Mainebiz

V O L . X X V I N O. I JA N UA R Y 1 3 , 2 0 2 0 28 [ N E W H I R E S ] Northern Light Surgery in Bangor hired Matthew Sharbaugh. Sharbaugh special- izes in advanced gastrointesti- nal surgery and robotic abdominal wall reconstruc- tion, which includes advanced and complex hernia repair. Norway Savings Bank hired Brian Desjardins as regional vice president, commer- cial lending based out of the bank's Windham branch. Desjardins has 15 years of banking experience. Katahdin Trust Co. in Houlton hired Justin Jamison as vice president, com- mercial services officer. Jamison was previously vice president, com- mercial relationship manager for People's United Bank. Hope for Women, a nonprofit in Rockland that provides support to people affected by domestic vio- lence, dating vio- lence and stalking, hired Joan LeMole as development director. LeMole spent the previous 19 years as a mental health clinician and five years as a nonprofit execu- tive director. The American Heart Association/ American Stroke Association in Maine hired Lena Minervino as development director responsible for the Southern Maine Heart Walk and Central Maine Heart Walk. Minervino was previously development director at the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of Northern New England. OTLECO, a wireline telecommunica- tions company in New Gloucester, hired Patrick Bellis as a technical support techni- cian in Bangor. Bellis was previously a wireless networking equipment technician at DemarcTech. [ P R O M O T I O N S ] Educate Maine in Portland promoted Angela Oechslie to Project>Login program director. Oechslie was previously the project's program coordinator. Diversified Communications, an inter- national media company in Portland, promoted Melissa Lizotte to human resources project manager in its human resources department and Matt Boucher to director of registration within the registration department. Lizotte most recently was human resources coordinator while Boucher was registration team manager. [ A P P O I N T M E N T S ] Timothy Baum and Robin Noble were elected to InterMed's board of direc- tors. Baum, an internist, is one of the company's founding members while Noble, a gynecologist in the women's health department, joined the com- pany in 2001. Skelton Taintor & Abbott, a law firm in Auburn, said share- holder Jim Pross was appointed to the city of Auburn's Ethics Panel by the Mayor of Auburn, Jason Levesque. e panel is autho- rized to review matters relating to 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. Brian Desjardins Matthew Sharbaugh Justin Jamison Patrick Bellis Joan LeMole Timothy Baum Lena Minervino Jim Pross Robin Noble mdf.org/membership/become-a-member Developing leaders. Doing trusted research. Building creative partnerships. Driving Maine's long-term economic growth. Be part of the progress. Become a member today. Yeah, that's MDF.

• Cover