In short from July 28, 2008 | A roundup of new hires, promotions, accolades and appointments from Maine's business community

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LeRoux Kitchens in Portland recently hired Suzie Rephan as regional retail manager of its stores in Portland and Portsmouth, N.H. Previously, Rephan owned The Resourceful Shop in Portland.â€&Copy;

Kennebunk Savings Bank recently hired Mark Davis as manager and vice president of its Berwick office. Previously, Davis was branch sales manager at HSBC Bank Financial in Rochester, N.H. The bank also recently hired Donna DeSaulnier as vice president and commercial special assets manager. DeSaul­nier had been vice president and bank secrecy act officer at Rivergreen Bank in Kennebunk.â€&Copy;

Second Street Family Practice, a family medicine clinic in Lewiston, recently hired Norman Millian. â€&Copy;

North Yarmouth Academy, a private day school in Yarmouth, recently hired Michael Dutton as athletic director. He previously was the assistant director of athletics and head basketball coach at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.â€&Copy;

Acadia Trust, an insurance company in Portland, recently hired Marsha Osgood Connors as vice president, senior trust officer and wealth advisor in its Ellsworth office. Previously, Connors was managing director and personal trust relationship manager in the private client group of U.S. Bank in Florida.â€&Copy;

Eve’s at the Garden, the restaurant at the Portland Harbor Hotel, recently hired Lisa Smith as pastry chef. Previously, Smith worked as a baker at Standard Baking Co. in Portland.â€&Copy;

Sanford Institution for Savings recently hired Matthew Ouellette as head of SIS Investment Services. Previously, Ouellette worked as regional director for Integrity Mutual Funds, an investment company based in North Dakota.â€&Copy;

Bernstein Shur, a law firm in Portland, recently hired Scot E. Draeger as shareholder. Draeger will work in the firm’s newly created securities and financial services industry practice group. Previously, Draeger worked as director and corporate counsel of Citi Markets & Banking, a division of New York-based Citigroup, and as senior legal counsel to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C.â€&Copy;

Lewiston-based Oxford Networks recently hired the following: Jackie Birch as business service coordinator in its Bangor office; Keith Ellis as engineering technician in Lewiston; and Glen Davis and Gerald Thomas Smart as networks operation center technicians. â€&Copy;

Waldo County General Hospital in Belfast recently hired Gayle Riley as a family practice physician. Previously, Riley was medical director and physician investigator for Access Wellness PC and Sonotect in Portland.â€&Copy;

The Michelle Grondin Raber State Farm Insurance Agency in Scarborough recently hired Julie Nadeau and Kristin MacWhinnie as account representatives. Previously, Nadeau was a student at the University of Southern Maine, and MacWhinnie was an auto claims adjuster at Acadia Insurance in Portland. â€&Copy;

Foneshow, a Portland-based developer of audio content for mobile phones, recently hired Weleskie Bourke as director of business development. Previously, Bourke was operations manager of GreenStone Media, a New York-based radio and media network. â€&Copy;

The Cumberland County YMCA in Portland recently hired Rebecca Humphrey as director of human resources. Previously, Humphrey was director of human resources at Shalom House Inc. in Portland.â€&Copy;

Portland-based Martin’s Point Health Care recently hired Shannon Banks as vice president of quality. Previously, Banks was vice president of medical affairs at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston.â€&Copy;

Thomas College in Waterville recently hired Patricia Hubel as athletic trainer and strength and conditioning coach. Previously, Hubel was a trainer with A.S.K. Fitness and Performance Inc. in Minot, N.D.â€&Copy;

The Maine Community Foundation, an Ells­worth-based nonprofit, recently hired Leila De Andrade as senior program officer. Pre­vious­­ly, De Andrade was associate director for the Center for Prevention of Hate Violence in Portland.â€&Copy;

Promotionsâ€&Copy;

Stephen Gallant has been promoted to vice president of MMG Insurance Company, a regional property and casualty insurance company in Presque Isle. Gallant had been the company’s assistant vice president. MMG also recently promoted Arthur “A.J.” Cloukey from accountant to senior accountant.â€&Copy;

Aurora Financial Group, an insurance brokerage in Port­land, recently promoted Anne Bacon to director of operations. She previously was the office manager.â€&Copy;

Lauren Geiger Moye recently was promoted to senior associate at Demont & Associates, a fundraising consulting firm in Portland. Geiger formerly was an associate at Demont.â€&Copy;

