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W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 21 M AY 3 , 2 0 2 1 [ N E W H I R E S ] Freedom Realty in Saco hired Joseph De La Cruz as a sales agent. Southern Maine Health Care in Biddeford hired Matthew Fasolino as a member of its Primary Care prac- tice in Kennebunk. Fasolino was most recently a family medicine physician at Western Maine Primary Care in Norway. Partners Bank in York hired Eric Walker as market man- ager. Walker was previously branch manager at People's United Bank in York. Bar Harbor Bank & Trust hired Chris St. Aubin as vice president, information security officer in Ellsworth. St. Aubin has 14 years of experience in information security. U.S. Sen. Angus King hired Pat Bond as senior policy advisor and Natalie Hodgman and Nancy Billings as staff assis- tants. Most recently, Bond, an energy and environmental policy specialist, served as legislative director for U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia while Hodgman and Billings previously severed as interns in King's office. Rockland Savings Bank hired Lisa Gundel as assis- tant vice president, branch manager. The Maine Small Business Coalition in Augusta hired Selecca Bulgar-Medina as director. Bulgar-Medina was previ- ously a policy fellow at the University of Chicago Law School. Harpswell Capital Advisors in New Gloucester hired Anne Fleming as compliance and marketing director and Diana Grandoni as client relations manager. ND Paper hired Bruce Hogan as vice presi- dent and GM of its Old Town Division. Hogan has 33 years of pulp and paper industry experience. Gorham Savings Bank hired Brian O'Coin as vice president, com- mercial loan officer of its commercial banking team. Most recently, O'Coin worked as vice president and senior business banking relationship manager at KeyBank. Good Shepherd Food Bank in Auburn hired Meg Brown as nutrition and educa- tion coordinator, Jenny Jones as commu- nity resource representative, Heidi Krieger as community resources manager and Joe Rice as Auburn Distribution Center supervisor. The city of Portland hired Tina Pettingill as deputy director of the Health and Human Services Department. Pettingill is the director of education and training at Maine Health. Fontaine Family – the Real Estate Leader hired Deanna Lavoie and Abby Davis as team members in Auburn. Mayo Street Arts in Portland hired Ian Bannon as executive director. Bannon had been working as a part time pro- gram manager for the arts organization. [ P R O M O T I O N S ] Saco & Biddeford Savings Institution pro- moted Kenda Bouffard to retail lending processing and closing manager; Katrina Desjardins to vice president; Stephanie Bailey, Mary Jane Sawyer and Michael Rague to assistant vice presidents; and Ashley Lyons to customer relationship officer. Bouffard was retail loan processing supervisor, Desjardins is branch man- ager in Westbrook, Bailey is assistant branch manager in Westbrook, Sawyer is assistant branch manager in Biddeford, Rague is assistant branch manager in Old Orchard Beach and Lyons was a customer relationship associate in Saco. Morningstar Stone and Tile in Topsham promoted Travis Barton to vice president and GM, Nick Brown to inside opera- tions manager, Drew Mayer to outside operations manager, Nichole Mann to treasurer and human resources/finance manager, Lesa Lemar to office manager and Ryan McCarthy to sales and market- ing manager. Barton was previously outside operations manager, Brown was shop manager, Mayer and Lemar were estimator/schedule coordinators, Mann was in human resources and finance and McCarthy was sales manager. Rockland Savings Bank promoted Ann Upham to executive vice president, COO; Zane Cole to loan originator; Jessica Olson to vice presi- dent; and Alexandria Moreash-Kennedy to accounting manager. Landry/French Construction in Scarborough promoted Geoff Mitchell to vice president of opera- tions. Mitchell previously served as director of project management. Geiger, a promotional product distributor in Lewiston, pro- moted Colton Jordan to web developer in Corporate Programs. Jordan was previ- ously an order veri- fier in Total Care Shared Service. [ A P P O I N T M E N T S ] Maine Municipal Association in Augusta added Robert Butler, Sarah Dubay, Terry Helms and Diane Hines to its executive committee. Butler is a selectperson in the town of Waldoboro, Dubay is a council member in the city of Bangor, Helms is a selectman in the town of Grand Isle and Hines is manager in the town of Ludlow and Reed Plantation. The Finance Authority of Maine in Augusta added the Hon. Bettyann Sheats and Renee Ouellette to its board of direc- tors and re-appointed David Daigler to another four-year term as chair of the board. All were nominated by Gov. Janet Mills and confirmed by the Legislature. Sheats is a former politician and an Army veteran who owns a small spe- cialty construction business in Auburn, Ouellette is president and CEO of University Credit Union and Daigler is president of the Maine Community College System. [ A C H I E V E M E N T S ] Meesha Luce, a mem- ber of the personal insurance team at Allen Insurance and Financial in Camden, earned the Certified Professional Insurance agent des- ignation from the American Insurance Marketing and Sales Society. Habitat for Humanity of York County in Kennebunk announced that it presented its "Miles Freeman Business Award for Service" to Hancock Lumber. Geiger, a promotional products dis- tributor in Lewiston, said Tara Hedges earned Certified Advertising Specialist designation and Winter Thatcher and Kris Powell both earned Master Advertising Specialist designation. The Maine Art Education Association selected Serena Sanborn as the winner of its "Art Educator of the Year Award" in the supervisory category. Sanborn is education and outreach coordinator at Waterville Creates. Verrill, a law firm in Portland, announced that attorney Gregory Fryer was recog- nized as a top author for finance and banking in JD Supra's "2021 Readers Choice Awards." Fryer, who was selected from a pool of more than 14,000 authors writing on financial service and bank- ing matters in 2020, was recognized for writing a number of articles on Paycheck Protection Program loan forgiveness. 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. Abby Davis Eric Walker Colton Jordan Anne Fleming Ian Bannon Geoff Mitchell Joseph De La Cruz Zane Cole A. Moreash-Kennedy Meesha Luce Deanna Lavoie Lisa Gundel Serena Sanborn Ann Upham Diana Grandoni

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