New hiresLegacy Properties Sotheby’s International Realty, a luxury property company in Portland, hired Mary Libby, Linda MacDonald and Elise Kiely as a senior vice presidents.Sunday River Resort in Newry hired Heath Weatherbee as director of group service within its conference and wedding department.The Maine Heritage Policy Center in Portland hired Krysta Lilly as director of […]
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New hires
Legacy Properties Sotheby's International Realty, a luxury property company in Portland, hired Mary Libby, Linda MacDonald and Elise Kiely as a senior vice presidents.
Sunday River Resort in Newry hired Heath Weatherbee as director of group service within its conference and wedding department.
The Maine Heritage Policy Center in Portland hired Krysta Lilly as director of communications. Lilly was most recently with the National Rifle Association - Institute for Legislative Action.
Nancy Marshall Communications in Augusta hired Megan Crowder as an account coordinator. Crowder is a recent graduate of Northern Michigan University.
Maine Audubon in Falmouth hired Ole Amundsen III as executive director. Amundsen was previously program manager for The Conservation Fund.
Shaheen & Gordon PA, a law firm in Saco, hired attorney Elizabeth Scheffee. Scheffee will focus her practice in the areas of divorce and family law.
The city of Portland hired Oliver Bradeen as substance abuse-disorder liaison to run its Law Enforcement Addiction Advocacy Program and Ethan Hipple as director of recreation. Bradeen most recently served as the crisis police liaison for The Opportunity Alliance while Hipple was director of parks and recreation in the town of Wolfeboro, N.H.
Cross Insurance, a subsidiary of Cross Financial Corp. in Bangor, hired Eric Jermyn as vice president of business development for Cross Employee Benefits. Jermyn was previously director of large group sales for Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maine.
United Way of Greater Portland hired Monica Sanders as senior vice president, operations and planning.
Acorn Engineering Inc., a civil and environmental engineering consulting firm in Portland, hired Mark Arienti as a senior environmental engineer in the firm's environmental division and Olivia Dawson as a staff engineer.
The city of Auburn hired Michael Chammings as economic and community development director. Chammings was previously town manager for the town of Oxford.
Perry, Fitts, Boulette and Fitton CPAs in Bath hired Lynn Stover.
Franklin Health Farmington Family Practice hired Brent Laflin as a licensed clinical social worker.
Bernstein Shur, a law firm in Portland, hired John Moran as an attorney in the firm's business law practice group.
The Board of Trustees of the Maine Community College System hired Lisa Larson as president of Eastern Maine Community College in Bangor. Larson, who will join the college in the spring, is currently vice president for academic and student affairs at Minnesota's Hennepin Technical College.
Clark Insurance in Portland hired Anthony Inverso as a business insurance account executive, Daniel Lewis as a personal insurance account manager and Kailie Thorp as an account analyst in the business insurance department.
Maine Medical Partners, an affiliate of Maine Medical Center in Portland, hired Lucy Amory as a physician at MMP - Westbrook Pediatrics.
Avesta Housing, a nonprofit affordable housing developer and property manager in Portland, hired Rebecca Hatfield as assets and acquisitions officer. Most recently, Hatfield was senior vice president at Citi.
Fluid Imaging Technologies, a laboratory instrumentation manufacturer in Scarborough, hired Ali Naqui as chief operating officer. Naqui most recently served as corporate vice president and corporate officer responsible for Asia Pacific operations and the global water business for Idexx Laboratories Inc.
EMHS in Brewer hired Matthew Weed as senior vice president and chief strategy officer. Weed was previously with Intermountain Health in Utah.
Furman Gregory Deptula, a law firm in Biddeford, hired Bernard Posner as an attorney in the firm's litigation practice in Boston.
Partners for Rural Health in the Dominican Republic in Portland hired Kristin Motley as development consultant and Janet Ilott as program coordinator. Motley was previously with the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire while Ilott at the Jenkins-Penn Haitian Relief Organization.
Promotions
Broadreach Public Relations, a communications firm in Portland, promoted Michael Geneseo to senior account executive. Geneseo was previously an account executive.
The Nature Conservancy in Brunswick promoted Kate Dempsey to state director in Maine. Dempsey was previously director of external affairs.
Maine Medical Center in Portland promoted Mary Harkins Becker to fellowship director of the center's palliative medicine division. Harkins was associate residency director in the emergency department.
Verrill Dana, a law firm in Portland, announced Janet Britton, Katie Gray, Kate Heffernan, Sara Hirshon and Andrew Rusczek were elected partners of the firm.
St.Germain Collins, an environmental, compliance and engineering firm in Westbrook, promoted Scott Collins to managing principal, Patrick Coughlin to director of sentry EHS, Jessica Szafranski to director of EHS services and Donald McFadden to director of environmental services.
Appointments
David Hamilton, vice president of employee benefits at Clark Insurance in Portland, was elected to the board of directors of the Maine Employee Benefits Council. The council's mission is to provide unbiased information to Maine employers and employee benefits service providers in order to facilitate compliance with changing laws and regulations.
Friends of Midcoast Maine, non-partisan smart growth organization in Camden, elected Valli Geiger, Peter Gross and Benjamin Long to its board of trustees. Geiger is a city council member in Rockland, Gross owns Peter Gross Architects and Long owns Essential Grant Writing.
