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V O L . X X V N O. X I I I J U N E 2 4 , 2 0 1 9 24 [ N E W H I R E S ] Fluid Imaging Technologies, a biotechnology company in Scarborough, hired Sarah Isakson as marketing coordinator and Steve Bowen as sales director for the western U.S. and Canada. Isakson was formerly marketing manager and office administrator at the Marvin Design Gallery by Eldredge Lumber in Portland while Bowen was director of professional services at Flow-Cal in Houston. Midcoast Federal Credit Union in Freeport hired Kristen Poremby as senior vice president retail services and, for the Brunswick branch, Chelsea Kershner as branch supervisor. Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington hired Kaitlin Knapp as a nurse practitioner at Franklin Health Internal Medicine. Knapp most recently worked for Matrix Medical Network as clinical manager of the northeast region. University of Maine System hired former Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy as chancellor. Malloy brings 22-years of public service and executive leadership to the organization, including eight years as governor of Connecticut and 14 years as mayor of Stamford, Conn. Sebago Technics, an employee-owned engineering consulting firm in South Portland, hired Donna Larson as com- munity planner, Sophia Cooper as CAD technician, Cory Cormier as senior project engineer, Alex Jakubowski as a survey technician and Jodaliza Feliz and Matthew Orr as civil engineers. Camden National Bank hired Barbara Raths as senior vice presi- dent, senior treasury management sales advisor. Raths was previously senior vice president of govern- ment banking at People's United Bank. The MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor hired Iain Drummond as profes- sor and senior scientist. Drummond, who will assume the position in October, is currently an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, an associate biolo- gist in the Nephrology Division at Massachusetts General Hospital and director of the kidney program of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute. Coastal Enterprises Inc. hired Alison Lane as a small business advisor at its Maine Small Business Development office in Bangor. Lane previously owned and operated the Logical Sip Cafe & Bakery in Brewer. Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park hired Kim Kettler as director of development. Kettler's recent activi- ties include the creation of a mission communications plan for the Vos Foundation, a climate change solu- tions organization; grant and pros- pect research for the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government; ongoing management of the Logan Dunne Memorial Scholarship Fund at the Cape Cod Foundation; and development communications for Protect Our Cape Cod Aquifer. Bar Harbor Bank & Trust hired Steve Richardson as vice president, mortgage loan originator. Richardson has 20 years of experience in lending, man- agement and training in the financial services industry. Maine Medical Partners in Portland hired Heidi DeBlock for the hospital medicine area and Sunil Malhotra in the cardio- thoracic surgery field. DeBlock was previously at Albany Medical Center, where she was in the surgical and neu- rosciences intensive care unit and as a medical student advisor and director of Critical Care Medicine IV Clerkship at Albany Medical College. Malhotra, who will serve as director of congenital cardiac surgery at Maine Medical Center, was director of pediatric and adult con- genital surgery at Children's Hospital of New Jersey in Newark. [ P R O M O T I O N S ] Landry/French Construction in Scarborough pro- moted Derek Albert to project executive. Albert has 23 years of project manage- ment experience in the commercial construction industry. Bar Harbor Bank & Trust promoted Nichole Lee to branch relationship man- ager II in Rockland and South China; Barbora Higgins to vice president and commercial credit team leader; and Torrie Lalime to assistant vice president and internal audit manager. Katahdin Trust in Houlton promoted Teresa Lincoln to executive assistant. Lincoln previously served in the bank's credit control depart- ment for 21 years. Southern Maine Community College in South Portland promoted Paul Charpentier to vice president and academic dean. Charpentier has worked at the college for 24 years as a faculty member and administrator and for the past two years has been interim academic dean. Machias Savings Bank promoted Leann Beal to assistant vice president, mort- gage specialist; Matthew Jarrell to assis- tant vice president, branch manager; Yury Nabokov to assistant vice president, customer experience manager and marketing strategist; Hailey Wilkins to assistant vice president, retail trainer; Tristine Sargent to vice president, busi- ness banker; and Robert Simpson to vice president, audit manager. GWI, a high-speed internet provider in Biddeford, promoted Kerem Durdag to president. Durdag will continue his role as COO. Colby College in Waterville promoted Michael Wisecup to vice president for strategic initiatives. Wisecup is a retired commander of the Navy SEALs and a former assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General (retired) Gen. Martin Dempsey. He previously served as the inaugural presidential leadership fel- low at Colby. [ A P P O I N T M E N T S ] Friends of Casco Bay elected Stephen Bushey to its board of directors. Bushey is a civil engineer with 30 years of experience in stormwater manage- ment and permitting. Habitat for Humanity of Greater Portland added Jason Kern and Sandra Lipsey to its board of directors. Kern is a real estate broker and investor at Portside Real Estate while Lipsey is a business coach, operating her own business. e Aroostook County Committee of the Maine Community Foundation appointed Carol Bell and Bryan Thompson as advisors. Bell worked 20 years in the potato and wood indus- tries, including eight years as general manager for J. M. Huber Corp. and spent 15 years in public health as proj- ect manager under the Healthy Maine Partnership Grant. ompson is owner and CEO of Thompson-Hamel LLC, an investment, insurance, estate planning and payroll company. Waynflete, a private school in Portland, said that Maria Garcia Canning has joined its board of trustees. e school also announced board officer appointments for 2019-20 include Christopher Smith, president; Tim Soley, vice president; Betsy Langer, secretary; Catherine Cloudman, treasurer; Kate Jeton and Nicole DuFauchard, member- at-large; and Alexander Spaulding, trustee emeritus. 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. Alison Lane Sarah Isakson Nichole Lee Dannel Malloy Steve Richardson Torrie Lalime Kaitlin Knapp Barbora Higgins Stephen Bushey Barbara Raths Sunil Malhotra Paul Charpentier Heidi DeBlock Teresa Lincoln Steve Bowen Derek Albert

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