IN SHORT

New hires

Maine Medical Partners, a department of Maine Medical Center in Portland, hired William Talpey, George Russell and Catherine Curry. Talpey joined Maine Medical Partners - Geriatric Medicine; Russell is division director at Maine Medical Partners - Pediatric Specialty Care; and Curry joined Maine Medical Partners - Portland Pediatrics.

Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce in Waterville hired Brittnae DeRoche as a marketing assistant.

Katahdin Trust Co. in Houlton hired Angela Butler as senior vice president, commercial services officer in Bangor and John Quesnel as vice president, managed assets officer in Hampden. Butler was previously senior vice president, commercial banking region manager at People's United Bank in Bangor while Quesnel was vice president, business banker with People's United Bank in Bangor.

EMMC Cancer Care in Bangor hired Helen Hsu as director of the Oncology Research Program. Most recently Hsu served as a consultant to biotech and pharmaceutical companies.

The MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor hired Stephen Krasinski as vice president for administration. Krasinski was with Boston Children's Hospital, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School.

Diversified Communications, an international media company in Portland, hired Anthony Sciarra as a junior help desk technician, Jessica Woods as an accounts receivable team lead, Parker Swenson as an operations coordinator and Chris Carrier as a junior web designer. Sciarra was previously with Hannaford Supermarkets in Scarborough, Woods with RKO CPA in South Portland, Swenson with 360 Media Ventures in Portland and Carrier with Midcoast Federal Credit Union in Bath.

P&C Insurance in Westbrook hired Phillip Smith as commercial insurance executive and Chrissy Rioux as account manager for commercial lines. Smith was previously with Northern Insurance Group of Portland and Rioux was with CN Brown.

Sebago Technics, an engineering consulting firm in South Portland, hired Rebecca Gabryszewski and Emmerald Irvin as permitting specialist/project coordinators; Caleb Gervais as survey technician; and Matthew McGuirk as a civil engineer.

L.S. Robinson Co. in Southwest Harbor, a division of Allen Insurance and Financial in Camden, hired Theresa Mitchell as receptionist and office assistant.

Maine Medical Center in Portland hired Paige Teller and Chiara Battelli as co-directors of the hospital's Breast Care Center in Scarborough. Teller is a fellowship-trained breast surgical oncologist while Battelli is a fellowship-trained medical oncologist specializing in breast cancer.

St.Germain Collins, an environmental, EHS (environmental, health and safety) compliance and engineering firm in Westbrook, hired Kris Plante as an environmental scientist and Ty Hughes as an environmental, health and safety specialist.

Fluid Imaging Technologies, a laboratory instrumentation manufacturer in Scarborough, hired Frances Buerkens as sales manager, aquatic markets; Kay Johnson as technical customer support associate; Dave Hamel as director of sales, bio/pharma markets; and Steve Northup as software engineer.

R. M. Davis, a wealth management firm in Portland, hired Theresa Taplin as personal affairs management administrator and Reid Smith as vice president in its Portsmouth, N.H., office.

Maine Association of Nonprofits in Portland hired Jennifer Hutchins as executive director. Hutchins was previously executive director of Creative Portland.

Amistad Inc., a Portland nonprofit serving adults with serious mental illness and other life challenges, hired Brian Townsend as executive director. Townsend most recently served as the assertive community treatment team leader at Catholic Charities.

Sevee & Maher Engineers Inc. in Cumberland hired Lisa Turner as a senior project engineer specializing in site investigation and remediation, civil engineering, and landfill design engineering.

Bristol Seafood in Portland hired Jimmy Davolio as vice president of sales. Davolio previously held similar roles at Celebration Foods and Wise Foods. In conjunction with the hire, Darrell Pardy, co-founder and former president and CEO of the company, announced he will step down from his role as senior vice president of sales but will remain a shareholder and member of the board of directors.

Promotions

Maine Drilling & Blasting in Gardiner promoted Daniel Werner Jr. to president of the Maine Drilling & Blasting Group of companies. Werner was previously senior vice president.

Market Decisions Research, a survey research firm in Portland, promoted Brian Robertson to vice president, research. Robertson was director of research.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Portland promoted Todd Beacham to business banking market manager for Maine and Vermont. Beacham was most recently senior relationship manager serving clients throughout Maine and Vermont.

Sebago Technics, an engineering consulting firm in South Portland, promoted Matthew Ek to director of survey/GIS advancement and Charles Marchese to director of survey operations.

Appointments

Jay LaJoie was elected to the Potatoes USA executive committee at the organization's 44th annual meeting in Colorado Springs, Colo., and will serve as co-chairman of the board's Industry Outreach Committee. LaJoie is a co-owner and farm business manager LaJoie Growers LLC in Van Buren.

Insurance Professionals of Greater Portland, the local chapter of International Association of Insurance Professionals, elected its 2016 officers led by Adele Nichols, president; Amee Rice, president-elect; Nicole Glover, secretary; and Heather Caston-Talbot, treasurer.

Milestone Foundation, a nonprofit in Portland that aids individuals with substance use and behavior health disorders, added Christopher Poulos and Ryan Ciriello to its board of directors. Poulos is a recent graduate of the University of Southern Maine School of Law and Ciriello is a business intelligence analyst with Martin's Point Health Care.

The Maine Seacoast Mission in Bar Harbor added Robert Mancini, Daniel McKay and Stefan Cushman to its board of directors. Mancini is vice president and CFO at Jasper Wyman & Son in Milbridge; McKay serves as of counsel at Eaton Peabody and Cushman is a principal in his family's commercial real estate business in Florida.

Bill York was appointed to serve as president of the Portland Propeller Club, a maritime business group for the port of Portland.

