A roundup of new hires, promotions and achievements at businesses throughout Maine.
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New hires
Verrill, a law firm in Portland, hired Stephen Segal as counsel in its litigation and trial group.
Fontaine Family, an Auburn real estate firm, hired Diana Pinkham as an associate broker and Kaylynn Linck as a sales agent in Auburn.
OceanView at Falmouth hired Hannah Crayton as sustainability coordinator for the retirement community.
LA Arts in Lewiston hired Gerald Walsh as arts agency manager. Walsh currently works as an art preparator at the Bates College Museum of Art.
Sevee & Maher Engineers in Cumberland hired Thomas Neilson as a senior geologist and Peter Mohlin as an environmental compliance specialist.
Promotions
UScellular promoted Caitlin Jones to store manager and Megan Southard to assistant manager in Westbrook. Jones was previously a store manager in Tilton, N.H., while Southard was a retail wireless consultant in Scarborough.
Camden National Bank promoted Bill Martel to executive vice president and chief technology officer. Previously, Martel was executive vice president of technology and support services.
Goodwill Northern New England in Gorham promoted Thomas Bailey to manager, Microsoft 365 administration; Amy Faulkner to senior director, residential services; Calvin Gilbert to manager, digital projects; and Ariel Savage to health care quality director.
Barba + Wheelock Architecture in Portland promoted Liz Reynolds to director of preservation and Tim Morrison to senior architect.
Achievements
Malone Commercial Brokers in Portland announced that Pete Harrington was named the “Maine Commercial Association 2022 Realtor of the Year Award” winner. Harrington is partner and associate broker at the agency.
Cousins Maine Lobster in South Portland was listed No. 2,065 on the annual Inc. 5000 list, a ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America.
Camden National Bank said it was named “Best Places to Work in Maine” by Best Companies Group.
RE/MAX Shoreline in Portland announced that Stephen Peck and Jodi Federle were awarded the “National Association of Realtors’ Green Designation.” Peck and Federle are associate brokers at the agency.
The University of New England was named by The Princeton Review as one of the nation’s best institutions of higher education in its annual college guide, “The Best 388 Colleges” for an eighth consecutive year.
Berman & Simmons, a law firm in Lewiston, said that nine of its lawyers were included in the 2023 edition of “The Best Lawyers in America.” Two of the nine were named “2023 Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year” while four others were listed as “2023 Edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.”
Pierce Atwood LLP, a law firm in Portland, said that 36 of its Maine-based attorneys were included in the 2023 edition of “The Best Lawyers in America.” Six of the 36 were named “2023 Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year” while nine others were listed as “2023 Edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.”
Verrill, a law firm in Portland, announced that Kurt Klebe, Mary McQuillen and Jacqueline Rider were recognized in the “Chambers High Net Worth 2022 Guide.” In addition, the firm was ranked in “band 1,” the highest ranking a firm can receive. Klebe and McQuillen are partners with the firm while Rider is partner, chair of the firm’s private clients and fiduciary services group and co-chair of its probate litigation group.
Pineland Farms Dairy in Bangor won a “Gold Medal” for its New Gloucester cheese in the open category, cheeses with flavor added, at the 39th annual American Cheese Society Judging and Competition.
The city of Portland announced that Joshua Stevens, nurse manager at the Barron Center, was one of 13 caregivers across the state chosen as a recipient of the “2022 Excellence in Long Term Care Award” from the Maine Long Term Care Ombudsman Program and the Maine Health Care Association.
