Erica Young PHOTO / COURTESY VERSANT POWERVersant Power in Bangor hired Erica Young as president. Young most recently served as executive vice president of ENMAX Energy.
Legacy Properties Sotheby’s International Realty hired Reed Oestreicher as a real estate professional in Portland.
Bangor Savings Bank hired Vincent Capello as wealth management relationship manager in Augusta.
GrowSmart Maine in Augusta hired Leigh Hallett as CEO, effective Aug. 3. Hallett was previously with the Maine Trails Coalition.
Merrill hired Gary Rubin as a senior vice president and financial advisor in Portland. Rubin has 30 years of financial services experience advising high net worth and ultra-high net worth clients.
The Portland Housing Authority hired Mark Wiesendanger as deputy executive director. Previously, Wiesendanger was with Maine Housing.
Flyte new media in Portland hired Ben Swift as web developer and Alanna Quimby as digital marketer.
Maine Children’s Home in Waterville hired Daniel Booth as executive director. Booth, a former board president and longtime board member with the nonprofit, had been serving in an interim role since February.
The Maine Redevelopment Land Bank Authority in Augusta hired Scott LaFlamme as executive director. LaFlamme will step down as Yarmouth town manager at the end of June.
Promotions
Maine Community Bank in Portland promoted Matt Early to chief commercial officer. Early was previously senior vice president and director of commercial banking.
Cumberland County Federal Credit Union promoted Ryan Grund to president and CEO, effective July 1. Grund has served as CEO since 2013.
Kennebec Savings Bank in Augusta promoted Michelle Labonte to senior vice president and chief loan officer and Ian McCarthy to regional vice president and director of commercial banking. Labonte was previously senior vice president and senior residential lender while McCarthy was vice president and commercial banking officer in Freeport.
Flyte new media in Portland promoted Izzy Siedman to digital marketing manager.
Appointments
United Way of Kennebec Valley named Katie and Chris Doherty as co-chairs of its 2026 annual campaign. Katie Doherty is president and CEO of the Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce while Chris Doherty is a golf professional at Brunswick Golf Club.
CEI CEO Betsy Biemann FILE PHOTO / TIM GREENWAY
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston appointed Betsy Biemann, CEO of Coastal Enterprises Inc. in Brunswick, to its New England Community Development Advisory Council. The council includes members of the private, public and nonprofit sectors who advise the president of the Boston Fed on community development matters, including its challenges and barriers.
Spurwink Services, a behavioral health and education services nonprofit based in Portland, announced that Catherine Ryder, senior director of strategic initiatives, was appointed by Gov. Janet Mills to the Maine Substance Use Disorder Services Commission.
Achievements
UDisc included seven of Maine’s disc golf courses in its annual “100 Best Disc Golf Courses in the United States” and “100 Best Disc Golf Courses in the World” lists. Four courses, Sabattus Disc Golf: Hawk in Sabattus, Devils Grove Disc Golf: Devil in Lewiston, Sabattus Disc Golf: Falcon in Sabattus and Sabattus Disc Golf: Eagle in Sabattus, were ranked in the Top 100 in the U.S. and the world.
Maxwell House, a junior at Biddeford High School, was named the first-place winner of the “2026 Maine App Challenge” for RunUp, a 3D endless runner game controlled by a Bluetooth device, designed to make treadmill workouts more engaging and interactive.
Key Private Bank, the wealth management segment of KeyCorp, was selected as a winner for “Regional Private Bank” at the 13th Annual Family Wealth Report Awards.
Might & Main, a branding firm in Portland, said that Camp DeForest, a new boutique hotel in Lincolnville, was named a winner in the “Visual Identity” category at the 22nd annual Hospitality Design Awards.
Bar Harbor Bank & Trust recognized 11 employees for their leadership at the bank’s annual Chairman’s Dinner and Celebration. “The Chairman’s Award” was presented to Joe Delano, senior vice president commercial real estate/hospitality team leader; Jack Frost, vice president director of community giving; Chuck Hall, senior vice president controller; and Tony Shaw, senior vice president chief credit officer. The “Emerging Leader Award” went to Diane Anderson, vice president commercial loan assistant group manager; Kerensa Chambers-Ficorilli, vice president information reporting manager; Jay Fish, vice president regional market manager for Vermont and the Upper Valley of New Hampshire; Emily Gerrard, vice president senior accountant; Shane Klardie, vice president branch relationship manager; Dora Maxwell, vice president human resources business partner; and Mike Woodbury, vice president treasury services officer.
Golden Pond Wealth Management in Waterville said that Brian Bernatchez, founder and managing director, was named to Forbes’ “Best-In-State Wealth Advisors” list for the seventh consecutive year.