Maine Credit Union League elected Tucker Cole, president/CEO of Maine State Credit Union, to a three-year term as a director of its board of directors. In addition the following were elected to one-year terms: Chair, Richard Lachance, president/CEO, Connected Credit Union; Vice Chair, Kyle Casburn, president/CEO, Seaboard Federal Credit Union; Secretary, David Desjardins, president/CEO, Acadia Federal Credit Union; and Treasurer, Scott Chretien, president/CEO of York County Federal Credit Union.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bath/Brunswick added John Burrell, Sue Descoteaux and Thomas Mahoney to its board of directors and Mary Herman and Tom Stevens to its advisory board. Burrell is a Knights of Columbus field agent, Descoteaux is residential loan processor/closer at Casco Bay Title, Mahoney is a program manager for Healthy Lincoln County, Herman is a facilitator and strategist with Mary J. Herman Consulting and Stevens is welding superintendent at BIW.

Trademark Federal Credit Union in Augusta elected John George, Tish Payson and Shawn Sutton to its board of directors. George is regulatory accounting manager of Iberdrola USA, Payson is manager of front end operations for Hannaford Supermarkets and Sutton is center store field merchandiser for Hannaford Supermarkets. In addition, Eric Mayo was re-elected as board chairperson, Sue Clary as vice chairperson, George as treasurer and Cheryl Goulet as secretary.

The Damariscotta Region Chamber of Commerce added Ruth Etheridge, owner of Village Travel, and John Roberts, Lincoln County News, as new board members. The chamber also elected Cindy Wade, LincolnHealth, president; Matt Goetting, Lincoln Academy, vice president; Debby Schling, Newcastle Square Realty Associates, secretary; and Jim Jarvis, Camden National Bank, treasurer.

Achievements

Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington announced that Annette Tripp, maternal and child health, won the hospital's Excellence in Nursing Award. Other nominees included: Mary Cyr, wound care; Valerie Farrington, intensive care unit; April Smith, medical/surgical unit; and Tammy White, day surgery.

The National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts named Seth Webber as its Outstanding Member Award winner. The award, given quarterly, recognizes commitment to the organization and advancing the profession. Webber is a principal at BerryDunn.

The Environmental Protection Agency's New England regional office announced four Maine winners of its 2016 Environmental Merit Awards. Martin Smith, Great Works Regional Land Trust in Ogunquit, was selected for a Lifetime Achievement Award; Penobscot Energy Recovery Co. in Orrington a Business, Industries and Technology award; and Ogunquit Conservation Commission, an Enviro, Community, Academia and Nonprofit award. In addition, the State Performance Partnership Improvement Team consisting of Susan Carlson, Vincent Perelli, Ted Diers, Wendy Waskin and John Duclos of the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services; Jeff Crawford, Maine Department of Environmental Protection; Terry Gray, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management; Carey Hengstenberg, Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation; Nicole Lugli, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection; and Deneen Simpson, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection won a Governmental award.

The National Arbor Day Foundation, the largest nonprofit membership organization dedicated to planting trees, recognized Central Maine Power Co., a subsidiary of AVANGRID Inc., as a Tree Line USA Utility for 2015.

Sound Physicians announced that Mayo Regional Hospital in Dover-Foxcroft won a PX Achievement Award in Q1 2016. The award is presented to a hospital in the Eastern U.S. for patient experience based on patient's surveys reflecting hospital stay and their provider's ability to explain, communicate and listen to their needs.

GCMD, a web design and creative agency in Portland, won an American Web Design Award for the agency's recently rebuilt website www.GCMD.Agency.

The Maine Small Business Development Centers, a statewide program that helps entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses, said that Joshua Nadeau received a Core Competencies Professional Certification from the New England Professional Development group. Nadeau is a center director and certified business advisor at the Northern Maine Development Commission in Caribou.

David Jean earned BEI Certified Exit Planner designation. Jean is director of Portland-based Altus Exit Strategies, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Albin, Randall & Bennett CPAs.

Maine Medical Center in Portland said Deborah Hoch was recognized with the American Association of Nurse Practitioners 2016 State Award for Excellence. Hoch is a nurse practitioner in the hospital's Division of Transplant Medicine.

The Maine Small Business Development Centers announced Joshua Nadeau and Peter Harriman received Core Competencies Professional Certification from the New England Professional Development. Nadeau is a center director and certified business advisor in Caribou and Harriman is a certified business advisor in Portland.

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins received the Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Statesmanship Award from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a nonprofit, non-partisan organization that seeks to promote pluralism, defend democratic values and fight terrorism.

Insurance Professionals of Greater Portland, the local chapter of International Association of Insurance Professionals, was awarded Winner of Margaret M. Horvath Education Award and runner up of the Karolyn E. Frost Public Relations Award at the Region 1 conference.

Luke Reinhard, a private wealth advisor with Ameriprise Financial in Portland, earned membership in the company's Diamond Ring Club.

Ace Hardware Corp. announced that Plummer's Ace Hardware in Buxton, Limerick and Waterboro achieved designation as Platinum Performance Retailing stores for outstanding performance.

Marcelo Lopes, culinary professional at LongHorn Steakhouse in South Portland, was recognized as the regional winner of the restaurant's “Steak Master Series” competition.

Stantec, an engineering and architecture firm, said Tim Merritt was selected as the Maine Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers' Engineer of the Year award winner. Merritt manages the firm's surface transportation group in Scarborough and has over 23 years of experience in the planning, design, management and construction of highway, power, and industrial building structures.

U.S. Sen. Angus King, a member of the Senate Budget Committee, was named a “Fiscal Hero” by The Campaign to Fix the Debt, a nonpartisan movement to put America on a better fiscal and economic path. King was one of 21 U.S. senators honored.

The SCORE Association awarded SCORE Portland Maine the 2015 Platinum Leadership Award, the highest recognition possible for any local chapter.