Susan Ruhlin FILE PHOTOLewiston Auburn Metro Chamber hired Susan Ruhlin as CEO. Ruhlin most recently served as managing director of the Dirigo Labs accelerator at the Central Maine Growth Council.
J. Edward Knight Insurance Agency in Boothbay Harbor hired Don Legere as an insurance agent. Legere previously served as president and owner of Blake, Hall & Sprague Inc. in South Portland.
Legacy Properties Sotheby’s International Realty, a luxury real estate company in Portland, hired Nick Maynard as a real estate professional on Colin Harvey’s team in its Brunswick office.
Maine Historical Society in Portland hired Catherine Cyr as curator of exhibition and content and Veronique McAree as marketing and communications manager.
C&L Aerospace in Bangor, a C&L Aviation Group company, hired Dub Timmons as regional sales manager focusing on business jet aircraft parts sales throughout the Midwest, Northeastern U.S. and Canada.
Portside Real Estate Group hired Stephanie Tremblay as an associate broker in York County.
Keller Williams Realty Maine in Portland hired Sarah Darrah as a realtor as well as Lindsay Cartmell, Sheala Foth and Laura Mockler.
The city of Auburn hired DeCarlo Brown as director of planning and permitting. Previously, Brown was director of planning and economic development for the town of South Berwick.
Promotions
Skowhegan Savings Bank promoted Susan Desgrosseilliers to regional vice president of commercial lending and Linda Morton-Hebert to assistant vice president commercial lender in Portland. Desgrosseilliers was previously a vice president commercial lender while Morton-Hebert was community branch manager in Portland.
Maine Historical Society in Portland promoted Vivian Cunningham to visitor services and collections assistant.
Midcoast Federal Credit Union in Freeport promoted Christina Carter to president. Carter, who has 25 years of credit union leadership experience, has served in senior executive roles with the credit union since 2018.
AAA Energy Services in Scarborough promoted Aaron Thibodeau to service manager. Thibodeau was previously a service technician.
R.M. Davis, a provider of wealth management and advisory services in Portland, promoted Drew Blaney to principal and CFO, Michael Wood to head of the client advisor group and Michele Whitmore and George Carr to principal. In addition, Kenleigh Nicoletta and Michael Neff were promoted to managing directors; Jill Richardson, Karen Merritt and Caitlin Hickey to vice president — client service; Teddy Smith to vice president and client advisor; Mary Ellen Carignan to senior client support associate; Kurtis Petersons to senior securities trader; Denise Fredette to senior finance associate; Kristen Minervino to senior operations associate; and William Myrick to senior client support associate.
Maine State Credit Union in Augusta promoted Travis Rowell to vice president, mortgage lending. Rowell was a mortgage lender.
Appointments
Thomas College in Waterville added Joyce Taylor Gibson to its board of trustees. Gibson recently retired as interim vice president of academic and student affairs at Roxbury Community College in Boston.
Michael-Corey Hinton DRUMMOND WOODSUMDrummond Woodsum, a law firm in Portland, added Michael-Corey Hinton, Joanna Brown Tourangeau and Elek Miller to its board of directors. Hinton is the co-chair of the firm’s tribal nations practice group, Tourangeau is a member of the firm’s environmental and natural resources practice group and Miller is board chair of Drummond Woodsum Enterprises, a subsidiary of the firm, and leads the firm’s privacy and data security and artificial intelligence practice groups.
Pierce Atwood LLP, a law firm in Portland, named Lisa Gilbreath chair of the firm’s environmental practice group and Sarah Tracy chair of its energy practice group.
Spurwink, a behavioral health and education services nonprofit for children, adults and families based in Portland, added Ashley Boyle to its board of directors. Boyle serves as a vice president and consumer banking relationship manager at Bangor Savings Bank.
Bangor Savings Bank appointed Liz Kohler and John Stebbins to its board of directors. Kohler is managing director of strategy, operations and growth at Northeastern University’s Roux Institute while Stebbins is CEO of Procon Inc.
MaineHealth in Portland said that Alex Keuroghlian, Stephen Rawlings, Kinna Thakarar, Adam Normandin, Malia Haddock and Tobias Nicholson were selected to serve on a national Advisory Council for the Health Resources and Services Administration HIV/AIDS Bureau’s Street Medicine Interventions for People with HIV Who are Unsheltered Initiative.