Kennebunk Savings, a Kennebunk-based financial services institution, recently promoted Courtney Drew, Jessica Damuth and Mark Swift to the position of financial service specialist. The company also recently promoted Maureen St. John to vice president and residential lending officer at its Biddeford branch. St. John previously was the manager of the company’s Wells branch. â€&Copy;

Berry, Dunn McNeil & Parker, an accounting and consulting firm based in Portland, recently announced the following promotions: Michel Caouette to senior manager of the tax services group; Seth Robertson to manager of the utilities group; Lisa Trundy to manager of the health care and not-for-profit industry group; Sheena Curtis to senior in the tax services group; Tina Fajardo to senior in the construction, hospitality, professional services and real estate group; Shane Christiansen to senior in the financial services industry group; Daniel Vogt to senior in the management and information technology consulting group; Jeremy Mowry to senior in the utilities group; Steph­anie Walsh to senior in the health care and not-for-profit industry group; Andrea Duquette to senior in the health care and not-for-profit industry group; and Hannah Colson to senior in the general practice group at the firm’s Bangor office.â€&Copy;

The University of Maine Foundation in Orono recently promoted Sarah McPartland-Good to director of planned giving. She was previously a planned giving officer.â€&Copy;

Appointmentsâ€&Copy;

Cowan Stark was elected president of the newly formed Martin’s Point Medical Group. Stark is a family practitioner in the Ports­mouth, N.H., offices of Portland-based Martin’s Point Health Care, and will manage Martin’s Pont physician practices in Portsmouth, Portland and Brunswick.â€&Copy;

Community Concepts, a social services agency in South Paris, recently appointed Linda Walbridge as director of its Western Maine Economic Development Council.â€&Copy;

Dress for Success Southern Maine in Portland recently elected Susan Lombard to its board of directors. Lombard works at Unum and also is the coordinator of the Dress for Success Southern Maine Professional Women’s Group.â€&Copy;

Charles Martin, a writer and editor, recently was elected vice president of Midcoast Commerce Connection, a business development group in Bath.â€&Copy;

Maine Real Estate & Develop­ment Association in Portland recently elected the following to its board of directors: Ray­mond Cota of Webber Energy in Bangor as president; Dana Totman of Avesta Housing in Portland and Thomas Lea of Maine Bank & Trust in Port­land as vice president; William Shanahan of Northern New England Housing Investment Fund in Portland as treasurer; James Otis of Otis Atwell in Port­land as assistant treasurer; and Dennis Keeler of Pierce Atwood in Portland as secretary and registered agent.â€&Copy;

Maine Centers for Women, Work, and Community in Augusta recently appointed Muriel Mosher, vice president for government and public relations at Florida-based Time Wise Management Systems’ Maine office in Augusta, and Mary McAleney, former district director of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s district office in Augusta, to its advisory council. â€&Copy;

Kevin Carley, formerly the executive director of Maine Audubon in Falmouth, recently was appointed Peace Corps country director for the Federated States of Micronesia and Palau. Carley has stepped down as Maine Audubon’s director.â€&Copy;

The World Affairs Council of Maine in Portland recently elected the following to its board of directors: Deb Barouch, owner and broker at Barouch & Co. in Portland, as president; Michael Wygant, a former U.S. Foreign Service ambassador, as first vice president, Bradley Babson, a development consultant, as second vice president; Joseph Keaney, managing member of Joseph A. Keaney CPA in Portland, as treasurer and finance committee chairman; and Desmond Gilliard, who works in the tax department at Baker Newman & Noyes, as assistant treasurer.â€&Copy;

Ann Chapman, policy and labor relations consultant at Drummond Woodsum, a law firm in Portland, recently was appointed president of the North American Association of Educational Negotiators.â€&Copy;

John Nale, an elder law attorney in Water­ville, recently was elected president of the board of directors of the Maine Association of Area Agencies on Aging in Augusta. The agency also elected the following to its board: Betsy Cantrell, state advocator for seniors, as vice president; Noelle Merrill, executive director of the Eastern Area Agency on Aging in Bangor, as treasurer; and Muriel Scott, president and CEO of Spectrum Generations in Augusta, as secretary.â€&Copy;

Rebecca Hupp, director of Bangor International Airport, recently was appointed to the American Association of Airport Executives Energy/Air Service Task Force, which will develop recommendations for airports to manage rising fuel prices.â€&Copy;

