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V O L . X X V N O. X X V O C T O B E R 2 8 , 2 0 1 9 24 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 president and chief clinical officer. Kelley, who is a nurse practitioner with expertise in care management, was previously vice president of medical management. Harriman, an archi- tecture firm in Auburn, promoted Lisa Sawin to prin- cipal. Sawin is a senior architect and leader in the firm's Education Studio. Hopkinson & Abbondanza PA, a law firm in Portland, named Gerald Schofield Jr. a partner. Schofield has been with the firm for eight years and practices in the areas of residential and commercial real estate, estate planning and probate matters, corporate and business plan- ning and general civil litigation. [ A P P O I N T M E N T S ] Skelton Taintor & Abbott, a law firm in Auburn, said that attorney Jordan Payne Hay was elected to serve a two-year term as a member of the Central Maine Human Resources Association board of directors. Hay's practice includes employment law, civil rights, human resources support and intellectual property. The Maine Real Estate & Development Association elected Jason Howe, Rebecca Hatfield and Ethan Boxer-Macomber to its board of direc- tors. Howe is part- ner at Preti Flaherty, Hatfield is vice president of real estate development and management at Avesta Housing and Boxer-Macomber is principal of Anew Development. [ A C H I E V E M E N T S ] Bristol Seafood in Portland said its My Fish Dish product was named among the Top 25 most innovative seafood products in North America by SeafoodSource. April Ylvisaker, senior vice president at Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. in Portland, was included on the 2019 Forbes "Best-in-State Next-Generation Wealth Advisors" list. Pam Bolduc, general manager of the Olive Garden in South Portland, achieved "Diamond Club" status, the top honor at parent company Darden Restaurants. Only 43 general managers were selected from more than 850 Olive Garden res- taurants in North America. The Portland Water District captured the "Distinguished Budget Presentation Award" from the Government Finance Officers Association representing a commitment to the highest principles of governmental budgeting. e water district also announced that Mike Penny, a collections systems operator, won the "Charles Perry Collection System Award;" James Galasyn, lead environ- mental scientist, was awarded the "David Anderson Laboratory Analyst Excellence Award;" and Scott Firmin, Director of Wastewater Services, captured the "Roger Gagne Award" at the Maine Wastewater Environment Association fall convention. Andrew Silsby, president and CEO of Kennebec Savings Bank, published an arti- cle for Forbes.com about the importance of high-quality internship programs to the strength of today's workforce. Meesha Luce, a personal insur- ance account executive with Allen Insurance and Financial in Camden, earned the "Safeco Insurance Award of Excellence" for a fifth consecutive year. DMM Inc., a digital document solu- tions provider in Scarborough, received four awards for "Creative Excellence" from the New England Direct Marketing Association, a regional affiliate of the world's largest direct mail trade associa- tion, the Direct Marketing Association. e company received gold awards for "Integrated Media Campaign" for its own rebrand cross-media campaign and Looking for exciting business events? Go to mainebiz.biz/calendar to view and post events. @ Ethan Boxer-Macomber Jordan Payne Hay Lisa Sawin Pam Bolduc Jason Howe Meesha Luce Rebecca Hatfield

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