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V O L . X X I V N O. X I V J U LY 9 , 2 0 1 8 24 [ N E W H I R E S ] Ogletree Deakins, a labor and employment law firm in Portland representing man- agement, hired Byrne Decker as managing shareholder, Steven Silver as associate and Scott Pomeroy as counsel. All three were previously with Pierce Atwood. Camden National Bank hired Donna Ehrler as senior vice president, director of com- mercial banking for the New Hampshire region and Kevin McGoff, Michael Gillis and Heath Mink as mortgage loan offi- cers serving customers from Boston to southern New Hampshire. Ehrler brings 35 years of corporate banking experience to the position, McGoff most recently served as a senior loan officer at Jeanne D'Arc Credit Union, Gillis was and an assistant vice president, mortgage loan officer at People's United Bank and Mink was a senior loan officer at Jeanne D'Arc Credit Union. Ocean Approved Inc., a harvester and distributor of kelp and kelp products in Portland, hired Briana Warner as CEO. Warner was previously senior community development officer at the Island Institute. University Credit Union in Orono hired Eric Byther as facilities manager. Byther has 30 years of experience in commercial and residential construc- tion, the majority of those years spent as a business owner. The Maine Department of Labor in Augusta hired Daniel Bolduc as director of the Bureau of Labor Standards. Bolduc joins the department with 30 years of work in the private sector as both an insurance agent and the owner and operator of his own insurance firm. Androscoggin Bank in Lewiston hired Lisa McAuliffe as vice pres- ident, treasury ser- vices officer based in Portland. McAuliffe was most recently at Northeast Bank. The Connectivity Group, a design/build technology infrastructure and inte- gration company in Falmouth, hired Brandon Byrom as project manager/ estimator, Karen Knights as executive administrative assistant/office manager, Deborah Fritzson as finance manager and Theresa Soucie as accounting analyst. SMRT Architects and Engineers in Portland hired Jeff Talka as life science practice leader. Talka has 30 years of experience designing specialty research, laboratory, vivarium, health care and corporate facilities for clients in the pharmaceuti- cal and life science, healthcare, educa- tion and government sectors. The Maine Credit Union League and its service subsidiary, Synergent, hired Tim Brooks as vice president of corporate marketing and Jennifer Burke as regu- latory and legislative advocacy coor- dinator. Brooks most recently worked as director of technology for Energy Circle LLC while Burke operated her own consulting firm. [ P R O M O T I O N S ] Tami Kilcollins was promoted to executive director of the Jefferson Cary Foundation at the Cary Medical Center in Caribou. Kilcollins, who was previously a member of the foundation's public rela- tions office, replaces Mary Harrigan who announced her retirement after leading the foundation for two decades. Gorham Savings Bank promoted Matt Early to senior business development officer of the bank's commercial team and Karl Suchecki to director of com- mercial banking. Katahdin Trust in Houlton promoted Tori Barber, Sunny Flannery and Debbie Schillinger to assistant vice president and Joe Clukey and Peggy Smith to vice president. Barber was previously branch manager and retail services officer in Mars Hill, Flannery was branch manager and retail services officer in Hampden, Schillinger was branch manager in Island Falls and Oakfield, Clukey was assistant vice president, retail services officer and Smith was branch manager in Caribou and Van Buren. Machias Savings Bank promoted Jonathan Alley to vice president, customer service manager; Melissa Moffett to vice presi- dent, corporate giving and community relations; Miranda Smith to vice president, branch manager, Machias; Krystle Currier to retail loan administration manager; and Charlene Cates to vice president, marketing and community impact. Geiger, a promotional products distribu- tor in Lewiston, promoted Kaitlynne Gibson to business development man- ager and Nicole Ross and Kelly Miller-Craft to merchandising specialists. Gibson was previously a program manager, Ross was a merchandising and marketing support specialist in Crestline and Miller-Craft was a merchandising specialist. Mercy Hospital in Portland promoted Michael Duffy to senior physician executive. Since joining the hospital in 2010, Duffy has assumed roles that include regional physician executive, medical director of primary care as well as serving as the vice president of the Mercy Medical Group since 2016. Maine College of Art in Portland pro- moted Mary Anne Lloyd to chair and assis- tant professor of illustration. Lloyd was previously chair of illustration. Baxter State Park Authority promoted Eben Sypitkowski to park director. Sypitkowski was resource manager and manager of the park's Scientific Forest Management Area. Maine Community College System pro- moted Joseph Cassidy to president of Southern Maine Community College and Susan Mingo to president of Washington County Community College, effective Aug. 1. Cassidy is currently president of Washington County Community College while Mingo is dean of enrollment management and stu- dent services at Washington County Community College. [ A P P O I N T M E N T S ] The Maine Community College System board of trustees re-elected Jean Ginn Marvin as chair and William Cassidy as vice-chair. Marvin is innkeeper at the Nonamtum Resort in Kennebunkport and Cassidy is the former president of Washington County Community College. In addition, the board added Kimberly Lindlof and Nicki Fowlie to its board, after each was nominated by Gov. Paul LePage and confirmed by the legislature. Lindlof is president and CEO of Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce and executive director of the Central Maine Growth Council while Fowlie, who will serve a two-year term as student trustee, is a 2017 graduate of Southern Maine Community College's fire science technol- ogy program and is currently enrolled in the college's paramedicine program. The Association for Consulting Expertise, a nonprofit association of independent business consultants in Scarborough, elected Priscilla Hansen Mahoney as presi- dent, Terry Johnson vice president, Jim Casey secretary and Malcolm Poole treasurer of its board. Mahoney is with Blazing Trails Coaching, Johnson is vice president of Practical Decisions, Jim Casey is with Casey Communications and Poole is with Malcolm Poole Coaching and Consulting. In addi- tion, Peggy Siegle, Carrie Yardley, Kathleen Grammer, Doreen Rockstrom and Gerard Bianco were added as board members. Waynflete, a private school in Portland, said that Abukar Adan, Krista Maywalt Aronson and Betsy Langer joined its board of trustees. Adan is a reporter at Maine Public Radio, Aronson is an associate professor of psychology at Bates College and Langer has been a teacher for the past 42 years. In addition, the school announced board officer appointments for 2018-2019 including Christopher Smith, president; Tim Soley, vice presi- dent; Dale Lewis, secretary; Vin Veroneau, treasurer and Kate Jeton and Warren Valdmanis, members-at-large; and that Conan Deady, Erica Schair-Cardona, Mark Segar, Susan Spagnola and Bill Torrey were appointed trustees emeriti. United Way of Greater Portland made several additions to its board of trustees: Xavier Botana, superintendent, Portland Public Schools; Michael Bourque, president and CEO, MEMIC Group; Chris Claudio, Newsworthy people and performances I N S H O R T To submit new hires, promotions, appointments, or achievements to Mainebiz, send your press release to editorial@mainebiz.biz. Items are run at the discretion of the editorial staff, and in the order in which they were received. Donna Ehrler Jeff Talka Tami Kilcollins Eric Byther Lisa McAuliffe Kaitlynne Gibson Karl Suchecki Matt Early Kelly Miller-Craft Michael Duffy Nicole Ross