WinterKids Education Founda­tion, a nonprofit organization in Portland, recently elected the following to its board of directors: Sally Johnstone, sen­ior consultant at Reach Advi­sors in Bath; Denise Karkos, senior vice president of marketing strategy at TD Bank­north in Portland; Ellen Grant, executive di­­rector of the Institute for Civic Leadership in Portland; Anna Fincke, director of work ex­­change programs at the Coun­cil on International Educational Exchange in Portland; Edward Simmons Jr., first vice president and senior financial advisor at Merrill Lynch in Portland; and Donna Muto, community executive for development at the American Cancer Society in Topsham. In addition, the organization appointed Katherine Wilbur, national health education manager for the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, to its advisory board. â€&Copy;

Spotlightâ€&Copy;

Composite researchers and manufacturers from around the world met at the fourth International Conference on Advanced Engineered Wood & Hybrid Composites in Bar Harbor from July 6 to 10. The University of Maine’s Advanced Engineered Wood Composite Center hosted the event, giving it a chance to show off its research projects including the Mark V.1 patrol craft, ballistic panels, blast resistant wood structures and secure shipping containers.â€&Copy;

Conference presentations covered different ways to construct composites for building, defense, homeland security and marine applications. A special seminar on green building trends also was offered. â€&Copy;

Company Newsâ€&Copy;

KAPPA Mapping Inc. in Bangor recently completed new tax parcel maps for the City of Gardiner. The firm also worked with Dirigo Spatial Systems of Hampden to convert the city’s paper maps into digital data that can be analyzed with geographic information systems software.â€&Copy;

InterfaceFABRIC Inc., a fabric manufacturer in Guilford, recently changed its name to True Inc.



Fred Forsley, owner of Shipyard Brewing Co. in Portland, recently published the first volume of “The Undersea Adventures of Cap’n Eli,” a comic book inspired by the Shipyard brand Cap’n Eli’s Soda. The book was written and illustrated by Jay Piscopo of Portland.â€&Copy;

The MedAccess program at MaineHealth, the nonprofit parent company of Maine Medical Center and other Maine hospitals, recently received a grant worth more than $16,500 from Community Catalyst and the Alosa Founda­tion. MedAccess will use the money to fund its “Generics are powerful medicine” project, de­­signed to educate consumers about generic drugs. â€&Copy;

The ConnectME Authority, a state committee that works to expand broadband Internet access in Maine, recently said it will award a second round of grants worth $1.5 million by the end of the summer. The committee will give the grants to Internet service providers, municipalities and community groups in areas without high-speed or broadband Internet service. â€&Copy;

Kate’s Homemade Butter in Old Orchard Beach recently was featured in stories on the TalkStar Radio Network, TheCelebrityCafe.com and Boston.com. The butter also was featured in a Father’s Day gift guide by syndicated columnist J. Scott Wilson.â€&Copy;

Kristin Tully, owner of The Elemen-Treehouse of York, recently launched a business called Mommalies, which sells tee-shirts printed with phrases she attributes to moms, such as, “Because I said so!” and “I’m not your maid!”â€&Copy;

The restaurant at the Nonantum Resort in Ken­ne­­bunkport, 95 Ocean, recently was certified as an Environmental Leader by the state Depart­ment of Environmental Protection. The restaurant was certified because it grows its own vegetables and herbs, composts waste, has stopped using Styrofoam containers and uses energy-efficient appliances, among other measures. â€&Copy;

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development program recently awarded more than $900,000 in grants to the following organizations in Lewiston: Museum L-A, which will use the funding to continue an oral history project, work on its archives and expand its marketing efforts; the Franco-American Heritage Center, which will use the funds to continue restoring its facility; and Empower Lewiston, which will use funds to register as a nonprofit corporation.â€&Copy;

Midnight Oil, a fuel distribution company in Newcastle, recently began selling and installing geothermal energy. The company is working with Turner Building Science in Harrison, Wells Unlimited Inc. in Standish and Coastal Winair Co. in Biddeford to offer the service. â€&Copy;

The Meat House, a York-based retail chain that sells specialty meats, recently opened stores in South Portland and Scarborough that employ about 15 people each.â€&Copy;

Wright-Ryan Construction Inc. in Portland re­­cently surpassed its goal to have 10 staff members accredited in Leadership in Energy and En­­vironmental Design by the U.S. Green Building Council. Wright-Ryan set the goal as part of a voluntary agreement with the state Department of Environmental Protection’s STEP-UP program, which encourages businesses to surpass Maine’s environmental regulations.â€&Copy;

