IN SHORT

New hires

EMHS in Brewer hired Charlie Therrien as president of Mercy Hospital in Portland, Gregory LaFrancois as president of TAMC in Presque Isle and a senior vice president of EMHS and Anthony Filer as senior vice president and CFO. Therrien, who has more than 35 years of health care experience, was previously president at Maine Coast Memorial Hospital in Ellsworth; LaFrancois, a 28-year health care veteran, was president and CEO of Saint Aloisius Medical Center in Harvey, N.D.; and Filer was CFO at Presence Health in Chicago.

Franklin Community Health Network in Farmington hired Miriam Leonard as COO. Leonard, who has worked as a health care leader over a career spanning more than 20 years, was vice president, value improvement at MaineHealth.

Berman & Simmons, a law firm in Lewiston, hired Esther Yoo. She was previously with Pierce Atwood LLP in Portland and will represent plaintiffs in personal injury cases.

Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington hired Justin Clark as a surgeon at Franklin Health Surgery and Richard Batstone as an urologist and surgeon at Franklin Health Urology. Previously, Clark provided general surgery at MaineGeneral Medical Center while Batstone was in private practice in Farmington.

The Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce hired Katie McAllister as marketing and membership coordinator.

Starboard Leadership Consulting in Bangor hired Laura Mitchell, Melissa Donnelly and Scott Schnapp as consulting partners. Mitchell was an independent consultant, Donnelly was a research analyst at The Council on Financial Competition in Washington, D.C., and Schnapp was executive director of the Maine Association of Nonprofits.

Bar Harbor Bank & Trust hired Josephine Iannelli as executive vice president, CFO and treasurer of Bar Harbor Bankshares and Bar Harbor Bank & Trust and its subsidiary Bar Harbor Trust Services. Iannelli most recently served as senior executive vice president, CFO and treasurer of Berkshire Hills Bancorp in Pittsfield, Mass.

Bernstein Shur, a law firm in Portland, hired Alex Kemp as director of marketing and business development. Previously, Kemp was co-founder and chief marketing officer of Harke Strategic LLC, a corporate security and executive protection services firm.

Frannie Peabody Center, an HIV/AIDS organization in Portland, hired Donna Galluzzo as executive director. Galluzzo was executive director at Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland.

Diversified Communications, an international media company based in Portland, hired Meg Stout as a marketing technologist and Lorin Coffler as a corporate development administrator. Stout was previously with Renewable NRG Systems, Burlington, Vt., while Coffler was with Desmaris, Ewing & Johnston PLLC in Manchester, N.H.

EMMC Orthopedic Surgical Specialists in Bangor hired Carmen Crofoot and David Newman as surgeons. Both doctors provide hip and knee surgery as well as general orthopedic services.

Harriman, a design and engineering firm in Auburn, hired Lisa Sawin and Stephen Fraser as architects, Jennifer Siciliano as senior urban planner, Samuel Forgue as civil engineer, Pranjali Rai as urban designer, Mary Zambello as a designer in the Interior Design Studio and Benjamin Hackett as mechanical designer.

Spurwink Services, a nonprofit in Portland that provides behavioral health and educational services for children, adults and families, hired Kathleen Fries as education director at Glickman Academy and Bethany Savage as outpatient and community services office manager in Portland. Fries was previously superintendent at Gov. Baxter School for the Deaf while Savage was a development specialist at Southern Maine Health Care.

FordMurray, a business immigration law firm based in Portland, hired Sara Fleming. Fleming focuses her practice on the immigration needs of highly skilled workers and their employers.

Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park hired Erika Rowland as director of programs. Rowland is a climate change ecologist and conservation scientist who most recently served in the North America Program of the Wildlife Conservation Society.

MaineGeneral Orthopaedics in Augusta hired Stuart Aitken as a surgeon. Aitken recently completed a fellowship in orthopaedic trauma at Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Macpage LLC, an accounting firm in South Portland, hired Hannah Weissauer as an information assurance services associate. Weissauer was a financial services audit associate for PricewaterhouseCoopers.

ITS Inc., an information technology solutions provider in Bar Mills, hired Justin Werner and James Johnson II as system engineers.

Clark Insurance in Portland hired Ben Millick and Pamela St. Clair as account executives in the agency's Business Insurance Department.

Rudman Winchell, Counselors at Law in Bangor hired Caitlyn Smith, Katie Foster, Kristy Hapworth and Rachel Trafton as associates.