Achievements
Fontaine Family recognized agents Hannah Clark, Maria Morrissette, Kelly Webb-Quinn, Bill Bergeron, Clayton Larochelle and Sierra Lemieux as “Platinum Level” producers; Teri Campbell, Charmaine Raby, Sylvia Rhodes and Cindy Morin as “Gold Level” producers; Dustin Larochelle, Aaren James, Chad Doucette and David Foster as “Silver Level” producers; and Lauri Kinser, Tiffany Poland, Luke Kelleher and Emma Noonan as “Bronze Level” producers. Noonan was also named “Rookie of the Year;” Lemieux was the “Brenda Fontaine Leadership Award” winner; Kevin Bergeron and Sally Christner were presented “10-year Milestone Awards;” and Megan Trundy, Tiffany Poland, Sandra Godin, Maggie Ferland, LeAnn Payne and Dawn Dubuc received “5-year Milestone Awards.” Mainely Home Watch, a property management company in South Portland, earned accreditation from the National Home Watch Association for the third year.
Maine Preservation in Portland held its annual “Honor Awards” highlighting excellence in historic preservation. Honorees included Boyd Block, Nightingale and Victoria Mansion in Portland; the Spinning Mill in Skowhegan; Gehring House in Bethel; Dr. Milton Wedgewood House in Lewiston; Biddeford City Hall Clock Tower; Wood Island Life Saving Station in Kittery; the Tiller Project in North Anson; and Carla Haskell of Ellsworth.
Junior Achievement of Maine named Leanne Compton of Camden National Bank as its “2026 Volunteer of the Year.”
The Maine Farmers Coalition in Augusta selected Emily Smith, president of Smith’s Farm in Presque Isle, as its “2026 Farmer of the Year.”
ReForm Composites Inc., an advanced manufacturing company in Bangor, was selected as one of 20 global finalists in the “JEC World 2026 Startup Booster,” recognizing technologies shaping the future of the composites industry.
Six students from the Biddeford Regional Center of Technology earned medals in the State SkillsUSA Competition. Gold medal winners included Jack Squires of Thornton Academy in CNC Programming and Roberto Tshimayi Ngaba of Thornton Academy in Plumbing and Heating. Earning silver medals were Zayne Provencher of Biddeford High School in IT Programming and Ethan MacWilliam of Old Orchard Beach High School in CNC 3-Axis Milling Programming. Gregory Casivant of Thornton Academy and Thomas Go of Biddeford High School earned bronze medals in Welding and Architectural Drafting, respectively.
April Tardiff, a Merrill Wealth Management financial advisor based in Portland, was named the No. 2 advisor in Maine on the 2026 Forbes “Top Women Wealth Advisors — BestinState” list.
The U.S. Small Business Administration announced that Maureen, Stephen and Nathaniel Hassett, owners of Custom Composite Technologies Inc. in Bath, were selected to receive the U.S. Small Business Administration’s “2026 Small Business Persons of the Year Award for Maine.” Other award winners included “Maine Young Entrepreneur of the Year,” Erik Francis, Francis Fisheries, Perry; “Maine and New England Veteran Owned Small Business of the Year,” Spud Speedway, Caribou; “Maine Home Based Business of the Year,” Casco Bay Ambulance Service, Portland; “Maine Woman Owned Small Business of the Year,” Fundamental Foot Care PLLC, Hampden; “Maine Micro-Enterprise of the Year,” Rick’s Redemption LLC, Presque Isle; “Maine and New England Small Business Manufacturer of the Year,” Compotech Inc., Brewer; and “Maine Financial Services Champion of the Year,” Ghent Holdsworth II, Aroostook County Savings & Loan Association.
Malone Commercial Brokers in Portland said it was recognized with two CoStar Impact Awards, one for “Lease of the Year” for the R.M. Davis lease at One Portland Square in Portland and one for “Sale/Acquisition of the Year” MaineHealth’s acquisition of 300 Southborough Drive in South Portland.
Ancorum Credit Union in Bath earned “Diamond Awards” for logo, retail display and merchandising, and brand storytelling and purpose video from the America’s Credit Unions Marketing, PR & Development Council’s annual competition recognizing excellence in credit union marketing.
