New hiresBar Harbor Bank & Trust hired Doug Stewart as senior vice president of human resources operations and total rewards. Stewart has 25 years of human resources experience.CES Inc., a firm of engineers, environmental scientists and land surveyors in Brewer, hired John Kuchinski as senior project engineer in Saco, Chelsea Cyr as senior project assistant […]
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New hires
Bar Harbor Bank & Trust hired Doug Stewart as senior vice president of human resources operations and total rewards. Stewart has 25 years of human resources experience.
CES Inc., a firm of engineers, environmental scientists and land surveyors in Brewer, hired John Kuchinski as senior project engineer in Saco, Chelsea Cyr as senior project assistant in Brewer and Jeffrey Weeks and Cody Lyons as members of the survey and engineering divisions in Brewer.
Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington hired Vanessa Smith as a nurse practitioner. Smith most recently worked as an intensive care unit and emergency department nurse at St. Joseph Healthcare in Bangor.
RE/MAX Shoreline, a real estate agency in Portland, hired Lee Goyette as an associate broker and Cricket Grobe as a residential agent.
Green Acres Kennel Shop in Bangor hired Taylor Bean as a professional pet stylist. Bean was previously grooming manager at Pet Smart.
People's United Bank in Portland hired Jodi Watson as vice president and wealth management officer. Watson has 15 years of banking and wealth management experience.
Great Bay Services, a service organization in Sanford for adults with disabilities, hired Jon Stimmell as community support coordinator in Maine. Stimmell most recently worked in special education at the Monarch School of New England.
Maine Source Homes & Realty in Auburn hired Deb Morin as an associate broker. Morin was previously with Keller-Williams.
University of Maine System hired Theresa Sutton as CEO of Maine Center Ventures, a new tax-exempt entity developed as part of the plan for the Maine Center for Graduate and Professional Studies to expand partnerships and strengthen the responsiveness of university graduate and professional programs to Maine's civic, business and legal communities. Sutton is a former senior vice-president for business transformation at L.L.Bean.
Rudman Winchell, a law firm in Bangor, hired attorney Tracy Collins as part of its litigation section. Collins, who was with the Bangor district attorney's office, brings seven years of trial and appellate experience to the firm.
SIS Bank in Sanford hired Michael Morel as vice president, cash management and treasury services officer. Morel was previously vice president and regional sales executive for Radius Bank of Boston.
Norway Savings Bank hired Shawn Baldwin to manage its special assets department. Baldwin, who has 18 years of banking experience, will be based in Portland.
Whole Oceans hired Eric Jacobsson as CFO. Jacobsson has over 30 years of experience in finance, most recently serving as senior director of finance for Pentair Water.
The Portland Museum of Art hired Jaime DeSimone as associate curator of contemporary art. DeSimone was previously with the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville.
Lambert Coffin, a law firm in Portland, hired Anna Polko Clark as an associate attorney.
Tri-County Mental Health Services in Lewiston hired Henry Skinner as medical director. Skinner most recently served as president of Family Psychiatry of Maine and as a staff child and adolescent psychiatrist at Sweetser.
United Way of York County in Kennebunk hired Sarah Wheeler as finance and data director. Wheeler previously served as corporate controller at S&J Transportation services in Lee, N.H.
Community Health Options in Lewiston hired Michael Takach as pharmacy director. Takach was previously founder/president of PharmSense Inc.
The Maine State Employees Association, Local 1989 of the Service Employees International Union, hired Alec Maybarduk as executive director. Maybarduk was previously associate director at Maine Voices Network and Maine Votes.
OTELCO, a wireline telecommunications company in New Gloucester, hired Patrick Chambers, Brian Hodgins and Chris Walker as technical support representatives in Bangor.
Promotions
CES Inc., a firm of engineers, environmental scientists and land surveyors in Brewer, promoted Chris Snowdeal to project manager. Snowdeal has nearly two decades of structural engineering work experience.
Goodwill Northern New England promoted Richard Cantz to president and CEO. Previously, he'd served for six years as senior vice president of strategic development and public policy.
Androscoggin Bank promoted Neil Kiely to president. Kiely, who was previously COO, chief strategy officer and general counsel, succeeds Paul Andersen, who will retain the title of CEO until December 31, 2019, at which point Kiely will assume the CEO role. As part of the transition, Andersen was elected vice chair of the bank's board of directors.
Appointments
Kennebunk Savings elected Milda Castner as chair and Matthew Chase as vice chair of its board of directors. Castner is a founding partner of Bergen & Parkinson, a law firm in Kennebunk, while Chase is a CPA and former owner and president of Anchor Fence Co. in Kennebunk.