Promotions

Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor promoted Donna Russell-Cook to president. Russell-Cook has more than 25 years of experience in health care administration and was previously senior vice president and COO.

Macpage LLC, an accounting firm in South Portland, promoted Elena Mikuzis to manager and Tom Loring to manager of the firm's information assurance services team.

cPort Credit Union in Portland promoted Benjamin Guerette to training manager and Christian Van Dyck to vice president of compliance and audit.

CHANS Home Health Care in Brunswick promoted Deborah Siegel to assistant director of hospice clinical operations. Siegel was previously manager of the private duty program and home health aides.

ITS Inc., an information technology solutions provider in Bar Mills, promoted Dave Mowbray to director of professional services and technology innovation. Mowbray was previously as senior systems engineer.

Clark Insurance in Portland promoted Thomas Saxby to account executive in the agency's business insurance department. Saxby was previously an account manager.

Appointments

The Cancer Community Center in South Portland added Robin Haley, Karen Bradbury and Morgan Smith to its board of trustees. Haley is a social worker and the substance abuse prevention coordinator for the Falmouth School Department, Bradbury is assistant vice president, head of global talent development at Unum and Smith is an audit manager at Baker Newman and Noyes.

The Auditing Standards Board, the American Institute of CPAs senior committee that issues auditing, attestation and quality control statements, standards and guidance to CPAs for nonpublic company audits, appointed Tracy Harding as a new member for the 2016-17 volunteer service year. Harding, the director of quality assurance and the Bangor office coordinator for BerryDunn's financial services group, will serve a 15-month term beginning in November.

GrowSmart elected Rebecca Casey, Hon. Don Marean and Lynne Seeley to its board of directors. Casey is an architect at PDT Architects, Marean is a fourth-term Republican member of the House of Representatives and Seeley is a community planning consultant.

Girl Scouts of Maine in South Portland elected Betsey Timm as president of its board of directors. Timm is a retired bank executive. In addition, the organization also elected Caroline McAleese Riley as first vice president and Janet O'Toole treasurer. Riley is the managing principal/public relations for Garrand and O'Toole is principal of the accounting firm Honeck O'Toole. New at-large board members include Janet Boone, director of inside sales, Sappi Fine Paper; Kay Henry, entrepreneur and co-founder of Northern Forest Canoe Trail; Julia Munsey, partner, Dougherty Project Management; Kathryn Burke Pratt, senior manager of retail marketing, L.L.Bean; and Donna Watson, financial services professional.

Joy Osterhout was elected to the Broadreach Family & Community Services board of directors. Osterhout serves as regional director of community health and wellness for both Pen Bay Medical Center and Waldo County General Hospital.

Achievements

The Breathe Easy Coalition of Maine announced its 2016 Maine Tobacco-Free Hospital Network Gold Star Standards of Excellence Program award winners. Recipients included gold level: Acadia Hospital, Blue Hill Memorial Hospital, Bridgton Hospital, Cary Medical Center, Central Maine Medical Center, Charles A. Dean Memorial Hospital, Down East Community Hospital, Eastern Maine Medical Center, Franklin Community Health Network, Houlton Regional Hospital, Inland Hospital, LincolnHealth, Maine Medical Center, MaineGeneral Medical Center, Mayo Regional Hospital, Mercy Hospital, Mid Coast-Parkview Health Service, Millinocket Regional Hospital, Mount Desert Island Hospital, Northern Maine Medical Center, Pen Bay Medical Center, Penobscot Valley Hospital, Rumford Hospital, Sebasticook Valley Health, Southern Maine Health Care, Spring Harbor Hospital, Stephens Memorial Hospital, The Aroostook Medical Center, Waldo County General Hospital and York Hospital; silver level: Redington-Fairview General Hospital; and bronze level: Maine Coast Memorial Hospital and New England Rehabilitation Hospital of Portland. In addition, “Individual Gold Star” awards went to Martha Bucklin, Mount Desert Island Hospital; and Donna Chamoff, Maura McDonald and Deirdre Sulka Meister, Maine Medical Center.

Portland Water District's distribution supervisor, Ryan Bourque, completed Maine Joint Environmental Training Coordinating Committee's Management Candidate School. The year-long program was designed to prepare water professionals for career advancement in utility management.

