IN SHORT

New hires

The Land & Garden Preserve in Seal Harbor and Northeast Harbor hired Taylor Bushell as natural lands director. Bushell most recently was director of land stewardship at the Westchester Land Trust in Bedford Hills, N.Y.

Verrill Dana, a Portland law firm, hired Robert Wright as legal services manager.

MaineGeneral Surgery in Augusta hired Joshua Gillis to provide plastic and reconstructive surgery at both the Alfond Center for Health in Augusta and the Thayer Center for Health in Waterville. Gillis recently completed a hand and microsurgery fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.

Hospice Volunteers of Somerset County hired Amy Cunningham as community outreach coordinator.

CES Inc., a firm of engineers, environmental scientists and land surveyors in Brewer, hired Philip Badger as senior project engineer and master electrician. Badger has 28 years of hands-on electrical work, electrical design experience and project leadership.

The Maine Community Foundation in Ellsworth hired Elena Sulima as controller. Sulima was previously with Hollywood Casino Hotel and Raceway in Bangor.

DMM Inc., a document solutions company in Scarborough, hired Rich Heuer as CFO. Heuer was previously CFO and COO at NEPS Inc., a communications software management provider.

Diversified Communications, an international media company in Portland, hired Joel Hatfield as an operations coordinator. Hatfield was previously a support expert at Certify.

NH Bragg, an industrial equipment supplier in Bangor, hired Andy Fitzpatrick as business development manager. Fitzpatrick has 20 years of manufacturing, engineering, front line supervision and executive management experience.

Mercy Hospital in Portland hired David Fernandez as vice president of physician practices. Fernandez was vice president of oncology and imaging services at Summit Medical Group in New Jersey.

Milliken Brothers Inc. in Portland hired Shawn Henderson as estimator and project manager. Henderson has 19 years of experience in estimating, project management and design build on a broad range of construction projects.

Androscoggin Home Healthcare & Hospice in Lewiston hired Jim Schneid as a per diem staff physician in the hospice, Katharine Addicott as a per diem nurse practitioner in hospice and palliative care programs and Nancy Wright as a nurse practitioner in the hospice programs.

H.E. Callahan Construction Co. in Auburn hired Michelle Keegan as director of human resources and safety. Keegan was previously environmental health and safety manager with Ocean Spray Cranberries in Breinigsville, Pa.

Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor hired Rudy Marciano as a neurosurgeon at EMMC Neurosurgery and Spine Specialists.

OTELCO, a wireline telecommunications company in New Gloucester, hired Debra Rumery as a customer service representative. Rumery most recently was a client service representative at Androscoggin Bank.

Bernstein Shur, a law firm in Portland, hired Tara Rich as an associate. Rich, who was the legal and policy director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska, joined the firm’s labor and employment practice group.

Maine Medical Partners in Portland announced several new hires including: Katharina Trede, chief of emergency psychiatry, department of psychiatry; Randy Kring, emergency ultrasound fellow, emergency medicine; Christina DeMatteo, Nicholas Dupuis, Arthur Kehas and Christopher Withers, hospital medicine; Colin Phillips, Lisa Thomas, Jordan Leyton-Mange and Edward Sze, MaineHealth cardiology; Raymond Serrano, department of psychiatry; Meredith Bryden, Pediatric Hospital Medicine; Jillian Gregory, critical care, pediatrics; Bryan Lamoreau, Scarborough Family Medicine; Rebecca Harvey, otolaryngology; Rachel Williams, Maine Medical Center, emergency medicine; and Michael Zubrow, Maine Medical Center, pediatric critical care.

207 Prime Properties LLC, a privately held real estate brokerage in Ogunquit, hired Dana Berenson as a sales agent in the Greater Portland area, Seth Driggin as a broker specializing in luxury properties on the southern Maine coast, Ellen Nixon as an associate broker in Wells, David Zempter as an agent in New Hampshire and Dominick Romano as an associate broker in southern Maine.

Promotions

Chase Custom Homes & Finance in Westbrook promoted William Noone to president. Noone previously served as vice president.

