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V O L . X X V N O. X I V J U LY 8 , 2 0 1 9 24 [ N E W H I R E S ] Androscoggin Bank in Lewiston hired Jim Woolverton as senior vice president, direc- tor of technology. Woolverton was pre- viously director of IT delivery for Unum. Bar Harbor Bank & Trust hired Caitlin Dunston as vice president, cor- porate counsel working out of the bank's Ellsworth branch. Dunston is licensed in Maine, New Jersey and Pennsylvania and is a member of the Maine State Bar Association. Animal Welfare Society in Kennebunk hired Kate Gollon as a staff veterinarian. Katahdin Trust in Houlton hired Karyn MacLeod as vice president, commer- cial services officer in Scarborough. MacLeod was previ- ously vice president, commercial relationship manager at Bangor Savings Bank in Portland. Northern Maine Development Commission in Caribou hired Kerrigan Arnett as portfolio manager in the business finance division. Arnett is a recent graduate from the University of Maine at Presque Isle. Sebago Technics, an employee-owned engineering consult- ing firm in South Portland, hired Donna Larson as community planner. Larson was previ- ously town planner in Freeport. Franklin Savings Bank in Farmington hired Morgan Allarie as vice president, director of branch administration and deposit services. OTELCO, a wireline telecommunications company in New Gloucester, hired Rebecca Cote as a customer service rep- resentative and Spencer Parks as an OSP field technician in Bangor. Insurance Trust in Westbrook hired Pam Huntington as employee ben- efits specialist. Huntington has 15 years of experience in the health insur- ance and voluntary benefits field. Finance Authority of Maine, a quasi- independent state agency that provides financial solutions that help Maine people achieve their business and higher education goals, hired Karen Kunesh as commercial loan and work- out officer and Kim Getchell as com- mercial loan officer. HM Payson, an invest- ment advisory firm in Portland, hired Noah Petrucci as a portfolio manager and research ana- lyst. Petrucci has 25 years of investment management experience, most recently as co-lead manager of Lord Abbett's $2 billion mid-cap stock fund. First National Bank and its parent com- pany, First Bancorp in Damariscotta, hired Andrew Pooler as business rela- tionship officer in Bar Harbor. Maine Department of Health and Human Services hired Amy Belisle as chief pediatrician. Belisle, an Air Force vet- eran who has collaborated with part- ners throughout the state to improve the health of Maine children, formerly served as senior medical director and director of child health quality improvement at Quality Counts, a Qualidigm Co., a regional nonprofit dedicated to transforming health care. Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington hired Karly Bishop as a provider at Franklin Health Farmington Family Practice. Coastal Enterprises Inc. hired Lorri Brown as women's business center program director and advisor based in Farmington. Brown was most recently program director for Healthy Community Coalition of Greater Franklin County. U.S. Cellular hired Delan Fulgham as sales manager at its Auburn store. Fulgham was previously a supervisor at St. Mary's Hospital. [ P R O M O T I O N S ] Androscoggin Bank in Lewiston promoted Melissa Farinas to vice president, bank technology and busi- ness support man- ager; Mary Michaud to assistant vice president, controller; and Denise Tabet to vice president, retail service manager. Farinas was head of the bank's employee innovation group, Michaud previously served as assistant vice president, finan- cial analyst and Tabet was assistant vice president, retail service manager. OTELCO, a wireline telecommunications company in New Gloucester, pro- moted Kendra Carter to digital market- ing strategist and Jermey Bennett to voice engineering manager in Bangor. Bar Harbor Bank & Trust promoted Chelsea Sawyer to assistant vice president, branch relationship man- ager in Ellsworth. Sawyer was previ- ously branch relationship manager. The Finance Authority of Maine, a quasi- independent state agency that provides finan- cial solutions that help Maine people achieve their busi- ness and higher education goals, pro- moted Jennifer Cummings to director of business programs. Cummings was senior workout officer. The city of Portland promoted Kristen Dow to health and human services director. Dow previously served as interim director. Franklin Savings Bank in Farmington promoted Beckie Bowering to business solutions officer. Bowering, who has been with the bank since 2000, was previously business solutions manager. Diversified Communications, an inter- national media company in Portland, promoted Ashley Bigda to registration team coordinator. Bigda was previ- ously registration team administrator. [ A P P O I N T M E N T S ] Gov. Janet Mills nominated Guy Langevin to serve as chair of the state Workforce Investment Board. Langevin is chief administrative officer for Dead River Co. overseeing human resources, information technology, legal, safety and risk management, strategic plan- ning and business optimization. United Way of Androscoggin County in Lewiston added Michelle Bulley, Oxford Casino; Rachel McKinley, Mechanics Savings Bank; and Michele Talka, Central Maine Healthcare, to its board of directors. e organization also announced its board officers for 2019: Mike Barriault, Central Distributors, chair; Matt Madden, TD Bank, vice chair; and Steve Bosinger, Austin Associates, treasurer. Maine Community Foundation in Ellsworth appointed Karen Stanley to chair and Gregg Collins to vice chair of its board of directors. Stanley retired as chair of Camden National Bank in September 2017 while Collins is vice president of S.W. Collins Co., which is based in Caribou. John Ronan, president of Northern Light Blue Hill Hospital in Blue Hill and Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital in Ellsworth, was elected chair of the Maine Hospital Association board of directors. Additional offi- cers include Charlie Therrien, presi- dent of Northern Light Mercy Hospital in Portland, immediate past chair; Steve Diaz, chief medical officer at MaineGeneral Health in Augusta, chair-elect; Mark Fourre, president of Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport and Waldo County General Hospital in Belfast, treasurer; and Terri Vieira, 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. Andrew Pooler Karen Kunesh Donna Larson Morgan Allarie Kerrigan Arnett Pam Huntington Caitlin Dunston Karyn MacLeod Jim Woolverton Noah Petrucci Kim Getchell Chelsea Sawyer Jennifer Cummings Mary Michaud Denise Tabet Melissa Farinas

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