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V O L . X X V I N O. I V F E B R UA R Y 2 4 , 2 0 2 0 24 [ N E W H I R E S ] Ethos Marketing in Westbrook hired Eben Peck as digital advertising special- ist. Peck was previously senior digital strategist at Octane Marketing. Skowhegan Savings hired John Butera and Steve Gray as vice presidents of commercial lending. Butera was pre- viously commissioner of the Maine Department of Labor and worked as the senior economic advisor for the LePage administration while Gray was co-owner of Franklin Chrysler in Farmington. Animal Welfare Society in Kennebunk hired Dana Falsetta as behavior and training program coordinator in its Canine Training Department. Falsetta was a certified professional dog trainer and certified behavior consultant canine with Philly Unleashed Dog Training in Philadelphia, Pa. The Maine Community Foundation in Ellsworth hired John Ochira as program officer. Previously, Ochira was a dis- ability benefit spe- cialist at Unum. Maine Academy of Modern Music in Portland hired Clifford Cameron, Devon Colella and Chris Wilkes as faculty members. Cameron is a multi-instru- mentalist, Colella a classically-trained cellist and Wilkes a professional drummer and educator. Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington hired Jacob Ledesma as a provider at Franklin Health Internal Medicine and on the hospital's inpatient unit. Ledesma has 19 years of patient care experience. RE/MAX Shoreline in Portland hired Harper Lee Collins as an associate bro- ker in Falmouth. MittelAsen LLC, a law firm in Portland, hired attorney William Leete Jr. as a partner member of the firm and Scott Dolan and Whitney Lallas as associate attorneys. Leete focuses his practice on business and real matters, including acquisi- tions and sales, obtaining commercial financing, forming businesses and other business, transactional and litigation needs; Dolan on litigation, business law and copyright and trademark law; and Lallas on family law matters. EMDC in Bangor hired Miranda Pelkey and Gaja Thiagarajan. Pelkey is a coun- selor with the firm's Maine PTAC program while iagarajan is a gen- eral accountant. Maine Coast Heritage Trust, a statewide land conservation organization based in Topsham, hired Brad Kauffman as COO. Kauffman previously held senior leadership positions at L.L.Bean and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New Dimensions Federal Credit Union in Waterville hired Darla Frost as vice president of lending. Frost has 20 years of mortgage lending experience. Berry Talbot Royer, an accounting firm in Falmouth, hired Hadje Esmiller as direc- tor of audit and assurance services. Esmiller was pre- viously with Wipfli Macpage. Good Shepherd Food Bank in Auburn hired Amy Regan Gallant as vice presi- dent of public policy and research and Robin McCarthy as an annual giv- ing officer. Gallant was previously advocacy director at AARP Maine while McCarthy was with Maine Public where she oversaw the direct marketing program for the statewide public media station. OTELCO, a wire- line telecommu- nications services company in New Gloucester, hired Catherine Johnston as director of sales. Johnston was direct sales manager at Spectrum. CES Inc., a firm of engineers, environ- mental scientists and land surveyors in Brewer, hired Cynthia White as senior administrative assistant and senior project assistant. White was most recently with the Nevada Department of Transportation. MaineHealth Care at Home in Saco hired Matthew Dirscoll as director of commu- nications and public affairs. Driscoll, who has 20 years of experience in health care, was communications and market- ing manager at NorDx. [ P R O M O T I O N S ] Maine Academy of Modern Music in Portland promoted Aviva Shaw to direc- tor of development and operations. Shaw previously served in the position on a part-time basis. USI Insurance Services, an insurance brokerage and risk management firm in Portland, promoted Roger Dunning to com- mercial lines practice leader in Southern Maine. Dunning was previously commer- cial lines vice president in Bedford, N.H. HM Payson, an integrated financial advisory firm in Portland promoted Molly Reinfried and Tim Griffin to share- holders and Michelle Santiago to a man- aging director. Reinfried is chair of the firm's financial planning group and a portfolio manager, Griffin a portfolio manager and Santiago is chief trust administration officer. Landry/French Construction in Scarborough promoted Ben McPherson to project manager. McPherson was an assistant project manager. Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park in Winter Harbor promoted Nicholas Fisichelli to president and CEO. Fisichelli had been serving as interim president and CEO since August. MaineHealth in Portland promoted Alexander Green to associate vice presi- dent of planning. Green previously served as director of system planning and regulatory compliance. CES Inc., a firm of engineers, environ- mental scientists and land surveyors in Brewer, promoted Johanna Szillery to supervisor and project manager and Andrea Dickinson to project man- ager and project engineer within its environmental division; Brian Hanlon to senior designer in its engineering division; and Zachary Thomas to senior designer in its engineering division based in Saco. Szillery was a senior project scientist, Dickinson a project professional, Hanlon a CADD techni- cian and omas was a designer. [ A P P O I N T M E N T S ] United Midcoast Charities in Camden elected Frank Hackett and Mary Sargent to its board of directors. Hackett has served as a consultant to many for-profit and nonprofit organizations while Sargent is executive director of Penobscot Shores Retirement Community in Belfast. e nonprofit also announced its new executive committee including Betsy Clemens Saltonstall, president; Lori Alexander, vice president; John Viehman, secretary; and Jim Hengerer, chair of the grants committee. EMDC in Bangor announced offi- cers of its board of directors includ- ing William Shorey, board chair; Dan Tremble, vice chair; and Laura Sanborn, secretary-treasurer. Matthew Worthen, a shareholder at the law firm Eaton Peabody, was elected to the Board of Directors of the Maine 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. Brad Kauffman Jacob Ledesma Catherine Johnston John Ochira Hadje Esmiller Scott Dolan Whitney Lallas John Butera Steve Gray William Leete Jr. Ben McPherson Molly Reinfried Michelle Santiago Tim Griffin

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