Maria-Ausilia Evans, a pharmacist at Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington, was elected to the board of directors of the Maine Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Evans is the Region 2 director representing Androscoggin, Franklin, Oxford and Sagadahoc counties.
Mark St.Germain was appointed to Maine's Economic Growth Council, a non-partisan panel that develops long-range economic indicators for the state. St.Germain is founder and partner at St.Germain Collins, an environmental, compliance and engineering firm in Westbrook.
The First Bancorp Inc., and its banking subsidiary The First NA in Damariscotta, announced that Renee Kelly was elected to serve as a director for the bank and the company. Kelly is the director of economic development initiatives for the University of Maine.
The Portland Chamber Music Festival announced Laura Cyr, Darya Haag, Philip Hamilton and Glenn Israel were elected to its board of directors. Cyr is a post-graduate fellow with the vice chancellor's office at the University of Maine System, Haag is an attorney at Norman, Hanson & DeTroy, Hamilton is managing director of Insight Capital Research & Management Inc. and Israel is a shareholder at Bernstein Shur. In addition, Frank Douglass, treasury director at WEX Inc., was elected board president; Jessica Smart, director of mission investment at Goodwill Industries of Northern New England, vice president; Richard Kraut, retired, second vice president; Douglas Chene, associate professor of accounting at Salem State University, treasurer; and Laura Miller, marketing director of cPort Credit Union, secretary.
Friends of Casco Bay in South Portland elected Jim Dusch, Peter Dufour, Patricia Ianni and Peter LeBourdais to its board of directors. Dusch is deputy executive director of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System, Dufour is co-founded Dufour Tax Group LLC, Ianni is an environmental risk officer at TD Bank and LeBourdais is owner and president of Brunswick Dental Health Associates.
Maine Cancer Foundation in Falmouth announced its 2016 executive officers including: President, Chip Harris, owner, Kilbride & Harris Insurance Services LLC; Vice President, Matt Jacobson, executive director, Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative; Secretary, Peter Rinck, CEO, Rinck Advertising; and Treasurer, Jay Collins, treasurer, vice president, WEX International. New board members include: Matt Libby, attorney, Monaghan Leahy LLP; Sarah Mayberry, program coordinator, Breathe Easy Coalition of Maine; Julia Munsey, partner, Dougherty Project Management; Thomas Openshaw, head, oncology research, EMMC Cancer Care; and Caroline Zimmerman, director of grant development, Maine Primary Care Association.
Achievements
The Maine Development Foundation recognized 31 employers recently enrolled in its Next Step Maine Employers' Initiative, a statewide network of employers working to enhance the skills and educational attainment of their workforce. Employers included: AC Inc., Beals; Axiom Education & Training Center, Machias; Blueberry Patch Motel, Jonesboro; Carbonite, Lewiston; Crown O Maine Organic Cooperative, North Vassalboro; Day's Jewelers, Waterville; Falmouth Memorial Library, Falmouth; Gay's Wreath LLC, Milbridge; Great Harbor Maritime Museum, Northeast Harbor; GWI, Biddeford; Hand in Hand/Mano en Mano, Milbridge; Hannaford, Saco; Harrington Family Health Center, Harrington; Health Affiliates Maine, Provider Power, Provider Financial, Auburn; Husson University, Bangor; Maine Developmental Disabilities Council, Augusta; Maine Discovery Museum, Bangor; Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority, Portland; OHI, Hermon; Patriot Subaru, Saco; Pulse Marketing Agency, Bangor; R.M. Davis Inc., Portland; Sea Bags, Portland; Southern Maine Community College, South Portland; St. Joseph Healthcare, Bangor; VTEC Training, Portland; Washington County Council of Governments, Calais; Waterville Main Street, Waterville; Welch Farm, Roque Bluffs; Wild Blueberry Land, Columbia Falls; and YMCA of Auburn-Lewiston, Auburn.
Franklin Health Women's Care and Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington said that Jennifer Zeliger received certification by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. The hospital also said that Cheryl Foy, Franklin Health Farmington Family Practice; Sheryl Plog, Livermore Falls Family Practice; Becki McGhee, FMH Occupation Health Department; Ariel Hunter and Melany Buxton, Franklin Health Internal Medicine; and Lauren Farrington, FMH Outpatient Specialty Services became certified clinical medical assistants and Jaclyn Mellor, Franklin Health Behavioral Health earned registered medical assistant status.
Pulse Marketing Agency, Eastern Maine Community College, Evan Richert, Hinckley Yachts, Maine Community Foundation, Salvation Army and the town of Dover-Foxcroft were named 2015 Champion Award winner by Eastern Maine Development Corp.
The American Nursing Association-Maine, the professional organization of registered nurses in Maine, awarded The President's Award to Marjorie Wiggins, senior vice president of patient care services at Maine Medical Center, and the Agnes Flaherty Leadership Award to Deborah Bachand, nursing director at Maine Medical Center. In addition, the center's nurses earned The Magnet Recognition Program designation for high quality nursing and the leading source of successful nursing practices and strategies worldwide.