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V O L . X X V I I I N O. X X I I I O C T O B E R 1 7 , 2 0 2 2 28 U S I N E S S M A I N E I N S H O R T N E W S WO R T H Y P E O P L E A N D P E R F O R M A N C E S Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington hired Anfin Erickson as a general surgeon at Franklin Health Surgery. KeyBank in Portland hired Colin March as commercial sales leader. Most recently, March was a senior relationship man- ager at TD Bank. [ P R O M O T I O N S ] The Boulos Co., a commercial real estate firm in Portland, promoted Jessica Estes to president and Nate Stevens to designated broker. The Maine Municipal Association in Augusta promoted Rebecca McMahon to director of legal services. McMahon was a staff attorney. Landry/French Construction in Scarborough promoted Mason Rowell to vice pres- ident of precon- struction services. Rowell was previ- ously director of preconstruction. [ A P P O I N T M E N T S ] Andy Irish, a founding member of the Professional Logging Contractors of Maine, was elected president of the American Logger's Council. Irish is founder and co-owner of Irish Family Logging in Peru. Verrill, a law firm in Portland, said attorney Elizabeth Connellan Smith was elected president of National Workers' Compensation Defense Network. Ken Albert, president and CEO of Androscoggin Home Healthcare + Hospice in Lewiston, was appointed to serve on the National Hospice Special Focus Program Technical Expert Panel. Camden National Corp., parent com- pany of Camden National Bank, added Rebecca Hatfield as a director and a member of the capi- tal committee of the bank's board of directors. Hatfield is president and CEO of Avesta Housing. [ A C H I E V E M E N T S ] Maine Medical Center in Portland said its nursing team earned the American Nurses Credential Center Magnet Recognition, the gold standard for nursing quality, recognizing health care organizations that both demon- strate nursing excellence and dis- seminate successful nursing practices status, for a fourth consecutive time. Amee Rice, a senior account manager at Clark Insurance in Portland, was honored with the "2022 Award of Excellence" designation from Safeco Insurance Co. The University of Maine at Farmington announced that it received a rating of 4.5 stars out of 5 from Campus Pride, an LGBTQ national benchmarking tool for colleges and universities to create safer, more inclusive campus communities. Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Maine's HMO/POS plan was rated 4.5 out of 5 in the National Committee for Quality Assurance's commercial Health Plan Ratings for 2022. Bar Harbor Bank & Trust was named the "2022 Business Partner of the Year" by Mount Desert Island Hospital. e bank also recognized employees for extraordinary leadership. Kristin Shaw, senior vice president commer- cial lending support manager, and Daryl Wentworth, senior vice president, director middle market banking, were named the "Chairman's Award" win- ners. "Emerging Leader Awards" were presented to Justin Chapman, vice presi- dent, financial planning and analysis; Vreni Gust, vice president, product and segment marketing manager; Laurel Hansen, vice president, residential lend- ing manager; and Nicholas Harvey, vice president, appraisal manager. The Maine Municipal Association in Augusta announced the winners of its Looking for exciting business events? Go to mainebiz.biz/calendar to view and post events. @ Thank you to the sponsors who helped to make this conference a success. Media sponsor: Anfin Erickson Mason Rowell Andy Irish Colin March Elizabeth Connellan Smith Rebecca Hatfield

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