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V O L . X X V I N O. X I M AY 1 8 , 2 0 2 0 40 [ N E W H I R E S ] The Maine Justice Foundation in Hallowell hired Michelle Giard Draeger as executive director. Draeger was most recently manager of compliance, legal affairs, privacy and program integrity at Martin's Point Health Care. The Maine Public Utilities Commission in Hallowell hired David Braley as direc- tor of its telephone and water division. Braley was previously assistant director of the state's Division of Environmental and Community Health, Drinking Water Program. Northeast Bank in Lewiston hired Solomon Garber as senior vice president, business development. Most recently, Garber was a director at Rialto Capital Management LLC. Franklin Savings Bank hired Amanda Lee as branch manager in Jay. [ P R O M O T I O N S ] Saco & Biddeford Savings Institution promoted Denise McIntyre to vice president, Doug Sinclair to auditor, Kenda Bouffard and Karyn Labrie to assistant vice presidents, Julie LoPresti to assistant vice president, payment operations manager and Cody Newton and Amy Sanphy to customer rela- tionship associates. McIntyre and Sinclair were assistant vice presidents, Bouffard was retail loan processing supervisor, Labrie was compliance specialist, LoPresti previously worked in a variety of roles and departments, Newton was a full time teller and Sanphy was senior teller. Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor promoted James Clarke to senior physician executive and senior vice president. Clarke, who has been serving in the interim role of senior physician execu- tive since February, joined the organi- zation in 2009 after transitioning from his private surgical practice in New York and has served as chief of surgery and senior physician executive for the Medical Center's Medical Group. [ A P P O I N T M E N T S ] Riding to the Top Therapeutic Riding Center in Windham elected Lindsey Lombardo to its board of direc- tors. Lombardo is branch manager for Norway Savings Bank in Freeport. GrowSmart Maine added Tim Hobbs, Amy Bassett and Mark Wiesendanger to its board of directors. Hobbs is state director of Maine USDA Rural Development, Bassett is district director for the Small Business Administration and Wiesendanger is development director for MaineHousing. Farm Credit East, a customer- owned cooperative lender in Enfield, Conn., elected Barry Buck to serve four-year terms on its board of directors. Buck is co-owner and cooperatively manages crop produc- tion, marketing and sales at Buck Farms, a 1,000-acre cash crop and potato farm in Mapleton. [ A C H I E V E M E N T S ] e U.S. Small Business Administration said Nat Peirce and Aaron Anker, own- ers of Bountiful Berry Inc. dba GrandyOats in Hiram, were selected to receive the U.S. Small Business Administration's "2020 Small Business Persons of the Year Award" for Maine. Other SBA award winners included: "Maine and New England Home Based Business of the Year," Sarah Lapine, Watershed Floral, Pownal; "Maine and New England Veteran Owned Small Business of the Year," Gregory Greuel, Wayside Publishing, Freeport; "Maine Jeffrey Butland Family Owned Business of the Year," Joel and Melissa Gilbert, Berry Fruit Farm, Livermore Falls: "Maine Small Business Exporter of the Year," Jodi Ann Breau, Dental Lace, Cape Elizabeth; "Maine Woman Owned Small Business of the Year," Karen Gellis, Swim Lids, Saco; "Maine Young Entrepreneur of the Year," Maddie Purcell, Fyood Kitchen, Portland; "Maine Minority Owned Small Business of the Year," Mariama Jallow, Mariama's Beauty Supply, Portland; "Maine Micro-Enterprise 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. EXTREME AFFORDABILITY $1,400/session flat tuition rate UNPARALLELED SUPPORT personal academic success coach EXCEPTIONAL FLEXIBILITY Courses are 100% online. Always accessible. You choose the pace. THE WAY IT SHOULD BE Sessions start July 6 & August 31, 2020 This is college for adults: GET STARTED TODAY! at the UNIVERSITY of MAINE at PRESQUE ISLE umpi.edu/yp | 844.811.7391 | umpi-yourpace@maine.edu MaineBiz_UMPI_YourPace-qrtr.pdf 1 5/6/2020 9:20:37 AM Helping nonprofits adapt, connect + lead We're here for people with purpose NonprofitMaine.org James Clarke Lindsey Lombardo

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