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V O L . X X V I I I N O. X I I I J U N E 2 7 , 2 0 2 2 24 [ N E W H I R E S ] Zype, a video API and infrastructure platform in New York, hired Lauren Chadwick as senior vice president of marketing. Chadwick was previously the head of marketing at CashStar. Fontaine Family, an Auburn real estate firm, hired Calvin Willette and Molly Ray as sales agents in Auburn. Legacy Properties Sotheby's International Realty, a luxury real estate company, hired Ryan FitzGerald as a real estate pro- fessional in Portland. Eastern Maine Development Corp. in Bangor hired Laurie Osher as community resilience specialist. Osher, a Maine State Representative repre- senting Orono, is the owner of Osher Environment System. Aquarius Property Management in Portland hired Adam Mains as maintenance director. Central Maine Community College in Auburn hired Jennifer Jefferson as dean of academic affairs. Jefferson was most recently interim vice presi- dent of academic affairs for Manchester Community College. The University of New England in Biddeford hired Gwendolyn Mahon as university provost and senior vice president for academic affairs. She will start Oct. 24. Most recently Mahon was dean of the Rutgers School of Health Professions. Partners Bank in Sanford hired Jared LeClaire as a mortgage loan officer in Portsmouth, N.H. LeClaire was previ- ously mortgage loan officer at Gold Star Lending. Northern Light Mercy Hospital in Portland hired Milaim Mustafa as an oncologist at Northern Light Mercy Cancer Care. Previously, Mustafa practiced at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. Channel 8 WMTW in Portland hired Jon Chrisos as new evening anchor and Colleen Hurley as a meteorologist. FocusMaine, a private sector-led initiative based in Portland to cata- lyze job growth and enhance the state's economy, hired Dana O'Brien as president. O'Brien was chief sustainability officer at Biotechnology Innovation Organization. MMG Insurance Co. in Presque Isle hired Kendra Coates as senior vice president, deputy CFO. Coates most recently was deputy commis- sioner/COO for the Department of Public Safety. Bar Harbor Bank & Trust hired Sarah McMahon as branch relation- ship manager in Brunswick. McMahon was previously multi- unit team leader for H&R Block. [ P R O M O T I O N S ] Maine Community Bank in Biddeford promoted Jahnna Steindl to oversee the Main Street Biddeford branch of Biddeford Savings. Steindl was previ- ously vice president, branch manager of Biddeford Savings in Westbrook. EqualityMaine, a lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender political advocacy organization in Portland, promoted Gia Drew to executive director. Drew was previously program director. Bull Moose, a Portland-based music and entertainment chain, promoted Shawn Nichols to president and CEO. Nichols was previously vice president of operations. The MEMIC Group, a workers' com- pensation insur- ance company in Portland, promoted Lily Hanstein to vice president of strat- egy. Hanstein was previously director of strategy. [ A P P O I N T M E N T S ] Downtown Ellsworth, a community revi- talization group, announced that Maggie Iannuzzi and Timothy Tunney joined the Heart of Ellsworth board of directors. Iannuzzi is co-owner of Precipice Coffee while Tunney is a commercial loan offi- cer with Franklin Savings Bank. The Maine Society of Certified, Public Accountants announced its board of governor's officers and board members. David Stone, Berry Dunn, will serve as president; Heather Perrault, state of Maine, vice-president; Spencer Hathaway, Baker Newman Noyes, and Mike Santo, Wipfli, treasurers; and Micah Davis-Johnson, Aries Wealth Management, secretary. Board members include: David Barrett, University of Maine; Barbara Belik and Elizabeth Flynn, St. Joseph's College of Maine; Jake Black, Berry Dunn; Ryan Curry, IDEXX; Tami Gower, University of New England; Peter Hall, PJ Hall CPA; Kirin Schrum, S.A. Hutnak & Associates; and Angelica Hartel, Husson University. Kennebec Savings Bank in Augusta added Alison Lorenz to its board of directors. Lorenz managing director and tax director at One River CPAs. Girl Scouts of Maine in South Portland announced the appointment of five new members to its board of directors. Additions include LeAnne Grillo, founder and partner, Spaces for Change; Sarah Day, director, employee and corporate communications, Unum; Elaine Healey, regional initiatives manager, Bank of America; Elizabeth Smith, 9 th grade stu- dent, Bangor High School; and Charlena LaVallee, 11 th grade student, Gray-New Gloucester High School. Avesta Housing, a nonprofit affordable housing provider based in Portland, added Alice Kabore to its board of direc- tors and Diane Donaldson to the 75 State Street board of trustees. Kabore is the multicultural and multilingual coor- dinator for the South Portland School Department while Donaldson is senior vice president and commercial banking team lead with Bangor Savings Bank. [ A C H I E V E M E N T S ] PC Construction in Portland said it was named "Southeast Contractor of the Year" by ENR Southeast, a trade publi- cation in the engineering and construc- tion industry. e U.S. Small Business Administration announced that Shellfish Solutions d/b/a Blue Trace in Castine was a winner in the AgTech and Food Security division of its inaugural America's Seed Fund Startup Expo 2022. Maine International Trade Center in Portland named Puritan Medical Products as its "Innovator of the Year" for the Guilford company's COVID-19 pandemic response efforts, with the company producing and distributing hundreds of millions of testing swabs for people in need. Brann & Isaacson, a law firm in Lewiston, announced that eight of its lawyers were named to the "2022 New England Super Lawyers" list and four were named "Rising Stars." The Portland Water District announced that Barber Foods, Concord Coachlines, Cozy Harbor Seafood, ecomaine Waste- to-Energy, D.L. Geary Brewing, Kimberly Clark Larsen-Chapman Landfill, Maine College of Art and Design, Northern Light 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. Calvin Willette Kendra Coates Dana O'Brien Jahnna Steindl Lily Hanstein Laurie Osher Gwendolyn Mahon Milaim Mustafa Ryan FitzGerald Jennifer Jefferson Diane Donaldson Alice Kabore Alison Lorenz Molly Ray Sarah McMahon

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