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W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 75 A P R I L 2 9 , 2 0 1 9 [ N E W H I R E S ] The Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry hired Nancy McBrady as director of the bureau of agriculture, food and rural resources and Emily Horton as director of policy and community engagement. McBrady was previously execu- tive director of the Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine while Horton worked as the agriculture and natural resource representative for U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree. TOCmedia in Winslow hired Elizabeth Kalmus as copy writer and James Gilmore as social media specialist. Bar Harbor Bank & Trust hired Jaime Frederes as senior vice president and director of residential lending. Most recently Frederes was vice president, area lending manger for Bank of America in Southern/Central Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Cathance River Education Alliance in Topsham hired Pat Bobker as develop- ment coordina- tor. Bobker has 20 years of experience in environmental journalism and nonprofit leadership. BerryDunn, a CPA and consulting firm in Portland, hired Kyle Gauvin as tech- nical analyst I and Brian Hansen as compliance associate in the admin- istrative group; Benjamin Schwartz and Karina Locke as staff accountants in the audit and accounting group; Nicole Shaffer as senior business development specialist, Michael Mahar, Mike Belden, Bridgette Wells as staff consultants, Michelle Kennedy, Don Poland, Brady Birdsong and Melissa Hackenberg as senior consultants, Shelly Schram as staff coordinator, Jonathan Williams as proofreader and Amanda Henson as manager in the consulting group; Hannah Elwell as learning and development coordi- nator in learning and development; Courtney Wiss as marketing project coordinator and Shelly Caporossi as brand manager and graphic designer in marketing; and Elizabeth Avery as tax paraprofessional and Kelly Parks as senior in the tax group. Machias Savings Bank hired Christine Bishop as vice president, cash manage- ment solution manager. People's United Bank in Portland hired Katie Grenier as vice president, business banking relation- ship manager. Golden Pond Wealth Management in Waterville hired Katie Brann. Brann was previously with Stone Coast Fund Services in Portland. Down East Credit Union in Baileyville hired Matthew Fleming as CFO. Fleming was previously direc- tor of account- ing and finance at ProInfoNet and Health Connect Networks. Portland Ovations, a nonprofit perform- ing arts organization in Portland, hired Atiim Boykin as co-director of engagement, community programs and Sarah Coleman as co-director of engagement, school programs. Boykin has 15 years of experience as a musi- cian, songwriter, band-leader, spoken word poet, community organizer, activist and family therapist while Coleman was most recently chair of the visual and performing arts department and director of drama at Hebron Academy. Bangor Savings Bank hired Kaleigh Deering as a vice president and mortgage loan officer at its Scarborough branch. Deering, who has 14 years of experience in the financial industry, was most recently mortgage loan officer at Norway Savings Bank. 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. May 7-10, 2019 | Samoset Resort www.MaineHRConvention.com THIS IS NOT YOUR AVERAGE HR CONFERENCE Not in HR? Check out our Supervisor Training Day! Jaime Frederes Matthew Fleming Kaleigh Deering Katie Grenier Pat Bobker

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