New HiresiCST LLC, an IT company in South Portland specializing in staff augmentation and software testing, recently hired Jeffrey Wall as director of business development and Robert Caron as technical recruiter for its Portland office.Knight Property Services in Westbrook recently hired Michael Foley as operations manager.Montalvo, international specialists in web tension control in Gorham, recently […]
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New Hires
iCST LLC, an IT company in South Portland specializing in staff augmentation and software testing, recently hired Jeffrey Wall as director of business development and Robert Caron as technical recruiter for its Portland office.
Knight Property Services in Westbrook recently hired Michael Foley as operations manager.
Montalvo, international specialists in web tension control in Gorham, recently hired Ted Dufour as a software engineer. Dufour has 35 years of experience in semiconductors, database analytics and software and electrical engineering.
PDT Architects in Portland recently hired Jacob Beck, Abigail Hopkins Cram, Christian Prasch, Christian Schoewe and Allison Zuchman.
The Wellness Connection of Maine recently hired Christopher Tolford as controller, Danielle Porter as director of human resources and Jeff McElroy as director of production operations. Previously, Tolford was a supervisor with Macpage. Porter most recently worked as the manager of marketing and human resources at a biochemistry firm in Boston. McElroy is the former vice president of Backyard Farms in Madison.
Thompson & Bowie LLP, a law firm in Portland, recently hired Twain Braden as an associate. Braden will practice in the areas of admiralty and maritime and commercial litigation.
Eastern Maine Healthcare System in Brewer recently hired Robert Thompson as senior vice president and chief medical officer. Thompson is currently the chief quality and medical officer of Asante Health System in Medford, Ore., and will assume his duties on May 5.
RE/MAX Realty One in Saco recently hired Joshua Lagasse as a member of its sales team.
Preti Flaherty, a law firm in Portland, recently hired Rachel Green and Camden Hillas as associates. Green practices with the business law group in the firm's Portland office while Hillas practices with the bankruptcy and litigation groups in the firm's Concord, N.H., office.
Putney Inc., a pet pharmaceutical company in Portland, recently hired Richard Davan as director of regulatory affairs. Davan spent the previous 18 years in the human pharmaceutical industry.
Diversified Communications, an international media company in Portland, recently announced several new hires. Jessica Eames was hired as an operations representative; Roger Crewse, web support specialist; Adam Shaw, advertising sales representative; Dan Harper, sales representative; and Sarah Fay and Madeline Shulman, registration representatives.
Creative Imaging Group, a marketing, advertising and printing company in Scarborough, recently hired Katie Burke as director of account management and Dan Routh as creative director.
Chase Custom Homes & Finance Inc. in Westbrook recently hired Danny McCarthy as vice president of sales. McCarthy was previously an associate broker at Flaherty Realty.
Pierce Atwood LLP, a law firm in Portland, recently hired Jonathan Gelchinsky as a partner in the firm's intellectual property and technology practice group and Leonard Gerzon as senior adviser, property tax, in the firm's state and local tax group. Gelchinsky was previously a partner at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP in Boston. Gerson is principal of Len Gerzon LLC.
Pen Bay Healthcare in Rockport recently hired Tom Jurewitz as Pen Bay Medical Center's pharmacy director.
Finance Authority of Maine in Augusta recently hired Bruce Wagner as CEO. Wagner brings a 40-year history as a senior executive to the role.
Norway Savings Bank recently hired Jill King as employment manager. King was previously with Unum.
Terry Garmey & Associates, a law firm in Portland, recently hired Jonathan Sahrbeck as an associate. Sahrbeck most recently served as an assistant attorney general for the state of Maine.
Promotions
Gorham Savings Bank recently announced four promotions. Eric Andrews was promoted to chief banking officer; Cheryl Brandt to executive vice president, retail banking; Julie Case to vice president, senior risk and compliance officer; and Jeremy Clough to vice president, information security officer.
Bar Harbor Bank & Trust in Topsham recently promoted Chris Perry and Michelle Curtis. Perry, previously the vice president/regional market manager for midcoast and southern Maine, was promoted to vice president/relationship manager – middle market. Curtis, previously branch relationship manager in Topsham, was promoted to vice president/regional market manager.
The Maine Department of Corrections recently promoted Nate Randall to regional correctional manager for region II-juvenile; Roy Curtis to regional correctional manager for region III-juvenile community; and Michael Garan to chief firearms instructor.
Lipman & Katz P.A., a law firm in Augusta, recently promoted Karen Boston and Melissa Reynolds O'Dea to co-managers of the firm.
