A roundup of new hires, promotions and achievements at businesses, law firms, nonprofits, health care institutions, credit unions and professional services firms in Maine.
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New hires
The Finance Authority of Maine in Augusta hired Meredith Whitfield as chief communications officer. Whitfield was previously director of financial operations and chief of staff to the vice president and CFO at Colby College.
Kennebec Savings Bank hired Stevan Stromsky as vice president and senior relationship manager in Portland.
Allen Insurance and Financial in Camden hired Kristin Alley as an account manager in its business insurance division.
Brann & Isaacson, a law firm in Lewiston, hired Joseph Caissie as an associate in the firm’s state taxation practice. Caissie spent the past 10 years working in various capacities for the Alaskan state government.
Atlantic Federal Credit Union in South Portland hired Dereck Archer as branch manager in Topsham and Gabe Michelson as retail services manager in Saco and Westbrook.
Gideon Asen, a law firm in Auburn specializing in medical malpractice and personal injury claims, hired Joe Foltz as director of its case intake, evaluation and core case unit.
Uprise Partners, a cybersecurity and IT managed services provider in Portland, hired Jon Zawrotny as vice president of strategic services and Deb McCann as vice president of finance and business intelligence. Zawrotny was previously senior manager of account management services at Dell Technologies while McCann was director of business intelligence, finance at Blue Mantis.
The Professional Logging Contractors of the Northeast in August hired Maggie Rideout as certification coordinator. Most recently, Rideout was subcontractor onboarding specialist and risk coordinator for Tilson Technologies.
Sprague Operating Resources LLC, a provider of energy and material handling services across the Northeast including Portland, hired Karl Schmidt as co-president. Schmidt was previously with Hartree Partners LP, Sprague’s parent company.
U.S. Small Business Administration named Peter Steele as regional administrator for the New England region. Steele most recently served as senior manager of corporate communications for Boston-based Sappi North America, which has Maine paper mills in Skowhegan and Westbrook and offices in Portland. Steele worked as a communications specialist for former Gov. Paul LePage.
Promotions
Sebago Technics, an engineering and design firm in South Portland, announced several promotions including Amy Bell Segal to vice president of landscape architecture and Henry Hess to manager of landscape architecture on its landscape architecture team; Jacob Hunnewell to project engineer and Tanner Goodine, Kailey Gullikson and Dylan Stuart to senior civil engineer on its engineering team; on its survey-geomatics team Tyler Pollock was promoted to surveyor, Glenn Campbell and Alex Jakubowski to senior surveyor, Brian Cook was named survey coordinator for the South Portland office and Jeff Broumas was appointed survey coordinator for the Bridgton office; and Mathew Orr was promoted to project manager in project management advancement.
The Finance Authority of Maine in Augusta promoted Jonathan Poole to COO, Sarah Nadeau-Balducci to chief risk officer, Lisa Brown to chief human resources officer and Bert Audette to chief information officer.
Sargent Corp., a heavy civil construction company in Orono, promoted Eric Ritchie to president and CEO. Ritchie was previously president.
Sprague Operating Resources LLC, a provider of energy and material handling services across the Northeast including Portland, promoted Dave Glendon to chairman and Brian Weego to co-president.
Albin, Randall & Bennett, a certified public accounting and business advisory firm in Portland, announced several promotions including Gisèle Couturier and Meagan Pritchard to director; Erika Gagne to senior manager; Tiffany Wentworth to tax manager; Cassidy Wood to manager; Jake Natalizia to senior; and Mallory Charette, Emily Lupien, Jordyn Gates and Sam Goodine to associate II.
Appointments
Drummond Woodsum, a law firm in Portland, said that attorney David Backer was reappointed by Chief Justice Valerie Stanfill to serve another three-year term on the Maine Probate and Trust Law Advisory Commission.
The Center for Grieving Children in Portland added Michael Anderson, Lily Hanstein, Shannon Moore and Diane Mutagoma to its board of directors. Anderson is a partner at Pierce Atwood LLP; Hanstein is senior vice president, strategy and communications at MEMIC; Moore is senior client service associate at Morgan Stanley, Breakwater Group; and Mutagoma is senior attorney recruiter at Bernstein Shur.
Achievements
Greater Portland Landmarks named its biannual “Preservation Awards” winners including Vana Carmona, 99 Capisic St., Portland, as an individual homeowner; Deb Andrews, former historic preservation program manager, city of Portland, for individual contributions to preservation policy; Bucknam Tavern, 278 Middle Road, Falmouth, for rehabilitation; Developers Collaborative, for a collection of adaptive reuse projects; First Parish Church, 425 Congress St., Portland, for its EveryBody campaign and universal access upgrades; Lee Humiston, founder and curator Maine Military Museum, South Portland, for storytelling; Peter Lord Plaster & Paint, for impact as a restoration tradesperson; Woodhull Headquarters, 93 High St., Portland and the Thompson Block, East Brown Cow, for adaptive reuse and restoration; and Fifth Maine Museum, 45 Seashore Ave., Peaks Island, for historic window restoration.
Rinck Advertising in Lewiston won a “Silver Anvil Award” from the Public Relations Society of America for Filter Out the Noise, a youth suicide prevention campaign developed with the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Partners Bank in Sanford honored its employees during its annual Employee Appreciation Celebration. Winners included Kathy Horne, assistant manager, and Rebecca Smith, loan servicing assistant manager, “Partner Awards;” Crystal Lambert, vice president and commercial operations manager, and Stefan Lange, vice president and controller of accounting, “Employees of the Year;” and Rich Goodenough, vice president commercial lender, and Karen Gellatly, human resources manager, “Community Service Awards.” Award recipients were provided with the opportunity to make a direct donation from the bank to a nonprofit organization of their choice.
Pierce Atwood, a law firm in Portland, announced that for the 10th consecutive year, Chambers High Net Worth recognized the firm as one of the nation’s leading law firms for Private Wealth Law. In addition, the firm’s trusts and estates practice received a top “Band 1” ranking in Maine and three partners were recognized individually.
The Maine Press Association Hall of Fame announced its 2025 inductees including George Danby, editorial cartoonist for the Bangor Daily News, and Dennis Hoey, a night reporter, and John Ewing, a photojournalist, with the Portland Press Herald.