Girl Scouts of Maine in South Portland elected Carrie McAleese Riley as president of its board of directors. McAleese Riley is a public relations and marketing strategist at Garrand Moehlenkamp. In addition, Julia Munsey was elected as first vice president, Eileen Epstein as third vice president, Janet O'Toole was re-elected as treasurer and Betsey Timm, Patrick Morin, Jacqueline Newell, Susan Brackett, Elizabeth Rettenmaier and Jenifer Lloyd were added as members-at-large. Munsey is the director of membership and corporate development with Maine International Trade Center, Epstein was a partner with Epstein & O'Donovan,O'Toole is principal of the accounting firm Honeck O'Toole, Timm is a retired president of Bank of America Maine, Morin is principal of the risk and business advisory consulting practice with Baker Newman Noyes, Newell is bilingual account training specialist for Vets First Choice, Brackett is a retired civil engineer, Rettenmaier is senior facilitator with The Council Oak and Lloyd is a philanthropy officer at Eastern Maine Health Services Foundation.
Norway Savings Bank elected Todd Gauger and Ed Gardner to its board of directors. Gauger is the owner and operator of Norway Veterinary Hospital while Gardner is owner/broker at Ocean Gate Realty.
The Maine Philanthropy Center in Portland added Kati Denham to its board of directors. Denham is a manager in BerryDunn's tax consulting and compliance services group and a member of the firm's state and local tax group.
SeniorsPlus, an agency on aging located in Lewiston, elected Patricia McCluskey as chair, Patricia Vampatella vice chair, Larry Morin treasurer and Dennis Gray secretary of its board of directors. In addition, Mell Hamlyn, director of finance and human resources at Connectivity Point, was added to the board.
Hospice of Southern Maine in Scarborough added Mark Jones to its board of directors. Jones is senior vice president, director of lending at Saco & Biddeford Savings Institution.
Gary Vogel, a shareholder at the law firm of Drummond Woodsum, was named president of the Maine Real Estate & Development Association. The association also announced its 2018-19 slate of officers which include President Gary Vogel of Drummond Woodsum; vice presidents Bruce Jones of Creative Office Pavilion and Brian Curley of PDT Architects; treasurer William Shanahan of Northern New England Housing Investment Fund; and secretary Shelly Clark, vice president of operations for the association.
Achievements
Autumn Dow, a CPA at Austin Associates PA in Auburn, earned her MBA.
Jennifer Cavalari, a hospitalist at Houlton Regional Hospital, was selected as the Maine Hospital Association's “Caregiver of the Year.”
Amy Dieterich, an attorney at Skelton Taintor & Abbott in Auburn, lectured at an Advanced Family Law Seminar in Portland about effectively litigating issues of contempt in family law cases. Dieterich's practice areas at the firm include employment law, family law, commercial litigation, municipal law and appeals.
Waynflete, a private school in Portland, presented its “2018 Drake Award,” created to honor individuals who inspire others to support the school and its mission and who have given years of outstanding service to the school, to Sara Crisp and Gregg Lipton. The two have been involved at the school in various capacities for 30 years and recently served as co-chairs of the school's capital campaign.
The New England Fellowship of Agricultural Adventurers presented Crane Brothers Farms in Exeter with the “2018 Agricultural Adventurers Award.” The award was presented to the four-generation enterprise known throughout the Northeast for its large-scale, state-of-the-art potato and grain production and for the contributions Crane family members continue to make to agriculture and the public sphere at the community, regional and national levels.
Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick was named “Best Library in Maine” in Down East magazine's annual “Best of Maine” issue.
The Cod Cove Inn in Edgecomb was named recipient of the TripAdvisor “Certificate of Excellence Hall of Fame Award” for earning the certificate for five consecutive years.
Nancy Howland was named the “2018 Elizabeth Fritz Thorndike Award” winner, a biennial award managed by the Maine Community Foundation in Ellsworth. The award honors an individual who has made outstanding contributions to community service on Mount Desert Island. Howland is a retired executive director of the Jesup Memorial Library in Bar Harbor and has since volunteered for numerous organizations.
Joan Fortin, shareholder, director of attorney recruiting and retention and a member of the board of directors at Bernstein Shur in Portland, spoke at DisruptHR Portland, ME 1.0 held at Cloudport CoWorking MultiSpace. Fortin's presentation was titled “The Myth of Meritocracy: Leadership on Gender in the Wake of #MeToo and Time's Up.”
Knickerbocker Group in Boothbay was named “Best Architect” and “Best Builder/General Contractor” in Down East magazine's annual “Best of Maine” issue.
Allen Insurance and Financial in Camden announced Karen Reed earned the designation of Certified Professional Insurance Agent from the American Insurance Marketing and Sales Society; Chris Richmond earned the designation of Certified Marine Insurance Professional from the International Institute for Marine Insurance Studies; Meesha Bodman earned the Safeco Insurance Award of Excellence; Libby Davis earned the professional designation of Certified Professional Insurance Agent; and Holly Shields, a member of the personal insurance team at L.S. Robinson Co. insurance, a division of the firm, earned the designation of Certified Professional Insurance Agent, a professional designation conferred by the American Insurance Marketing and Sales Society.