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Newsworthy people and performances for Aug. 25, 2025

New hires

Northern Light Health in Brewer hired Guy Hudson as president and CEO. Previously, Hudson served as CEO of Swedish Health System and chief executive of Providence’s North Division, including Puget Sound and Alaska.

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Tommy Johnson, Kennebec Savings Bank

Kennebec Savings Bank hired Tommy Johnson as community giving and engagement manager. Previously, Johnson was vice president of member engagement at the Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce.

Partners for World Health in Portland hired John Kuehnle as CEO, effective Sept. 2. Most recently, Kuehnle was health office director for the United States Agency for International Development.

CORE, a commercial real estate broker in Portland, hired Vincent Orsini as controller and Heaven Moore as office administrator.

Baker Newman Noyes, a CPA and accounting firm in Portland, hired David Lawler as managing director of technology advisory services in its business and technology advisory practice.

Fyzical Twin City Bangor, a therapy and balance center, hired Izabelle Burtt as a licensed physical therapist assistant.

College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor hired Brad Smith as vice president of institutional advancement. Smith has 25 years of experience including senior positions at MIT, the Technion and Jackson Labs.

Sea Meadow, a nonprofit in Yarmouth dedicated to the working waterfront, hired Gerry Hamann as general manager.

The Maine Redevelopment Land Bank Authority in Augusta hired Jennifer Litteral as operations manager and Gabe Gauvin as program manager.

Drummond Woodsum, a law firm in Portland, hired Gretchen Jones as an attorney in the firm’s business and corporate, and banking and financial services practice groups. Jones has expertise representing businesses and financial institutions in transactional, regulatory and legislative matters.

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Timothy Kaijala

Spinnaker Trust in Portland hired Timothy Kaijala as vice president, deputy chief investment officer. Kaijala was previously director of private markets and a portfolio manager at H.M. Payson.

Promotions

The Portland Water District promoted Charlene Poulin to director of wastewater operations. Poulin was previously chief operator of wastewater systems.

Simons Architects in Portland promoted Adam Wiles-Rosell to senior associate.

Maine Coast Heritage Trust in Mount Desert Island promoted Misha Mytar as senior director of land protection. Mytar most recently served as associate director of land protection.

Baker Newman Noyes, an accounting and advisory firm, announced several promotions in its Portland office. In the firm’s tax practice, Joseph Begin, Steven Powers, Remy Schneider and Connor Smart were promoted to senior manager; Derek McDonough, Ben McLaughlin and Anna Peaslee to manager; Kathryn Johnson and John Vedral to senior; Gus Bradley and Kyle Lonabaugh to supervising senior; and Brenda Fancy to team lead. In the assurance practice, Jessica Dillon was promoted to manager; Stacy Kirk to reports manager; Michael Trahan to senior manager; Brooke Gibbons, Emma Houston and Mason Morin to senior; and Meredith Wicks to audit supervisor. In addition, Alexandra Brophy was promoted to senior manager in the marketing department and Jessica Rousseau to talent acquisition manager in the HR department.

Appointments

The Greater Portland Board of Realtors added Chris Davis and Eric Landry as directors. Davis is an agent with Places in Maine Real Estate Group and Landry is an associate broker with Town & Shore Real Estate.

The American Heart Association in Maine announced Aline Iskandar will serve as board president and Dave Abel will continue as board chair for its 2025-26 fiscal year. Iskandar is an interventional cardiologist at Northern Light Mercy Hospital and Abel is president and general manager of Channel 8 WMTW and WPXT-Maine’s CW, Portland. In addition, Ashley Deeb, marketing manager, Mainely Tubs; Nicole Hardy; director, Lux Box Co.; Eric Jermyn, president, Cross Insurance; Gabrielle LaClerc, comprehensive health planner, state of Maine; Kaila McCracken, vice president of business intelligence and analysis, MEMIC; and Thomas Miller, pediatric cardiologist, MaineHealth, have been added to the association’s board of directors.

The College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor added Chris Groobey and Andrew Griffiths to its board of trustees. Groobey is an angel investor, board member and mentor to young companies primarily in the areas of energy, climate tech and hard tech, while Griffiths was previously the college’s administrative dean, CFO and interim president. The college also elected Cynthia Baker as board chair. Baker has served as a trustee since 2018.

Greater Portland Landmarks announced its executive officers for 2025-26 including Linda Whitten, president; Chloe Martin, vice president; Deb Andrews, secretary; and Tom Dowd, treasurer. The organization also added Liz Reynolds, an associate at Thornton Tomasetti, to its board of trustees.

Achievements

The Maine International Film Festival announced its Tourmaline Prizes, recognizing the very best Maine-made feature-length and short film productions of the year. This year’s jury honored Mia Weinberger’s feature documentary “A Moment in the Sun” and Heidi Burkey’s documentary short “Final Frontier.”

Drummond Woodsum, a law firm in Portland, said that attorneys Melissa Hewey, Jerrol Crouter and Gretchen Jones were recognized on Forbes’ inaugural “America’s Best In-State Lawyers List” for 2025.

Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor was recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a “Best Regional Hospital” and rated “High Performing” in nine areas of care.

Verrill, a law firm in Portland, announced that Maine-based attorneys Anya Endsley, Kurt Klebe, Mary McQuillen, Nathaniel Putnam and Jacqueline Rider were recognized in the Chambers High Net Worth 2025 Guide, Chambers and Partners’ ninth edition of the publication aimed at the international private wealth market. The firm was also ranked in “band 1” in Maine, the highest ranking a firm can receive, for its private wealth law practice.

The Associated General Contractors of Maine in Augusta was a recipient of an “AGC Chapter Safety Award” as part of the “National AGC Safety Awards” program in the chapters with 126-250 members category.

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