Kathy Jones, city clerk with the city of Portland, was presented with the Lorraine M. Fleury Award at the Maine State Elections Administration Conference held at Sunday River in Newry. The award recognizes an individual who has made a significant contribution to the election process and who exemplifies the qualities of fairness, experience, knowledge and service.

Shaheen & Gordon PA, a law firm in Saco, said attorney Peter Schroeter was named the Best Lawyers 2017 mediation “Lawyer of the Year” in Maine.

Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors magazine received six awards, including being named a finalist in the under-30,000 circulation category for magazine of the year, at the 36th annual International Regional Magazine Association awards dinner held in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

Sappi North America, a producer and supplier of diversified paper and packaging products, received a Champion of Economic Development Award from the Maine Development Foundation for its efforts to drive Maine's economy forward.

The Maine Association of Planners awarded “Planning Project of the Year” to the Land Use Planning Commission and Northern Maine Development Commission for work to produce new zoning rules in Aroostook County. The changes provide opportunity for rural businesses to locate and grow in new areas of the county.

Maine Department of Labor announced that Janie Wilder Small of the Machias CareerCenter won the 2016 James F. Walls Workforce Agency Employee Award of the National Association of State Workforce Agencies. The award honors an associate within a workforce development agency who has demonstrated innovation and service to their community, state or country as a whole. Small is the youth program administrator for Washington County.

Midcoast Federal Credit Union in Freeport recognized Chelsea Adkins as its 2016 Service Excellence Award Recipient and Michael Field as its 2016 Volunteer of the Year Award Recipient. Adkins is a retail services supervisor in Edgecomb and Field, the chief of police for the city of Bath, is vice chair of the credit union's board of directors.

The U.S. Department of Commerce re-designated Greater Portland as one of the nation's 24 manufacturing communities. The re-designation will help Greater Portland achieve its goal of doubling the region's food manufacturing employment in 10 years through catalytic investments in workforce, supply chain, R&D, access to capital, international trade and infrastructure.

The Greater Bangor Association of Realtors named Nancy Harrison, vice president, regional mortgage development manager at Bangor Savings Bank, as the recipient of its 2016 Affiliate of the Year Award.

The State Workforce Board's Older Worker Committee named R.H. Foster in Hampden, Hinckley Co. in Trenton and Goodwill Industries of Northern New England in Portland as its 2016 best employers for workers over the age of 50 in Maine.

Allen Insurance and Financial in Camden said Kimberly Edgar completed the National Association of Health Insurance Underwriters' Voluntary/Worksite Certification Course. Edgar is an account manager in the firm's insured benefits division, specializing in dental, life, disability and worksite benefits.

Barron Center, City of Portland received the Maine Health Care Association 2016 Celebrating Excellence in Innovation Award for its Wheelchair Biking program which provides seniors with the opportunity to engage in a meaningful leisure experience.

MaineGeneral Medical Center in Augusta earned Advanced Disease-Specific Care Certification for Acute Stroke Ready Hospital from The Joint Commission and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. The certification recognizes hospitals equipped to treat stroke patients with timely, evidence-based care before transferring them to a primary or comprehensive stroke center.

Empower, a chiropractic and acupuncture office in New Gloucester, was selected by Grow GNG as its first challenge winner and won a package of business services to assist in starting the business.

The town of Fort Fairfield was awarded StormReady Community designation by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Program for its efforts to prepare for severe weather.

The Maine Manufacturing Extension Partnership in Augusta selected Coffee By Design, an artisan specialty coffee roaster coffeehouse chain headquartered in Portland, as its 2016 “Maine MEP Manufacturing Excellence Award of the Year” winner.

The Society for Human Resource Management's Maine State Council recognized Maine's top employers for 2016 at its annual awards and recognition dinner for the “Best Places to Work in Maine” program. Winners included Edward Jones in Belfast in the large company category (250+ U.S. employees), Patriot Subaru in Saco in the medium company category (50 to 249 U.S. employees) and Albin, Randall & Bennett CPAs in Portland in the small company category (15 to 49 U.S. employees).

Robin Alden, a former commissioner of the Maine Department of Marine Resources, was named a “Champion of Change for Sustainable Seafood” by the White House. Alden, the founding executive director of Penobscot East Resource Center, was one of 12 people from across the country to receive the award, which recognizes local leaders who have devoted themselves to helping the United States become a global leader in sustainable seafood management.