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W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 25 J U LY 9 , 2 0 1 8 CEO and co-founder, Winxnet; Andrea Gordon, senior vice president, core seg- ment, Unum US; Quincy Hentzel, CEO, Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce; and Kierston Van Soest, CFO, L.L.Bean. The Maine Bankers Association elected Patricia Weigel, president and CEO of Norway Savings Bank, as chair and Tony McKim, president and CEO of First National Bank, as vice chair. In addition, William Tracy, president and CEO of Auburn Savings Bank, and Robert Quentin, president and CEO of Saco & Biddeford Savings Institution, were elected to the association's executive committee for three-year terms expiring June 2021; John Witherspoon, president and CEO, Skowhegan Savings Bank, was elected for a two-year term expiring June 2020; and William Williamson, state president, Bank of America NA, was elected for a one-year term expiring June 2019. Charlie Therrien, president of Mercy Hospital and a senior vice president of Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems, was named chair of the Maine Hospital Association board of directors. Other officers include Peter Sirois, CEO at Northern Maine Medical Center, imme- diate past chair; David Frum, president, Bridgton Hospital and Rumford Hospital, chair-elect; John Ronan, president, Blue Hill Memorial Hospital and Maine Coast Memorial Hospital, treasurer; and Steve Diaz, vice president and chief medical officer, MaineGeneral Health, secretary. Kris Doody, CEO, Cary Medical Center, and Jeff Brickman, CEO, Central Maine Healthcare, joined the board. The Institute for Family-Owned Business in Portland added Patricia Camelio, senior vice president of People's United Bank, to its board of directors. The Maine Credit Union League board of directors elected its 2018-19 officers including Tucker Cole, president and CEO, Maine State Credit Union, board chair; Joann Bisson, president and CEO, Trademark Federal Credit Union, vice chair; David Desjardins, president and CEO, Acadia Federal Credit Union, secretary; and Scott Chretien, president and CEO, York County Federal Credit Union, treasurer. Joining the board was Christine Devine, president and CEO of KV Federal Credit Union. Coastal Enterprises Inc., which helps to grow good jobs, environmentally sustainable enterprises, and shared pros- perity in Maine and rural regions across the country, announced that Catherine Godschalk, Beth Mattingly, Justin Maxson and Stewart Smith were named to its board of directors. In addition, Christa Velasquez was elected as chair and Susan Hammond vice chair of the board of directors. Godschalk manages Bethesda, Md.-based Calvert Impact Capital's investments team; Mattingly is director of research on vulnerable families at the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire; Maxson manages the overall operations of the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation in Winston-Salem, N.C.; Smith is professor emeritus of sustainable agri- culture policy at the University of Maine; Velasquez is an independent consultant in Chicago; and Hammond is executive director of Four Directions Development Corp. in Orono. [ A C H I E V E M E N T S ] MaineWorks, an employment company in Portland, was recognized in the "Best for Customers" list by B Lab, which includes businesses that earned a cus- tomer score in the top 10% of more than 2,400 Certified B Corporations on the B Impact Assessment. Melanie Spencer, a grants profes- sional consultant in Hampden, earned a Grant Professional Certified desig- nation from the Grant Professionals Certification Institute Inc., an affiliate of the Grant Professionals Association. Verrill Dana, a law firm in Portland, was rated as a leading firm in seven Maine categories and three sub-categories eval- uated by Chambers & Partners, a legal research and publishing firm. In addi- tion, 27 of the firm's Portland-based attorneys were acknowledged as lead- ing lawyers in their respective fields. e firm also said Tim Shannon, an intellectual property attorney, was rec- ognized as a "Global IP Star" for the fourth consecutive year in Managing Intellectual Property's 2018/19 IP Stars Guide. e firm was also listed as a "Recommended Firm" in Maine for its intellectual property practice. Melanie Spencer Tim Shannon Looking for exciting business events? Go to mainebiz.biz/calendar to view and post events. @ Member FDIC Our experience. 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