IN SHORT

New hires

Business Lending Solutions in Hampden hired Don Smith as assistant vice president and lending officer. Smith was previously commercial loan manager at Penobscot County Federal Credit Union.

TRC Solutions, an engineering, environmental consulting and construction management firm in Augusta, hired Nicole Harbaugh as a project accountant in the Power Sector and Craig Derouche as a project accountant in the environmental sector to oversee planning, permitting and licensing projects in the central Maine region.

Hospice of Southern Maine in Scarborough hired Suzanne Noyes as assistant clinical manager for its Home Program, with a focus on facilities. Noyes previously specialized in hospice care at Wentworth Home Care and Hospice of Somersworth, N.H.

Promerica Health, a full-service health engagement and wellness company in Falmouth, hired Jennifer Rancourt as vice president of communications and compliance. Rancourt most recently served as nursing home administrator at the Brentwood Center for Health and Rehabilitation.

Pine Tree Society, an organization in Bath serving Maine children and adults with disabilities, hired Lucy Homes and Brandy Bray in adult case management services in Scarborough, Nick Dionne and Margaret Duffek as direct support professionals in Auburn and Sean Fletcher as an ASL interpreter in Scarborough.

The Maine Community Foundation hired Erica Shaw McCrum as foundation officer for Aroostook County. McCrum was youth advocacy coordinator for Healthy Aroostook.

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation hired Lena Minervino as development director for the state of Maine. Previously, Minervino worked in development for University of Southern Maine.

Becker Structural Engineers in Portland hired Kyle Bohunsky as a staff engineer. Bohunsky previously served as an engineering intern with the firm.

Woodlands Memory Care of Farmington, which is scheduled to open in fall 2017, hired Irving Faunce as executive director. Faunce currently operates Maplecrest Rehabilitation and Living Center in Madison.

James W. Sewall Co., a natural resources, energy and infrastructure consulting firm in Old Town, hired Peter D'Anieri as natural resource consultant in the firm's forestry and natural resources consulting group. D'Anieri's experience in the timber investment sector includes 17 years with Hancock Timber Resource Group, the largest timberland investment manager in the world, where he directed functions including portfolio management, client service, research and portfolio strategy.

Drummond Woodsum, a law firm in Portland, hired Jeana McCormick as a member of the firm's trial services group. McCormick was previously working with victims of domestic violence through Pine Tree Legal Assistance.

Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor hired Frank Richter as an urologist at EMMC Urologic Surgery of Maine. Richter completed his residency at UMD New Jersey Medical School and his fellowship in oncology and minimally invasive urological surgery at Humboldt University in Germany.

Promotions

WoodenBoat Publications, the publisher of WoodenBoat and Professional BoatBuilder magazines in Brooklin, promoted Andrew Breece to publisher. Breece was previously in business development.

Murray Plumb & Murray, a law firm in Portland, promoted Stacey Neumann to partner. In addition to focusing on federal and state criminal law, Neumann practices white-collar defense, civil rights and the collegiate disciplinary process, including Title IX investigations.

Pine Tree Society, an organization in Bath serving Maine children and adults with disabilities, promoted Cathy Verrill to adult case manager, Matthew Bishop to service planner for its Scarborough and Auburn offices and Medora Harrington and Patti Ellery to direct support professional supervisors in Auburn. Verrill was previously a direct support professional, Bishop was service planner for Scarborough and responsible for PCP writing and the therapy documentation process, Harrington was a direct support professional and Ellery was in human resources and safety.

United Way of York County in Kennebunk promoted Jason Ketterick to community impact director for youth and volunteers and Fiona Robinson to marketing and donor development senior manager.

Portland Museum of Art promoted Jessica May to deputy director and Robert and Elizabeth Nanovic chief curator, Diana Jocelyn Greenwold to associate curator of American art and Andrew Eschelbacher to Susan Donnell and Harry W. Konkel associate curator of European art.

Community Concepts Finance Corp. in Lewiston promoted Zachary Maher to vice president of lending. Maher was previously a loan officer specializing in business lending and related services.

Appointments

Androscoggin Bancorp in Lewiston announced 17 new bank officers: James Kacer, senior vice president; Ross Bartlett, Stephen Clauson, Melissa Couture, Michelle Love, Valerie Moody, Brenda Paradis, John Simko and Richard Szabo, vice presidents; and Katie Beatty, Ann Burrill, Patricia Gilbert, Colleen Fournier, Lise Patterson, Derek Simkowitz, Chris Teague and Andrea Wade, assistant vice presidents. In addition, Michael Barriault, Keith Canning, David Maxsimic, Drew Swenson and Jean Wilson were approved as corporators.

Friends of Casco Bay in South Portland elected Kim Charmatz and Andrew Marsters to its board of directors. Charmatz currently serves as an academic advisor to students majoring in the natural sciences at the University of Southern Maine while Marsters is a co-founder of Points East, a boating magazine based in Portsmouth, N.H.

