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New hires
Broadreach Public Relations in Portland hired Jason Sulham as senior strategist and account executive. Previously, Sulham was the founder of North Public Affairs.
Milestone Foundation, a substance abuse treatment agency in Portland, hired Manuela Arundel as director of development.
Bar Harbor Savings and Loan hired Michael Pritchard as teller and customer service representative.
The Portland Chapter of SCORE, a business resource and mentoring organization, hired Dick Miller as a certified SCORE volunteer mentor.
The city of Portland hired Stuart O'Brien as planning division director. O'Brien is currently a staff attorney at the Maine Public Utilities Commission and was previously the director of transportation and long range planning for the city of Somerville, Mass.
The Maine Center for Creativity in Portland hired Craig Collins as executive director. Collins was previously a United Nations peace and development advisor.
TD Bank hired Jeffrey Pangburn as vice president, relationship manager in commercial services in Presque Isle. Pangburn was previously vice president, commercial services officer at Katahdin Trust Co. in Presque Isle.
Baker Newman Noyes, an accounting and consulting firm in Portland, hired Sierra Leonard, Sonya Walker and Sarah Warner as staff members in the audit practice; Kelly Morris, Marcus Pratt and Katie Tracy as staff members in the tax practice; and Jay Norris as a senior in the risk and business advisory practice.
Landry/French Construction Co. in Scarborough hired Chuck Pollock as superintendent and Nick Duncan as assistant project manager.
Hospice of Southern Maine in Scarborough hired Hilary Doane as a community outreach liaison. Doane was a professional sales representative at Publicis Touchpoint Solutions.
Harriman, an architecture and engineering firm in Auburn, hired James Fortin and Amanda Jandreau as structural engineers and Michael O'Brein as an architect.
H.M. Payson, an investment advisory firm in Portland, hired Sian O'Malley Hahn as a trust officer. Most recently, Hahn was a trust and estates attorney at LeBlanc & Young in Portland.
Kennebec Savings Bank in Augusta hired Anni Roming as commercial portfolio loan administrator at its Waterville branch. Roming was previously with TD Bank.
Murray Plumb & Murray, a law firm in Portland, hired Rachel White Sears as a commercial transactions and commercial litigation attorney. Sears previously worked as a law clerk to Judge John A. Woodcock Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine.
The Maine Small Business Development Centers in Portland hired Josh Nadeau as center director/business advisor for Northern Maine Development Commission serving Aroostook County.
Family Crisis Services, a domestic violence resource center in Portland, hired Rebecca Hobbs as executive director. Hobbs most recently served as executive director for Next Step Domestic Violence Project.
OTT Communications, a division of Otelco Inc. in New Gloucester, hired Trevor Jones to lead the company's marketing and product development efforts. Jones most recently served as vice president of business development at GWI.
Bernstein Shur, a law firm in Portland, hired Ann Freeman as an of counsel attorney in the firm's municipal-and-governmental services and labor-and-employment practice groups.
Promotions
Landry/French Construction Co. in Scarborough promoted Geoff Mitchell to senior project manager. Mitchell was previously a project manager.
Allen Insurance and Financial in Camden promoted Lindsey Eaton to personal lines account executive.
Norton Insurance Agency in Cumberland Foreside promoted Hannah Turnbull to commercial lines customer service representative. Turnbull was previously a commercial lines assistant.
The County Federal Credit Union in Caribou promoted Craig Sjoberg to assistant vice president of information technology and compliance officer.
Appointments
The Local Media Association in Denver announced that Shannon Kinney, founder and client success officer at Dream Local Digital in Rockland, was elected to the Local Media Foundation's board of directors.
SeniorsPlus, an agency on aging located in Lewiston, appointed R.J. Gagnon, Dennis Gray, Annette Nadeau and Patricia Vampatella to its board. Gagnon is the finance director for the Pine Tree Society, Gray recently retired as executive director of the United Way of Oxford County, Nadeau is owner and CFO of Bedard Medical and Vampatella has held positions in nursing and higher-education administration.
The Boys & Girls Clubs and YMCA of Greater Waterville at the Alfond Youth Center announced Carolyn Greene, Jim Hughes, Joe Jabar Jr. and Dan Shea have joined its board of directors. Greene is a jewelry designer and business owner, Hughes is the Thomas Sowell Professor of Economics at Bates College, Jabar is a senior account executive and LPL branch manager and Shea is the director of the Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement and professor of government at Colby College.
Preti Flaherty, a law firm in Portland, announced that Greg Hansel was appointed as a vice chair of the Global Private Litigation Committee of the American Bar Association's Section of Antitrust Law. Hansel is a partner and chair of the firm's Antitrust and Competition practice group.
Attorney Alfred Frawley, senior counsel of Eaton Peabody, was appointed to the International Trademark Association's trademark reporter committee for the 2016-17 term. The committee solicits or writes contributions to be considered for publication in The Trademark Reporter, including multi-language articles, business articles related to trademarks and commentary pieces.
Achievements
The Maine Windjammer Association presented its first-ever Lifetime Appreciation Award to Gene McKeever of Allen Insurance and Financial in Camden.
Bernstein Shur, a law firm in Portland, announced that 51 of its attorneys have been named to The Best Lawyers in America 2016; seven of the firm's attorneys, across multiple practice areas, were listed as a “Lawyers of the Year.”