ImmuCell Corp., a biotechnology company in Portland, recently began the field trial of Mast Out, its treatment for mastitis in lactating dairy cows. Several hundred cows at multiple dairies in the United States are expected to be enrolled in the trial, which the company began planning in July 2007. It expects to complete the trial by the end of this year.â€&Copy;

The state Department of Economic and Com­munity Development recently certified Priest & Priest LLC in Augusta as a Pine Tree Zone business, making it eligible for tax benefits. Priest & Priest owns the manufacturing facilities of Kenway Corp., a company in Augusta that makes fiberglass and composite products. The certification will allow Priest & Priest to construct a 20,000-square-foot addition for Kenway.â€&Copy;

The Maine Downtown Center at the Maine Development Foundation, a nonprofit in Augusta, recently received a two-year, $300,000 Community Development Block Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The money will support the MDC’s downtown revitalization programs.â€&Copy;

James Walsh and Mary Desjardin have opened a new real estate branch at 94 Saco Ave. in Old Orchard Beach called Weichert Realtors-Waterglen Group that will handle residential and commercial real estate sales throughout southern Maine.â€&Copy;

The Maine Credit Union League Insurance Trust in Westbrook has changed its name to Insurance Trust.â€&Copy;

The University of Maine Cooperative Extension has established a new website, www.extension.umaine.edu/energy, to provide information on saving money through energy conservation and alternative energy sources. â€&Copy;

The Regatta Banquet and Conference Center at Eliot Commons in Eliot has opened, and celebrated with a ribbon cutting ceremony June 26. â€&Copy;

Thomas College in Waterville is starting a new MBA program, beginning in the fall, for sports management students that will allow these students to earn both their undergraduate and graduate degrees in five years.â€&Copy;

Giddyup Business Development Partners in Portland recently updated its website and is preparing to become the first authorized Google Analytics consultant in Maine. â€&Copy;

Stephens Memorial Specialty Clinic in Nor­way has added an oncology service after partnering with Maine Medical Center and the Maine Center for Cancer Medicine and Blood Disorders. Dr. David Benton of Bruns­wick is the primary physician at the clinic.â€&Copy;

Northeast Bank in Lewiston and Maine Energy Systems in Bethel recently partnered to lend money to homeowners installing wood pellet-fueled boiler systems. MESys will distribute and install the boiler systems, and Northeast Bank will offer special financing and homeowners’ insurance. â€&Copy;

BioAnalyte Inc. in Portland, a software provider, and IonSense Inc. of Saugus, Mass., have released a software program called MSRedux designed to enable rapid conversion of large volumes of mass spectrometer data to a visual format. â€&Copy;

F.W. Webb Co., a plumbing distributor in Ellsworth, recently hired J.M. Coull, a construction company in Maynard, Mass., to build a new 45,000-square-foot plumbing, heating, refrigeration and HVAC distribution center and showroom in Ellsworth. â€&Copy;

Blue Marble Geographics in Gardiner is working with GeoDesign International, a GIS services firm in Lorena, Brazil, to expand Blue Marble’s reach into South America. GeoDesign will provide sales and technical support in Portuguese and Spanish. â€&Copy;

Jimmy the Greek’s Restaurant recently opened in Old Orchard Beach at 215 Saco Ave. It serves gourmet pizza baked in a stone-hearth brick oven.â€&Copy;

KeyBank at 162 High St. in Ellsworth is being renovated on the same site, and will be closed through the end of the year. During the renovation, clients can use the 82 Water St. branch in Ellsworth.â€&Copy;

Seventeen attorneys from Bernstein Shur have been selected by a team of independent legal researchers for inclusion in the 2008 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, a directory of attorneys in the United States. The attorneys selected for the Maine guide are Robert Keach, Michael Fagone, Charles Miller, Nathan Smith, Jaimie Schwartz, William Welch, Tom Hanson, Eliza Cope Nolan, Peter Rubin, Jeffrey Thaler, Gregory Cunningham, Linda McGill, Patricia Peard, Eric Saunders and John Carpenter.â€&Copy;

Parkview Adventist Medical Center in Bruns­­wick has received accreditation in breast imaging and CT imaging as a result of a recent survey by the American College of Radiology.â€&Copy;

ESN North Atlantic in Scarborough recently completed chemical analysis on discharge from Spectra Energy’s underwater liquefied natural gas pipeline outside Boston Harbor. ESN also recently added equipment and tools to expand its services into the sub-surface geo-technical market. â€&Copy;

