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V O L . X X V N O. I V F E B R UA R Y 1 8 , 2 0 1 9 24 [ N E W H I R E S ] Legacy Properties Sotheby's International Realty hired Heidi Steele as a senior vice president in Camden. Steele was previously a broker and office manager at RE/MAX Jaret & Cohn in Camden. U.S. Sen. Angus King hired Matthew Felling as director of communications in his Washington, D.C., office. Machias Savings Bank hired Michael Sutton as vice president and small business relationship banker. Gov. Janet Mills hired Hannah Pingree to lead the state's Office of Policy Management with the specific charge of developing a framework to transition it into the Office of Innovation and the Future. Pingree is a former Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives. Mills also added Donna Loring, a former Penobscot Tribal Council member, as senior advisor on tribal affairs. United Way of Greater Portland hired Amy Fecteau as director of human resources and Shultzie Fay Willows as director of marketing and communications. Fecteau was most recently with the University of Southern Maine, while Willows was worked in the nonprofit sector specializing in community engagement, development and mar- keting within the homeless housing sector in the state of Washington. RE/MAX Shoreline in Portland hired Dawn Marston and Jamie Crain as sales associates. Dream Local Digital, a digital market- ing agency in Rockland, hired Ron Belyea as chief revenue officer. Belyea was formerly digital director of the Sarasota (Fla.) Herald Tribune. James W. Sewall Co., a natural resources, energy and infra- structure consult- ing firm in Old Town, hired Charles Nadeau as CFO of the company as well as its new owner, Treadwell Franklin Infrastructure Capital LLC; Matthew Dieterich as executive vice president; Lynn Frazier as a certified professional traffic operations engineer; Heather Hayes as a structural engineer specializ- ing in bridge and pier design, adaptive signal control technology design and preparation of design-build specifica- tions; and Winston Sinclair as a field technician on its survey team. Dirigo Strategies LLC, a consulting, techni- cal analysis and formal report writing firm in omaston, hired Matthew Stanley as an associate. Stanley is an acquisition and operations specialist who excels at planning and execution while tracking risk and risk management. Academy Mortgage in South Portland hired Tamika Donahue, Steve LaChance, David Mannette, Angela Hussey, Deb White, Bart English, Jordan Mezoian, Janessa White, Tracy Rowe and Michelle Turcotte. College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor hired Daniel Gatti as a computer science professor. Gatti possesses decades of experience in profes- sional work as a pro- grammer and bioinformatics analyst. The Maine Community Foundation hired Leslie Goode as program offi- cer in Hancock, Washington and Waldo counties. Goode was previ- ously executive director of the Maine Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and director of policy and communication at the Maine Health Access Foundation. SIS Bank in Sanford hired Jeff Hoerth as mortgage consul- tant in Portsmouth, N.H. Hoerth last served as assis- tant vice president, mortgage depart- ment for National Grand Bank of Marblehead, Mass. Atlantic Federal Credit Union in Brunswick hired Chris Perry as vice president of com- mercial lending. Perry has 15 years of experience in the financial services industry. Landry/French Construction in Scarborough hired Mike McLaughlin as senior vice president, Ben Brown as director of business development, Shawn Butler as senior estimator and Michael Stephens as assistant project manager. Maine Department of Health and Human Services hired Michelle Probert as director of MaineCare Services. Probert was previously manager of integrated health services at Bath Iron Works. The Hobbs Funeral Homes in South Portland hired Jonathan Cagney as a licensed funeral director. Cagney was previously a licensed funeral director in Newport, R.I. Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor hired Mostafa Mazen as an ophthalmologist at Northern Light Eye Care and Kasey Ladd as a team member at Northern Light Gynecology. Mazen specializes in cataract sur- gery, glaucoma care and surgery, dry eyes and corneal diseases while Ladd specializes in women's wellness, con- traceptive management and routine annual and breast exams. Fontaine Family – The Real Estate Leader in Auburn hired Alle Gildart as a team member in Scarborough. Gov. Janet Mills hired Gordon Smith, executive vice president of the Maine Medical Association, to serve as director of opioid response. e position, which will be housed within the Office of Innovation and the Future, will mar- shal the collective power of state govern- ment to combat the opioid epidemic. [ P R O M O T I O N S ] Live and Work in Maine, a private-sector initiative designed to promote the Maine employment brand to the national talent market, promoted Nate Wildes to executive director. Wildes was previously engagement director. Harriman, an architecture firm in Auburn, promoted James Fortin and David Story to principal. Fortin is a structural engineer and leads the firm's structural and civil engineering groups while Story is a mechanical engineer and leads the firm's mechan- ical engineering group. Down East Credit Union in Baileyville promoted Joseph Moses to president and CEO. Moses, who has 20 years of experience in the credit union indus- try, had served as president since 2017. The Maine Small Business Development Centers promoted Peter Harriman to center direc- tor at its Portland office located at the University of Southern Maine. Harriman was previ- ously a business advisor. Verrill Dana, a law firm in Portland, elected Seth Coburn, Eugene Ho, Brian O'Rourke, John Powell, Sarah Trautz and Geoffrey Why to partner. Coburn repre- sents companies in intellectual property disputes across a range of high-tech fields and industries; Ho counsels companies in all stages of their develop- ment from start-up through acquisition; O'Rourke focuses his practice on the representation of owners, construction managers and contractors in the build- ing, energy and infrastructure construc- tion industries; Powell has provided cli- ents with IP counseling, patent strategy, opinions, due diligence and hands-on patent prosecution; Trautz provides a broad range of transactional and regula- tory advice for clients in the health care industry; and Why has substantial expe- rience in prominent policy and legisla- tive issues affecting the cable, broad- band, wireline and wireless industries. Geiger, a promotional products distribu- tor in Lewiston, promoted Dawn Laprell to web and operations manager, Justin 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. Alle Gildart Jeff Hoerth Chris Perry Leslie Goode Heidi Steele Michelle Probert Charles Nadeau Kasey Ladd Daniel Gatti Mostafa Mazen Jonathan Cagney David Story Joseph Moses James Fortin Peter Harriman

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