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V O L . X X V N O. I JA N UA R Y 7 , 2 0 1 9 24 [ N E W H I R E S ] Casco Bay Wealth Advisors in Brunswick hired Katie Lewis as a client services manager. Lewis was previously manager of customer service at Hannaford. Diversified Communications, an inter- national media company in Portland, hired Samantha Johnson as a marketing administrative assistant. Johnson was previously employed by the Vermont Law School in South Royalton, Vt. The Connectivity Group, a design/build technology infrastructure and integration company in Falmouth, hired Cody Smith as warehouse/deployment technician. Smith was previously with Hannaford. Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor hired Henry Lin as a team mem- ber at Northern Light Surgery. Lin special- izes in minimally invasive and bariatric surgery. Bar Harbor Bank & Trust hired Jennifer Mazurek as senior vice president, retail banking opera- tions and treasury support man- ager in Rockland. Previously, Mazurek was senior vice president, director of audit and com- pliance at Camden National Bank. Fluid Imaging Technologies Inc., a biotechnol- ogy company in Scarborough, hired Michelle Richards as the Buyer support- ing production. Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park hired Catherine Schmitt as science communication specialist. Schmitt previously directed communications for the Maine Sea Grant College Program at the University of Maine. Maine Medical Partners in Portland announced several new hires: Elizabeth Seiverling, Dermatology; Monica Thim, Hospital Medicine; Sei-Gyung Sze, Maine Children's Cancer Program; David Polisner, Geriatric Medicine; Bram Geller, Andrew Schwartzman and Stephen Tuohy, MaineHealth Cardiology; Matija Burtis, Maine Medical Center - Weight & Wellness Program; Kimberly Malka, Surgical Care; Zhyldyz Kabaeva, Cape Elizabeth Internal Medicine; Adam Normandin, Portland Family Medicine; Melanie Leu, Pediatric Specialty Care, Division of Genetics; Rebecca Kalman, Maine Medical Center's Palliative Medicine program; Kiranjot Gujral, Endocrinology and Diabetes; John Lowery, Falmouth Family Medicine; Lauren Del Prato, Neurosurgery & Spine; Nicholas Colacchio and Ross Feller, Orthopedics & Sports Medicine; Christina Mimikos, Otolaryngology; and Amy Mayhew, Department of Psychiatry at Maine Medical Center, Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. OTELCO Inc., a telecommunica- tions provider New Gloucester, hired Tracy Peters as direc- tor of sales. Peters has 18 years of expe- rience in various sales and sales management roles. Northeast Bank in Portland hired Dana Curtis as mortgage sales manager. Curtis was previously mort- gage loan officer at University Credit Union in Portland. Clark Insurance in Portland hired Jena Henry as an account analysist in its business insurance department. Henry previously worked at MEMIC as a claim specialist. Scott Simons Architects in Portland hired Philip Chaney after a year-long sabbatical with Nelson Metal Fabrication focusing on light house res- toration. Chaney specializes in projects that enrich the user's experience and enhances the building's relationship to its context and community. Maine Valuation Co., an independent real estate appraisal firm in Gorham, hired Marc Gowdy as a partner. Gowdy has been appraising real estate in Maine and New Hampshire for 35 years. The Greater Androscoggin Humane Society board of directors hired Katie Lisnik as executive director. Lisnik was previously the director of companion animal public policy at the Humane Society of the United States. [ P R O M O T I O N S ] U.S. Cellular promoted Bruce Mitton to sales manager in Topsham. Mitton was previously a retail wireless consul- tant in Augusta. Lee Auto Malls in Auburn announced that William Menke became an equity partner in the auto dealer group. Menke serves as general manager for the company. F.L.Putnam Investment Management Co. in Portland promoted Glen Martin to vice president, private client advisor and Scott Mazuzan to vice president, private client advisor and director of communication and engagement. Martin and Mazuzan were previously private client advisors. Scott Simons Architects in Portland promoted Seth Wilschutz to associate. Wilschutz has been with the firm since October 2017. The Maine Manufacturing Extension Partnership in Augusta promoted Larry Robinson to president. Robinson has served as the partnership's center director since 2012. [ A P P O I N T M E N T S ] College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor added Cynthia Baker, Sarah Currie-Halpern and Laura McGiffert Slover to its board of trust- ees. Baker is a senior development direc- tor at Duke University, Currie-Halpern is co-founder of the waste reduction and diversion consulting firm ink Zero LLC and Slover is president and CEO of CenterPoint Education Solutions. Todd Mason, president/CEO of the Maine Credit Union League, was appointed to the Maine State Chamber of Commerce board of directors for a three-year term. [ A C H I E V E M E N T S ] The Finance Authority of Maine rec- ognized Camden National Bank, for lenders with over $1.5 billion in assets, and Androscoggin Bank, for lenders with less than $1.5 billion in assets, with its "Lender at Work for Maine" awards at its annual Showcase Maine event in Portland. Verizon Business listed the city of Portland as the top city in the U.S. in its "Best Small Cities to Start a Small Business Report." Skelton Taintor & Abbott shareholder Sarah Mitchell was a featured speaker at the National Business Institute Divorce Law Boot Camp held at the Holiday Inn By the Bay in Portland. Kaplan Thompson Architects in Portland said it was the only Maine firm on ARCHITECT magazine's "Top-50 Firms in Sustainability List." The city of South Portland Economic Development Committee recently pre- sented its annual awards. South Portland House of Pizza was named the "Small Business of the Year Award (25 or fewer employees)" winner; SoPoCo. Works was the recipient of the "New Business of the Year Award;" South Portland Veterinary Hospital won the "Santo 'Sam' DiPietro Community Impact Award;" Don Foshay Jr. of Don Foshay's Discount Tire & Alignment was the recipient of the "Business Leader of the Year Award;" Texas Instruments Inc. was selected as the "Business of the Year Award (greater than 25 employ- ees)" winner; Mayor Linda Cohen was presented with a Face of South Portland 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. Catherine Schmitt Henry Lin Katie Lewis Philip Chaney Dana Curtis Jennifer Mazurek Michelle Richards Tracy Peters Seth Wilschutz Cynthia Baker Sarah Currie-Halpern William Menke McGiffert Slover Todd Mason Sarah Mitchell

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