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V O L . X X V I I N O. V I I A P R I L 5 , 2 0 2 1 32 [ N E W H I R E S ] Sea Bags, a designer and manufacturer of bags, totes and accessories made from recycled sail cloth, hired Ashley Rochus as retail store manager in Portland. Skowhegan Savings hired Greg Legier as vice president and commercial lender in Portland. Legier most recently served as a regional vice president and com- mercial loan officer for Franklin Savings Bank in New Hampshire. Dentons Bingham Greenebaum, a law firm in Portland, hired Andrew Helman as a partner in its restructuring, insolvency and bankruptcy practice and distressed health care group. Helman, who is based in Portland and Boston, has experience with a variety of businesses, including those in the health care industry, to help them restructure and protect their assets. Gawron Turgeon Architects PC in Scarborough hired Eric Rasmussen as a project manager and Hilary Ward as a proj- ect architect. Rasmussen and Ward each have two decades of industry experience. Preti Flaherty, a law firm in Portland, hired Patricia Ballard, Arianna Caldwell and Spencer Hoffman as attorneys in the firm's business law group. Caldwell and Hoffman joined the firm as associates while Ballard joined as of counsel in the firm's Concord, N.H. office. Maine Academy of Modern Music in Portland hired Luke Madden as marketing manager. Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor hired Claire Faggons as a provider at Northern Light Women's Health. Faggons specializes in obstetric and gynecologic care, routine and high-risk obstetric care, gynecological surgery, infertility, menopausal management, non-stress test, Pap smears, pre-concep- tual counseling and women's wellness. Maine Medical Partners in Portland hired Jennifer Baldwin at Maine Medical Partners in hospital medicine, Edward Bender as collaborative care child and adolescent psychiatrist at Maine Medical Partners in pediatrics, John Ogorek at Maine Medical Partners in women's health in the division of urogynecology and Hadi Anwar at Maine Medical Center in pediatric hospital medicine. Acadia Insurance, a Berkley Co. in Westbrook, hired Simone Grimes as CFO. Grimes most recently served as deputy COO and senior strategy executive at the Federal Housing Finance Agency in Washington, D.C. Saint Andre Home in Biddeford hired Kate Stearns-Luce as director of its CourageLIVES program. Stearns- Luce has 15 years of experience working with diverse populations throughout the state of Maine. Yokogawa Fluid Imaging Technologies Inc. in Scarborough hired David Janse as director of finance and Scott Harding as software engineer. Janse previously worked in management consulting at RGP while Harding worked at the University of Southern 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. Ashley Rochus Claire Faggons Hilary Ward Kate Stearns-Luce Eric Rasmussen Hadi Anwar Edward Bender Jennifer Baldwin John Ogorek Luke Madden SCOTT WELLMAN DENIS LANDRY KEVIN FRENCH Celebrate this year's honorees at the BLOY virtual reception! For more info visit mainebiz.biz/BLOY FOLLOW US @MBEVENTS #MBBLOY21 SP ONSORED BY April 15 Online Noon – 1:30pm STEVE GETZ KAREN GETZ MICHAEL ROSS DR. EDISON LIU