Skelton Taintor & Abbott were selected to the 2017 New England Rising Stars list.
Dieterich is recognized in the area of business litigation.

Clement, who joined the firm earlier this year, is recognized in the areas of general litigation and personal injury.

Portland attorney Parke Burmeister, Esq., principal of Casco Bay Law LLC, was selected to the 2017 New England Super Lawyers Rising Stars list.

Petruccelli, Martin & Haddow received a tier 1 ranking in U.S. News – Best Lawyers 2018 Edition Best Law Firms.

Firm rankings are based on an in-depth analysis of client and attorney evaluations and other pertinent information.

PROMOTIONS
Sebago Technics recently announced several changes and promotions.

Owens McCullough was named senior vice president of strategy and client development.
McCullough has been with Sebago since 1987.

Shawn Frank was named senior vice president for commercial development. He joined the company in 1985.

Will Conway was named senior vice president of landscape architecture. Conway joined Sebago in 1988.

Keith McAlary was promoted to chief financial officer. McAlary formerly served as controller and joined the company in 2001.

Dan Riley was promoted to vice president of engineering. Riley joined the company in 2001 and formerly served as a design team leader.

Kylie Mason was promoted to vice president of project delivery. Mason has worked with Sebago since 2005.

Photos taken M. Kathleen Kelly.

Miranda Hardy was recently promoted to program director at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Maine. Hardy served as an intern from 2009 to 2010. She was hired as a program manager in 2012.

BOARD APPOINTMENTS
Spurwink elected Alistair Raymond, Esq. as chair of its board of directors. Raymond is the chief compliance officer and corporate secretary for Avangrid Networks.

Rich Berthy

Richard Berthy and Doug Sanford were elected as new members of the Spurwink board. Berthy is chief executive officer of Foreside Financial Group LLC. Sanford is owner and developer of the Pepperell Mill Campus.

Doug Sanford

The University of Southern Maine appointed six new members to its board of visitors.
Reid Crewe is the grant director of The Bob Crewe Foundation.
Michael Hyde serves as the vice president for external affairs and strategic partnerships for The Jackson Laboratory.
Mary Kozicki Lafontaine has 25 years of experience in the private and public sectors and currently manages the Lewiston CareerCenter.
Aimee Petrin is executive director of Portland Ovations.
Julia Sleeper-Whiting is co-founder and executive director of the Tree Street Youth Center in Lewiston.
Laongdao “Tak” Suppasettawat is president and founder of TAK Advisory LLC.