Cindy Dufour, manager of the S.W. Collins Co. Design Center in Caribou, earned the designation of a Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist through the National Association of Home Builders.
College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor was ranked as the 82nd Best National Liberal Arts College in the country by the 2016 U.S. News and World Report college rankings.
The Rotary Club of Portland presented U.S. Sen. Angus King with the Paul Harris Fellow Award, the organization's highest honor.
The American College of Healthcare Architects announced that Carol Gillis, principal at Harriman Architects and Engineers in Portland, earned her board certificate in health care architecture.
The University of Maine at Farmington was recognized as a Top Public Regional College in the north, where it garnered the No. 6 ranking by the U.S. News & World Report and was rated 19th among both public and private colleges in the category. The school was also listed as a Top Regional College in Maine in the magazine's Best Colleges for Veterans list.
Drummond Woodsum, a law firm in Portland, announced that seven of its attorneys were selected by their peers as “Lawyer of the Year” for inclusion in the 2016 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.
The Employer Support of The Guard and Reserve recognized Goodwill Industries of Northern New England with a Hometown Heroes Salute medal and a certificate.
MaineGeneral in Augusta captured a 2015 Path to Excellence award at the annual National Research Corp. “NRC Picker Patient-Centered Care Symposium” in Washington, D.C. The medical center was one of four facilities nationwide in the 100- to 300-bed category selected for the award, which was based on inpatient performance and covers the time period of April 2014 to March 2015.
Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport was selected as a Gold Plus level recipient for implementing the latest research-based treatment guidelines for stroke patients through the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Get With The Guidelines Stroke quality improvement program. The center also announced that Thomas Crosslin, Dana Goldsmith, Richard Kahn, Elizabeth Lawrence, Jennifer McKenna, Timothy O'Brien, William Stephenson, Liesbeth Tryzelaar, Julie White and Aoife Redmond-Durow were recognized by Tuft University School of Medicine for teaching excellence in the 2014-15 Tufts University School of Medicine - Maine Track MD Program.
The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents named MMG Insurance in Presque Isle as a recipient of its 2015 National Company Award of Excellence. The award honors a company for its commitment to the industry and to furthering the interests of professional insurance agents by creating a better business environment.
The Maine Historical Society honored the Mills family with its Maine History Maker Award recognizing contributions to Maine education, civil service, community engagement and development, law, government and public health. Dora Mills is vice president for clinical affairs at the University of New England; Janet Mills is Maine's Attorney General; Paul Mills is an attorney and principal at the Farmington law firm Mills & Mills; and Peter Mills is the executive director of the Maine Turnpike Authority and a former state representative.
Broadreach Public Relations in Portland was awarded gold in the 2015 Bulldog Not-for-Profit PR Awards for its work with Maine non-profit Safe Passage and its kayaking expedition led by Deb Walters. Bulldog Reporter is provider of professional development webinars, live events, industry awards and research materials in the public relations industry.
The late Vanessa Mehuren was the recipient of the 2015 Lorraine M. Fleury award for excellence in elections process presented at the 2015 Elections Conference in Bangor. Mehuren was a customer representative specialist with the Department of the Secretary of State's Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions for 15 years.
The University of New England in Biddeford was included in a list of 99 colleges that award scholarships to all incoming freshmen by MONEY.com, TIME magazine's online source for personal finance information. The school also earned an appearance on the list for having higher-than-average graduation rates.
The Maine Readers' Choice Award Committee announced that author Anthony Doerr's novel, “All the Light We Cannot See,” was named the 2015 winner of the Maine Readers' Choice Award.
Allen Insurance and Financial in Camden announced that Lindsey Eaton, a personal lines account executive, achieved the designation of Accredited Customer Service Representative from the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America and Krissy Campbell, a business insurance specialist, earned a Certified Insurance Counselor designation.
Lee Ann Szelog a professional speaker and author based in Whitefield was selected as the keynote speaker at the annual Connecticut Town Clerks Association meeting held on Sept. 25.
The Scarborough Economic Development Corp. announced the recipients of its Outstanding Scarborough Business awards. Winners included Town & Country Federal Credit Union-Administrative Offices, project of the year; Black Point Inn, outstanding legacy business; Pine Tree Seafood & Produce Co., outstanding small business; and Casco Bay Butter Co., outstanding new business.
INCON, a developer and manufacturer of intelligent online monitors for the power utility, hydroelectric and industrial markets in Saco, won the 2015 Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence.
The Maine Small Business Development Centers in Bangor selected Ann McAlhnay as its 2015 State Star recognizing a staff member that has shown a strong commitment to small business success. McAlhany is a certified business advisor at the Maine SBDC at CEI in Bangor.
The Maine Development Foundation honored six Maine organizations and individuals at its annual meeting. Winners were: Tyler Technologies Inc., for education and workforce development; MMG Insurance Co., for attraction, retention and engagement; The Maine IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence, for innovation; The Bangor Entertainment Cluster, for regional asset development; Renys, for being a downtown visionary; Meredith Jones, awarded the Kenneth M. Curtis Leadership Award.
The redevelopment of an abandoned mill building located at 61 Washington St. in Sanford won a Phoenix Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The award recognized the redevelopment of a former brownfield site into a community asset by owner Northland Enterprises.
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