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V O L . X X V N O. X I M AY 2 7 , 2 0 1 9 28 U S I N E S S M A I N E I N S H O R T N E W S WO R T H Y P E O P L E A N D P E R F O R M A N C E S hired Anne Gray as an event direc- tor and Candace Letizia as a market- ing manager. Gray was previously a senior manager for CIEE Annual Conference while Letizia was a mar- keting project manager for PTC. Allen Insurance and Financial in Camden hired Nikki Castellano as an assistant in its benefits division. CES Inc., a firm of engineers, environ- mental scientists and land surveyors in Brewer, hired Dan Livingstone as senior project manager, Dee Lizotte as an accounting and payroll specialist and Jon Whitten Jr. as project manager. Final Draft CAD LLC, a Portland consult- ing firm that specializes in building information modeling and computer- aided design, hired Shirley Holt as BIM/ CAD designer. Holt was formerly principal at SEHolt Architect LLC. Bernstein Shur, a law firm in Portland, hired David Littell as a shareholder in the firm's energy and environmental practice group. Littell, who is considered an expert and innovator on energy and environmental regulation, market rules, and compliance, was previously a princi- pal at the Regulatory Assistance Project. M&R Holdings, the parent company behind e Downs redevelopment project in Scarborough, hired Dan Bacon as development director. Bacon was most recently a project manager at Gorrill Palmer. Maine Department of Economic and Community Development hired Charlotte Mace as director of the new Office of Business Development and Innovation. Mace was executive director of Biobased Maine, a nonprofit trade asso- ciation focused on creating high-paying manufacturing jobs in rural Maine. [ P R O M O T I O N S ] Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington pro- moted Jennifer Delker to nurse practitioner at Franklin Health Livermore Falls Family Practice. Delker was previously a clinical abstraction specialist. Sevee & Maher Engineers in Cumberland promoted Erik Clapp to president and Daniel Diffin to vice president. Clapp, who is principal and has been a member of the firm's senior management team for 10 years, heads its site investigation and remediation sector while Diffin joined the firm in 2012 to lead its civil engineering group and was promoted to principal in 2016. Community Concepts, a housing, economic development and social services orga- nization in South Paris, promoted Sadie Theriault to associate director of finance. eriault was previously staff accountant for the housing improvement and community support departments. CES Inc., a Brewer-based firm of engi- neers, environmental scientists and land surveyors, promoted Christopher Michaud and Nate Gustafson to senior project engineers. Michaud was previously project engineer while Gustafson handled civil and mechan- ical design responsibilities for many water, wastewater and utility projects throughout the state of Maine. Catholic Charities Maine in Portland promoted Julie Allaire to director of strategy, program and business devel- opment and Karen Palleschi to director of oral health services at its Jessie Albert Dental & Orthodontic Center in Bath. Allaire was previously business development manager while Palleschi was most recently office manager. The Boulos Co., a commercial real estate firm in Portland, promoted Nate Stevens to partner. Stevens joined the company in 2007 and was previously a broker. The Downeast Group of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management in Portland pro- moted Brian McHugh to financial advisor. [ A P P O I N T M E N T S ] Milestone Recovery, an addiction recov- ery nonprofit in Portland, added Terry Hayes, John Kilbride, Bob MacKenzie and Bridget Rauscher to its board of direc- tors. Hayes is director of workforce development for HospitalityMaine, Kilbride is chief of police for the Falmouth Police Department, MacKenzie is chief of police for the Kennebunk Police Department and Rauscher is sub- stance use prevention program coordi- nator for the city of Portland. e National Park Friends Alliance elected David MacDonald, presi- dent and CEO of Friends of Acadia, to serve as its vol- unteer president. Operating under the umbrella of the National Park Foundation, the alliance is an informal association of nonprofit organizations dedicated to the support of national parks. Farm Credit East, a farmer-owned cooperative lender based in Enfield, Conn., elected James Robbins II as one of four members to serve four-year terms on its board of directors. Robbins is president of Robbins Lumber Inc., a saw- mill in Searsmont that manages 27,000 acres of timberland. [ A C H I E V E M E N T S ] Legacy Properties Sotheby's International Realty, a luxury property company in Portland, announced it was ranked in the "Swanepoel Mega 1,000 Real Estate Companies" for 2018 by T3 Sixty, the residential real estate broker- age industry's leading consulting and research firm. e agency was ranked 674th in 2018, with a sales volume of $456 million, 818 transaction sides and more than 70 full time agents. The Professional Logging Contractors of Maine named Kimball & Sons Logging in Poland as its "PLC Logger of the Year Award" winner at its annual meeting. Other award winners included: Maine State Reps. Nathan Wadsworth and Michelle Dunphy, "PLC Impact Awards;" Scott Hanington, "PLC Community Service Award;" Chopper One Inc. in Eagle Lake, "Acadia Insurance Safety Award;" Acadia Insurance, "PLC Supporting Member Award;" and Melanie Campbell of Cross Insurance, "PLC President's Award." Amy Blackstone was named the "Feminist Activism Award" winner by the Sociologists for Women in Society. Blackstone is a professor with the University of Maine Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center and Department of Sociology who researches childless- ness and the child-free choice, work- place harassment and civic engage- ment. e university also said it earned its first "STARS Silver Rating" from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education for recycling and composting nearly half of its waste; promoting student life opportunities, including a Green Living and Learning dorm floor; reducing water consumption by 20% per campus user; and more. Maine Ad + Design hosted its biennial Broderson Awards ceremony honoring creative excellence in Maine. Winners included: "Best in Show (Corporate or Brand Identity)," Maine Ad + Design; "Annual Reports, Brochures and Corporate Collateral," University of New England; "Digital Video," L.L.Bean; "Package Design," Hugh McCormick Design Co.; "Integrated Marketing," Studio Linear; and "Student Work," Kristen DeVico, Ozi Ozbicerler, Kiana Thayer, Bria Hughes and Ann Finkel. Bernstein Shur, a law firm in Portland, said it received the highest possible ranking in three practice areas, corpo- rate mergers and acquisitions, energy and natural resources and real estate, in Chambers USA, a directory of the nation's top law firms and business law- yers. e firm also said 22 of its Maine- based attorneys were individually recog- nized. Additionally, the firm announced that attorney Ari Solotoff received the Maine Justice Foundation's "New Lawyer Award" for exemplifying the founda- tion's mission to ensure that all Maine people have access to the justice system. Geiger, a promotional products dis- tributor in Lewiston, presented its quarterly "Geiger Star Award" to Laura Bosse, who has been a health and well- ness champion at the company. Danielle Parent, director of crisis and adult residential services at Sweetser, was presented with the "Mental Health Leadership Award" at the 4th Annual NAMI Mental Health and Law Enforcement Recognition Banquet. Eaton Peabody, a law firm in Bangor, said it received the highest possible rank- ing in four practice areas in Chambers USA, a directory of the nation's top law firms and business lawyers. e firm also said 10 of its attorneys were indi- vidually recognized. Sarah Bronson, executive director of Riding To The Top Therapeutic Riding Center in Windham, was named the "2019 Region 1 Credentialed Professional of the Year" by the Professional Association of erapeutic Horsemanship Looking for exciting business events? Go to mainebiz.biz/calendar to view and post events. @ David MacDonald Christopher Michaud Jennifer Delker Nate Gustafson Julie Allaire Karen Palleschi Sadie Theriault

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