Katahdin Trust Co. in Houlton recently promoted Kate Goodwin to bank secrecy act officer and Leslie Gardner to vice president of retail lending. Goodwin was previously bank secrecy act manager while Gardner was assistant vice president and retail lending officer.
The Gulf of Maine Research Institute in Portland recently promoted Andrew Pershing to chief scientific officer. Previously Pershing was a research scientist at the institute and a faculty member at the University of Maine's School of Marine Sciences.
Pine Tree Society, a nonprofit in Bath that provides direct service programs to people with disabilities, recently promoted LuAnn Atwood to camp relations coordinator/IT coordinator and Barry Corkum to community services supervisor.
The Bangor YMCA recently promoted Kristin Parker to assistant director of childcare and youth development and director of Camp G. Peirce Webber. Parker was most recently the Y-Works coordinator for the before-and-after school program.
CEI, a nonprofit community development corporation and community development financial institution in Wiscasset, recently promoted Alice Hudyberdi to executive associate.
Brann & Isaacson, a law firm in Lewiston, recently announced that Kenleigh Nicoletta has become a partner of the firm.
New Albertson's Inc. recently announced that Jim Rice, currently interim president of the company's Chicago-based Jewel-Osco Division, was promoted to president of the Shaw's & Star Markets division based in Boston.
U.S. Cellular recently promoted Lee Houghton-Davis to director of sales for the New England Agent Channel in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. Previously, Houghton-Davis was the agent area sales manager for New England.
Thompson & Bowie LLP, a law firm in Portland, recently elected attorney Dale Gavin partner. Gavin has been with the firm for more than 10 years and practices in the areas of employment and workers' compensation law.
Kemp Goldberg Partners, an advertising, marketing and public relations firm in Portland, recently promoted Amber Caron to director of public relations and Chris Philbrook to director of public affairs. Caron and Philbrook were previously a senior account executives.
MaineGeneral Health in Augusta recently promoted Nicole McSweeney to vice president of development and communications. McSweeney most recently served as director of marketing and communications.
Maine Financial Group in Scarborough recently promoted Jim Amabile and Sue McCarthy to assistant vice president and commercial services officers. Amabile and McCarthy were previously commercial services officers.
Dream Local Digital, a digital marketing and communications agency in Rockland, recently promoted Jessica Greene to junior marketing strategist and Kasey Ahlquist to senior marketing strategist. Greene was previously the office manager and Ahlquist was a marketing strategist.
Bath Savings Institution in Bath recently promoted Janine Lipfert to vice president of online and business banking and Marcia Wallace to assistant vice president, retail loan department.
Appointments
Friends of Casco Bay/Casco BAYKEEPER in South Portland recently elected Joan Benoit Samuelson and Paul Gregory to its board of directors. Samuelson is the founder and chair of the TD Bank Beach to Beacon 10K Road Race in Cape Elizabeth while Gregory is an environmental specialist in the invasive species program of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection.
OHI, a nonprofit in Hermon that provides support and services to people with intellectual disabilities, autism and mental illness, recently elected Cynthia Bergin to its board of directors. Bergin is the Camden National Bank, Brewer branch manager and retail banking officer.
Maine Audubon in Falmouth recently added Susan Hillman and Andy McClelland to its board of trustees. Hillman is professor of education at the University of New England and McClelland is the mobile marketing manager at L.L.Bean.
Achievements
Karen Jones of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Portland recently earned the Accredited Buyer's Representation designation.
Susan Swanton, executive director of the Maine Marine Trades Association, was recently invited to take part in an event convened by President Obama to discuss strategies for helping the nation's nearly four million long-term unemployed get back into the labor market.
The Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation recently announced that it awarded $512,500 to three organizations in Portland in 2013. MaineHealth, Let's Go! Healthcare, received $500,000; City Year, Presumpscott Elementary School, received $7,500 in service time; and The Foundation for Maine's Community Colleges, Agricultural Sciences program at Kennebec Valley Community College, received $5,000.
The Bennett Law Firm in Portland recently announced that the firm was chosen as the winner of the 2014 Corporate Intl Magazine Global Award: Employment Litigation Law Firm of the Year in Maine. The award recognizes excellence by the world's leading legal teams that have demonstrated superior client service and legal knowledge.
Mary Kathryn Brennan, an attorney with the Law Office of Smilie G. Rogers PLLC in Portland, was presented with the New Lawyer Award and Calien Lewis, the former executive director of the Maine Bar Foundation, received the 2014 Howard H. Dana Jr. Award at the Maine State Bar Association's annual meeting held recently.