Waterfall Arts, a nonprofit community arts center in Belfast, promoted Martha Piscuskas to executive director. Piscuskas had served the organization as programming director since 2009.

Diversified Communications, an international communications company in Portland, promoted Stephanie Scherer to director, project management and marketing operations and Erin Ell to customer service coordinator. Scherer most recently served as manager, marketing operations while Ell was customer service representative.

cPort Credit Union in Portland promoted Jacky Murphy to senior branch manager at 35 Middle St. in Portland, Benjamin Guerette to director of training and Christian Van Dyck to senior vice president and general counsel. Murphy was most recently branch manager at Forest Avenue in Portland, Guerette was training manager and Van Dyck was vice president of compliance and audit.

Appointments

Tree Street Youth in Lewiston formed an advisory council to support the youth organization’s mission and advocate for programming in the greater community. Members include: Yellow Light Breen, Maine Development Foundation; Edmund Cervone, Educate ME; Tae Chong, Catholic Charities; Erin Cinelli, Emanuel & Pauline A. Lerner Foundation; Rebecca Swanson Conrad, LA Metro Chamber of Commerce; Glenn Cummings, University of Southern Maine; Ken Grady, IDEXX; Charles Lawton, economist; Colleen Quint, Alfond Scholarship Foundation; Bill Webster, Lewiston schools; Nate Wildes, Live and Work in Maine; and Jean Mattimore, Androscoggin Bank.

Camden National Corp. appointed Marie McCarthy as an independent director of the company. McCarthy is chief operations and people officer at L.L.Bean.

Maine Public Relations Council added Wayne Clark to its board of directors. Clark teaches at the University of Southern Maine, New England College, Pacific University and Southern New Hampshire University at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

The American Heart Association in Portland elected Dervilla McCann, chief of population health at Central Maine Medical Center, as board president; and Mindy Beyer, quality improvement specialist with Maine Medical Partners / MaineHealth Cardiology, as board chair. In addition, Melanie Tinto, chief human resource officer at WEX, and Melina Furtado, associate research scientist at Jackson Laboratory, were added to the board.

Husson University in Bangor said that President Robert Clark was elected to the board of directors of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation for a three-year term, effective July 1. The council is a national advocate and institutional voice for promoting academic quality through accreditation.

Maine Manufacturing Extension Partnership in Augusta added Sally Garand to its board of directors. Garand is a commercial loan officer with Finance Authority of Maine.

Achievements

CES Inc., a firm of engineers, environmental scientists and land surveyors in Brewer, said Kay Allcroft is now a Society of Human Resources Management Certified Professional. Allcroft is human resources director, corporate risk manager and safety coordinator for the firm.

Alison Siviski, community and communications manager at the Olympia Snowe Women’s Leadership Institute, was named the first-ever “Maine Young Professional of the Year” at the second annual Ignition Awards hosted by PROPEL and the Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce. Four local businesses were also recognized at the event: “Hustler of the Year” was High Roller Lobster Co.; “Social Entrepreneurship (Small Business)” went to Mast Landing Brewing; “Social Entrepreneur of the Year” was awarded to Revision Energy; and “Economic Stimulation Award (Large Business)” went to Certify.

Promerica Health, a full-service health engagement and wellness company in Falmouth, announced that it has surpassed two million health screenings provided.

Portland Buy Local said Coffee by Design, Garbage to Garden, Longfellow Books, Micucci Grocery, Portland Food Co-op, Portland Maine Farmers’ Market, Portland Museum of Art, Portland Trails, Rosemont Market and Bakery and Space Gallery will be inducted into its Hall of Fame at this year’s Indie Biz Awards.

BerryDunn, an accounting and consulting firm in Portland, was ranked No. 72 by Inside Public Accounting in its annual list of the Top 100 U.S. public accounting firms. This is the firm’s eighth straight year on the list, which recognizes accounting firms with the highest net revenue.

