The Mainebiz roundup of businesses and businesspeople that have been making changes in recent weeks. Check out our compilation of new hires, promotions, accomplishments and more.
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New hires
RE/MAX Shoreline hired Debra Bateman as a broker in its Portland office.
Rudman Winchell, a law firm in Bangor, hired Daniel Pulaski and William Nealley. Pulaski will practice in the firm’s real estate and transactions group while Nealley will practice in its corporate and business practices group.
Fontaine Family, an Auburn real estate firm, hired Ryan Smith as a licensed sales agent.
Haley Ward Inc., an engineering consulting firm in Bangor, hired Jeri Spurling as a senior project architect, Benjamin Kaiman as a project manager, Hannah Peasley as an engineer in its environmental division, Thomas Archambault as an electrical engineer and Amy Clark as marketing and communications coordinator in its Bangor office. The firm also hired Ron Willey as a senior project manager/senior project engineer, Justyna Cybowicz as a mechanical designer and Michael McCormick as an environmental technician in its Saco office and Lisa Britland as a project professional in its Lewiston office.
The Landing School in Arundel hired Juliet Karam as marketing manager and Jon Landers as director of development.
Sundin Marketing in Sherborn, Mass., hired Cathy Planchart as an account executive and marketing strategist serving clients in Maine and northern New England. Planchart was vice president, product and segment marketing manager at Bar Harbor Bank & Trust.
Trillium Engineering Group in Yarmouth hired Chandler Waldron as a project designer.
FocusMaine in Portland hired Leo Waterston as program director. Waterston most recently served as program director for the Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation at Maine Medical Center Research Institute.
Northern Light Health in Brewer hired Hugh Jones as senior vice president and chief strategy officer. Jones was previously vice president of strategy and managed care for Central Maine Healthcare.
Golden Pond Wealth Management in Waterville hired Katherine Higgins and Alexis Bowman as client service associates.
Promotions
Saco & Biddeford Savings Institution promoted Eric Doyon to senior vice president, manager of business loans and services; Jeff St. Laurent to senior vice president, retail lending manager; Chad Boucher to vice president, financial operations manager; and Mike Gauthier to assistant vice president, information technology manager.
Appointments
Piper Shores, a nonprofit lifecare retirement community in Scarborough, elected Dawn Harmon, Michael Wood, Kim Donnelly, Adrian Kurre and Stephen Brooks to its board of directors. Harmon is an assistant vice president and legal counsel in Unum’s employment law group, Wood is vice president and portfolio manager at R.M. Davis, Donnelly is executive vice president and director of wealth and business services at Gorham Savings Bank, Kurre is a retired hospitality executive and Brooks is a retired pharmaceutical industry executive.
AARP Maine in Portland selected Carl Bucciantini to serve as volunteer state president.
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay added Mark Abbott, Peter Handy, Randall Jeffery and Dimitri Michaud to its board of trustees. Abbott most recently served as president and director of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and is now president emeritus, Handy is president and CEO of Bristol Seafood in Portland, Jeffery works in radio station mergers and acquisitions and Michaud is COO at Gorham Savings Bank.
Thomas College in Waterville announced that David Pease has joined its board of trustees. Pease is senior vice president and director of talent, diversity and inclusion at Bangor Savings Bank.
Maine Savings Federal Credit Union in Hampden added Fredrick Sawyer to its board of directors.
Achievements
Geiger, a promotional products distributor in Lewiston, announced that Trish Whitlock and Kelly MacDonald earned the certification of Certified Advertising Specialist and Melissa Santiago and Madison Stevenson earned the certification of Master Advertising Specialist.
The Bone Health and Osteoporosis Foundation named U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, as its inaugural “Congressional Bone Health Champion Award” winner.
Northern Light Mercy Hospital in Portland said it earned the Joint Commission’s “Gold Seal of Approval” for the care of patients undergoing spine surgery and hip and knee replacements.
The Maine Development Foundation’s Maine Downtown Center named its annual award winners including Heather Pouliot, board president, Augusta Downtown Alliance, “Downtown Hero;” Friends of Woodfords Corner’s Imagine People Here Project, “Downtown Project;” and Rockland Main Street for youth engagement work, “Downtown Innovation.”