The Children’s Center in Augusta will begin offering childcare to area families in August. â€&Copy;

Philip DuBois, administrator at Market Square Health Care Center in Paris, recently addressed the annual Leadership Symposium for nursing home managers in Maine sponsored by the Maine Health Care Association in Boothbay Harbor. DuBois’ talk included how baby boomers are changing the atmosphere of nursing home care.â€&Copy;

Your Name Here Communications recently opened in Rockport, offering editing, writing, publishing and public relations services to businesses, agencies, individuals and nonprofits. â€&Copy;

The USDA’s office of Rural Development gave city officials in Augusta a $60,000 grant to assist in the construction of an open-air pavilion at the Edwards Mill Park. The pavilion will house the city’s downtown farmers market. â€&Copy;

Mattson, an Augusta real estate development company, has filed an application with the Maine Department of Transportation to restore the former Central Maine Railroad freight shed in Hallowell’s historic district for future use as a passenger railroad station and tourist information center with a public restroom, community meeting room and exhibit space.â€&Copy;

Portland law firm Pierce Atwood has been ranked number one for litigation and environmental practice groups in the 2008 edition of the directory Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.â€&Copy;

Accoladesâ€&Copy;

The City of Lewiston recently received a Heart Healthy Award from the Maine Cardiovascular Health Council for its cost-savings “Employee Health Care Management System by Prevention” program.â€&Copy;

The Maine Business School at the University of Maine recently was chosen as one of the world’s 1,000 best business schools by French international educational consulting organization Eduniversal.â€&Copy;

Harmon’s Clam Cakes in Kennebunk recently received first place for its clam cakes in the “Clam Cake” division at the 27th Annual International Schweppes Great Chowder Cook-Off in Rhode Island. â€&Copy;

The National Restaurant Association recently announced that John Hughes, owner of personal chef service Cook with John and former chef/owner of Windows on the Water restaurant in Kennebunk, was the runner-up of the 2008 “Hot Chef Challenge.” Hughes posted on YouTube a two-minute video showing his preparation of Bang Island mussels with jalapeno pepper, cilantro, shallot, garlic and an India Pale Ale from Redhook Brewery.â€&Copy;

Two staff members at Inland Hospital in Waterville recently received awards for their clinical excellence. Susan Palumbo, a registered nurse and certified diabetes educator, received the Nursing Clinical Excellence award. Tina Marlowe, lead radiology technician in Inland’s imaging department, received the Non-Nursing Clinical Excellence award.â€&Copy;

Two employees at Spring Harbor Hospital in Westbrook recently received national recognition. Ric Hanley, the hospital’s chief operating officer, received board certification in healthcare management as a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, an international professional society of more than 30,000 healthcare executives who are leaders in a variety of healthcare settings. Joseph Pastore, nutritional services director at the hospital, recently received the Future Horizons Award from the National Society of Healthcare Foodservice Management.â€&Copy;

Asherah Cinnamon of Portland and Scott Fuller, an artist and art professor at Saint Joseph’s College in Standish, recently traveled to Beijing, China, to receive an Olympic Ring Award for their sculpture, “Reaching for Courage: Gateway to China.” As part of the Olympic Landscape Sculpture Contest, the sculpture was one of 50 Ring Award winners out of 290 design finalists. The sculpture design will be displayed at this summer’s Olympic Games, along with the works of 29 finalists who received gold, silver and bronze medals.â€&Copy;

Jason Hurley, assistant lacrosse coach at Cheverus High School in Portland, recently received the 2008 High School Assistant Coach of the Year Award from the Maine Chapter of U.S. Lacrosse Men’s Division.â€&Copy;

Two employees of The Corporate Library in Portland — Annalisa Barrett, senior research associate, and Alexandra Higgins, a research associate — recently were named “Rising Stars of Corporate Governance” by the Millstein Cen­ter for Corporate Governance and Perfor­mance at the Yale School of Management. The Millstein Center’s list of rising starts recognizes corporate governance professionals under the age of 40 who are making their mark as outstanding analysts, experts, activists and managers.â€&Copy;

The Maine Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration recently awarded Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap the 2008 Public Administrator of the Year award and Philip Dionne, owner of Philip A. Dionne, General Construction, in Brunswick, the chapter’s public service award.â€&Copy;

The Maine International Trade Center recently named The Baker Company in Sanford as the 2008 Exporter of the Year. The Baker Company, which employs 150 people, designs and manufactures biological safety cabinets, clean benches, isolators and fume hoods.â€&Copy;