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V O L . X X I X N O. I I JA N UA R Y 2 3 , 2 0 2 3 24 [ N E W H I R E S ] Saco & Biddeford Savings Institution hired Gerard Morin as vice presi- dent, audit manager; Cathryn Clark as accounting manager; Brian Healey as information security specialist; Tabatha Moore and Erin Raychard as customer relationship officers; and Ellen Southworth as payroll and ben- efits specialist. Maine Crisp, a gluten free snack com- pany in Winslow, hired Lewis Goldstein as CEO. Previously, Goldstein was chief marketing officer at Insa, a can- nabis production company. Maine Family Federal Credit Union in Lewiston hired Dan Clarke as president/CEO. Waterstone Properties Group hired Steven Yuen as director of mar- keting for Rock Row, its mixed-use development in Westbrook. Yuen was previously director of acquisition marketing for Starry. HospitalityMaine in Augusta hired Nathen Cloutier as government affairs director. Cloutier was formerly a government affairs consultant at Eaton Peabody Consulting Group in Augusta. Hilton Garden Inn Auburn Riverwatch hired Natalie Pollock as general man- ager. Pollock was previously a project manager for a division of Cook & Boardman. The Finance Authority of Maine in Augusta hired Bert Audette as chief information officer. Audette was dean of informa- tion technology at Eastern Maine Community College. Preti Flaherty, a law firm on Portland, hired Erin Naylon as an attorney in the firm's corporate and mergers- and-acquisitions practice. Maine Water Co. in Saco hired Justin Edelstein as controller. Edelstein was previously a vice president at Camden National Bank. Berry Talbot Royer, a Falmouth accounting firm, hired Mark Filler. Filler is former president of Filler & Associates in Portland. MedRhythms Inc., a digital therapeu- tics company in Portland, hired Brett Adelman as program and alliance lead, neurodegeneration; Amanda Albee, engineering manager; Laura Friel, asso- ciate software engineer; Stephen Hess, vice president of product; Shanna Scribner, associate clinical operations engineer; Dave Tran, vice president of engineering; and David Yarin, alliance manager, music partnerships. Bates College in Lewiston hired Leana Amáez as vice president for equity and inclusion. Amáez was previously global leader for diversity, equity and inclusion with Simply Business, an insurance provider in Boston. Catholic Charities Maine hired Danielle Rodriguez as state refugee health coor- dinator in its Office of Maine Refugee Services. Rodriguez has 10 years of experience working in refugee health, including her work in active labor deliv- ery monitoring and maternal health in Eastleigh and Nairobi, Kenya. Preti Flaherty in Portland hired Erin Naylon as an attorney in the firm's corporate and mergers-and-acquisitions practice group. Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington hired Deanna Orfanidis as chief nursing offi- cer. Most recently, Orfanidis served as chief nursing officer for Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans, Vt. Landry/French Construction in Scarborough hired Denis Garriepy as COO. Garriepy, who has 22 years of experience in com- mercial construc- tion, was previously vice president of operations for Suffolk Construction. Skowhegan Savings hired Linda Morton- Hebert as the community branch manager in its Portland Business Center. Previously, Morton-Hebert was with Society Mortgage. The Skowhegan Regional Chamber of Commerce hired Hailey Howard as executive director. Howard was previ- ously with the state of Maine in the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation. [ P R O M O T I O N S ] The town of Owls Head promoted Catherine Birmingham to town trea- surer. Birmingham was previously administrative assistant, deputy town clerk/deputy tax collector. Goodwill Northern New England in Gorham promoted Fran Brown to interim sales director, southern region; Debra Reynolds to residential program manager; Tammy Ames to Maine Mall store manager; and Kim Bucciantini to Portland LifeWorks manager. Sea Bags, a Portland retailer that makes its totes and accessories out of recycled sails, promoted Tara Knupp to vice president, merchandising and product development and Sean Powers to director of operations. The city of Bangor promoted Anne Krieg to director of development. Krieg previ- ously served the city as planning officer. Murray Plumb & Murray, a law firm in Portland, promoted Michael Traister to managing director and Lauren Weliver to partner. Traister, a partner, serves as chair of the firm's construction group and co-chair of its litigation and trial practice group. Weliver practices in the firm's trust and estate planning and administration groups. Rudman Winchell, a law firm in Bangor, promoted Kristy Hapworth and Michael Hockenbury to partner and Candace Augustine and Stephen Wagner to senior counsel. MaineHealth promoted Trampas Hutches to regional president for the Mountain Region, overseeing opera- tions at Stephens Memorial Hospital/ Western Maine Health Care, Memorial Hospital in North Conway, N.H. and Franklin Memorial Hospital/ Franklin Community Health Network. Trampas was previously president at Franklin Community Health Network. Additionally, Barbara Sergio was promoted to interim president of Franklin Community Health Network. Sergio was previ- ously COO. Dirigo Strategies LLC, a marine con- sulting firm in omaston, promoted Victoria Mastromarino to vice president. Preti Flaherty in Portland promoted Kristy Abraham and Mariana Baron to partner. Abraham is a member and former chair of the law firm's corpo- rate and mergers-and-acquisitions practice group and co-chairs the firm's diversity committee. Baron is a mem- ber of the firm's corporate and M&A and immigration practice groups. Legacy Properties Sotheby's International Realty, a luxury property com- pany in Portland, promoted Andrew Lynch to CFO. Lynch was financial controller. Allen Insurance and Financial in Camden promoted Dan Bookham to senior vice president for busi- ness development, Peter Williams to senior vice president for com- mercial lines and Susan Howland to senior vice president for human relations and operations. UScellular promoted Douglas Nash to sales manager in Waterville, Rachel Thies to sales manager in Bangor and Kyle Burbine to retail area sales man- ager for the central and northern New 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. Bert Audette Hailey Howard Steven Yuen Deanna Orfanidis Andrew Lynch Lauren Weliver Danielle Rodriguez Michael Traister Denis Garriepy Trampas Hutches Barbara Sergio

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