The Maine Insurance Agents Association in Hallowell elected Wendy Tapley as chairwoman. Tapley is owner of Tapley Insurance Agency Inc., an independent insurance agency in York.

Seaboard Federal Credit Union in Bucksport re-elected Alan Johnson and Jeff Kneeland and elected Joe Lynch to its board of directors. Table officers for the coming year are Tony Manzo, chair; Johnson, vice chair; and Jim Duplessis, secretary-treasurer. The credit union also announced the retirement of Basil Staples after serving on the board since 1999.

The board of directors of Camden National Corp. announced the appointment of Craig Denekas as an independent director of the firm. Denekas is chairman and CEO of the Libra Foundation, private grant-making charitable foundation in Portland.

Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Arena named Rick Forsley, Seven Grenier, Luxy LeClair and Natalie Tortorella to its board of directors. Forsley is owner/president of Choice Investments, Grenier is associate director, office of grants and sponsored programs at Colby College, LeClair is a retired executive manager at Central Maine Motors Auto Group and Tortorella is a licensed insurance agent at Combined Benefits United.

Achievements

The Maine Credit Union League in Portland received a “Desjardins Award for Youth Financial Education” from the Credit Union National Association for the 14th straight year. The organization said its members reached more than 17,000 Maine high school students during the 2015-16 school year in an effort to help them better understand personal finance and money management.

Louise Reid, assistant town manager for Old Orchard Beach, received an appreciation award from The Salvation Army for her service to the organization.

SMRT, an architecture, engineering, planning and energy services firm in Portland, said Rebecca Casey earned the WELL Building Standard credential, a standard for buildings, interior spaces and communities seeking to incorporate and measure features that support and advance human health and wellness. Casey is a senior health care architect with the firm.

The Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development announced that 2017 Top Gun entrepreneur Joan Drappeau was selected as the recipient of the “Victoria Hilliard Donovan Award,” meant to encourage women entrepreneurs. Drappeau is co-founder of Codeweaving Inc., which is developing a promotional platform offering an innovative marketing channel for e-commerce called Hover8.

Lipman & Katz, a law firm in Augusta, said that attorney Karen Boston received the highest Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review rating of “AV.” Boston handles personal injury, family law and other civil litigation for the firm.

Penobscot Community Health Care in Bangor awarded its annual “Dr. Robert P. Allen Quality Awards” to David Loxterkamp, Tim Hughes, Mary Beth Leone and Carol Kuhn at Seaport Community Health Center; Stephanie Partridge, Becky McMahan and Stephanie Riehl at Penobscot Community Health Center; David Rawcliffe, George Case, Jennifer Moss and Nathan McKnight at Brewer Medical Center; Hope House Health & Living Center; Controlled Substance Initiative Committee; Heather Blackwell, operations project manager; and Patty Hamilton, Bangor Public Health director, community health leadership board chair.

Joshua Broder, president and CEO of Tilson in Portland, was named a “Top Young Professional” in New England by Engineering News-Record, the magazine of record for stakeholders in the commercial engineering and construction industries since 1917.

Lois Dimitre, a lead dog training instructor at Green Acres Kennel Shop in Bangor, recently graduated with distinction from the Karen Pryor Academy and has been named a Certified Training Partner.

Eaton Peabody, a law firm in Bangor, said its international legal alliance, TAGLaw, was recognized by Chambers & Partners as “Elite” for 2017, the highest ranking awarded to legal networks and alliances. This is the fourth time the firm's alliance has received the designation since ranking legal networks and alliances began in 2013.

Eastern Maine Community College in Bangor won a Maine State Excellence Award from the New England Board of Higher Education. The award is presented to individuals, programs, organizations, institutions or businesses that exemplify the board's mission and specifically “exhibits excellence in promoting college readiness and success for the students of their state.”

Laura Mitchell of Starboard Leadership Consulting in Bangor earned The Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team Facilitator Accreditation. This two-year accreditation signifies that Mitchell offers expertise in delivering The Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team program, in addition to being an accredited facilitator of the Everything DiSC suite of tools.

The Insurance Professionals of Greater Portland, a local chapter of the International Association of Insurance Professionals, selected Amee Rice, a personal lines account manager at Clark Insurance, as “Insurance Professional of the Year” and Michelle Belanger, a personal lines underwriter at Patriot Insurance Co., as “Professional Underwriter of the Year.”

Ron Phillips, founder and retired president and CEO of Coastal Enterprises Inc., received an honorary Doctorate of Public Service during the Saint Joseph's College commencement. Phillips was recognized for his public service in developing financial investment and legislative initiatives that have created economic opportunity nationwide for people and places at the margins of the economy.

Hampton by Hilton recognized Hampton Inn by Hilton Saco/Biddeford with a “2016 Circle of Excellence Award.” The award signifies the hotel as one of the top performing properties within the brand.