Fluid Imaging Technologies Inc., a laboratory instrumentation manufacturer in Scarborough, received the “Innovator of the Year” award at the Manufacturers Association of Maine annual summit for its FlowCam Nano imaging instrument.

The Daniel Hanley Center for Health Leadership, a Portland-based nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the transformation of Maine’s health and healthcare sectors, announced the names of its 12th Health Leadership Development cohort. Participants include: Kenneth Albert, president and CEO, Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice; Lee Averill, system director of quality services, Central Maine Medical Center; Seth Blanchard, marketing director, MaineHealth; Rebecca Brown, clinical director, Oasis Free Clinics; Michael Burke, director of operations, Tri County Mental Health Services; Melissa Cantara, director of nursing services, Seal Rock Healthcare; Ravi Chandrasekaran, medical director hospital medicine, Mercy Hospital/Eastern Maine Health Systems; Jeffry Davis, regional senior director of support operations, Waldo County General Hospital; Paula Dube, director of clinical support and quality improvement, HealthReach Community Health Centers; Joanna Duncan, director of data analytics and operations, Onpoint Health Data; Charles Dwyer, program officer, Maine Health Access Foundation; Sharon Economides, program manager lactation consultation and childbirth education, Maine Medical Center; Scott Edgecomb, clinical operations manager, Martin’s Point Healthcare; Edith Flores, program coordinator, Mano En Mano; Nancy Hall, professor and department chair, University of Maine; Su-Anne Hammond, family physician and lead provider, Mercy Hospital/Eastern Maine Health System; Valens Hasubizimana, refugee health promotion coordinator, Catholic Charities of Maine Refugee & Immigrant Services; Pamela Hepburn, director of diagnostic imaging, LincolnHealth; Emily Keller, preventive medicine fellow, Maine Medical Center; Anita Kolisch, internal medicine physician and chief medical information officer, Maine Coast Memorial Hospital; Robert Kutzer III, clinical systems manager, Maine Medical Center; Brian Laderbush, health care designer, e4h Environments for Health; Sarah Anne Lewis, global MBA, program director, Maine Access Immigrant Network; Meghan Libby, clinical pharmacist and supervisor, Maine Medical Center; Melissa Loiselle, practice manager, InterMed; Esther Mitchell, tribal health district liaison, Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians; Rilwan Osman, executive director, Maine Immigrant and Refugee Services; Stephanie Podolski, hospitalist PA, Maine General Health; Dianna Poulin, coordinator for peer review and quality, Maine Medical Association; Jeanette Pretorius, nurse manager outpatient IV therapy program, Maine Medical Center; Elsa Veronica Roldan, assistant coordinator of diocesan Hispanic ministry, Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland; Jared Sawyer, business intelligence analyst, Maine Medical Center; Amanda Sidell, director of innovation and community care services, Acadia Hospital; and Matthew Somma, senior physical therapy manager, OA Centers for Orthopedics/Spectrum Healthcare.

Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick was named one of “America’s Top 100 Community Hospitals” by Becker’s Hospital Review. The review recognizes hospitals for clinical quality, operational excellence and economic impact in their region.

Stacey Chenevert, vice president of retail services at Atlantic Federal Credit Union in Brunswick, earned the Certified Credit Union Executive designation as a member of the graduating class of CUNA Management School.

April Ylvisaker, wealth advisor at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management in Portland, was recognized as a “2018 Top Next Generation Advisor” by Forbes.

The University of Maine at Presque Isle said it was named one of the top-20 most affordable colleges in the Northeast by Student Loan Hero, a personal finance online organization that works to provide resources, tools and information on student loan debt to students across the nation. The university ranked No. 7.

Girl Scouts of Maine announced that Michelle Hood, president and CEO of Eastern Maine Health Systems, received the “2018 Juliette Award” at its Ninth Annual Pearls of Wisdom Celebration.

Baby-Friendly USA recognized MaineGeneral Medical Center in Augusta as a “re-designated baby-friendly” birth facility.

Skelton Taintor & Abbott, a law firm in Auburn, said eight of its attorneys were named in U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers “2019 Best Lawyers in America” list.