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V O L . X X I X N O. X I I I J U N E 1 2 , 2 0 2 3 24 [ N E W H I R E S ] Murray Plumb & Murray, a law firm in Portland, hired Fulton Rice as an associate attor- ney. Rice's practice focuses largely on real estate and cor- porate matters. Northern Light Mercy Hospital in Portland hired Beverly Wood as a physician assistant at Northern Light Mercy Primary Care in South Portland. Good To-Go, a dehydrated gourmet meal brand in Kittery, hired Kristen Murphy as marketing manager. Murphy previously worked in digital marketing at Vibram Corp. The Finance Authority of Maine in Augusta hired Jonathan Poole as direc- tor of strategic growth and Sarah Nadeau-Balducci as deputy general counsel. Poole was formerly at the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development while Nadeau-Balducci was a criminal prosecutor. The University of New England in Biddeford hired Jim Irwin as senior vice president of finance and admin- istration. Previously, Irwin was CFO and vice president for business and finance at Washington & Jefferson College in Washington, Pa. Thompson Bowie & Hatch, a law firm in Portland, hired Tamra Wallace and Grayson Szczepaniak as associate attorneys. Littler, an inter- national employ- ment and labor law practice with offices in Portland, hired James Thelen as of counsel. elen was general counsel and chief legal officer at the University of Maine System. [ P R O M O T I O N S ] UScellular pro- moted Alan Collins to store manager in Farmington, Evan Travers to store manager in Westbrook and Gary Hebert to store manager in Rockland. Collins was previously a sales manager in Belmont, N.H., Travers is also store manager in Scarborough and Hebert was store manager in Farmington. Thompson Bowie & Hatch, a law firm in Portland, promoted Hanni Pastinen to partner. Community Concepts Inc. in Lewiston promoted Kimberly Bessette to direc- tor of children's services. Bessette was previously the department's asso- ciate director. Great Falls Construction in Gorham promoted Julie Curran to manag- ing director, Lindsay Nason to human resource manager and Becky Hole to senior property manager. Curran was director of business development, Nason was human resource payroll coordinator and Hole was property manager. Rinck Advertising in Lewiston pro- moted Nate Perkins to digital project manager and senior manager of sys- tem technology. Perkins was previ- ously a systems administrator. Goodwill Northern New England in Gorham promoted Lydia Seliano to LifeWorks deaf services program coordinator; Logan Maskell to health services program coordinator; Arthur Mosen to senior program manager, workforce services; Stacey Tupper to learning and development analyst; Tim Wescott to financial analyst; Scot Larrabee to assistant store manager in Augusta; Bailey Austin to shift supervisor in Brewer; Ashley McAlpine and Courtney Drinkwater to workforce services program managers; Charles Kalisa to health services program coordinator I; and Tracie Woodbury- Anglin to shift supervisor in Augusta. Katahdin Trust in Houlton pro- moted Billi Griffeth to senior vice president, com- munity banking; Melissa Dahlgren and Rebecca Kord to com- munity banking team leader, vice presidents; Leslie Gardner to senior vice president, retail lending; and Danelle Weston to retail underwrit- ing manager, vice president. Griffeth was regional vice president, retail banking; Dahlgren and Kord were assistant vice president, branch manager and community banking officers; Gardner was vice president, retail lending; and Weston was retail underwriting officer. 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. Beverly Wood Sarah Nadeau-Balducci Kimberly Bessette Fulton Rice Billi Griffeth Jonathan Poole Danelle Weston Gary Hebert James Thelen Evan Travers Leslie Gardner Melissa Dahlgren Rebecca Kord Alan Collins #MBW T W23 / FOLLOW US @MAINEBIZ Do you know a woman business owner, CEO, president, and top executive with an established track record of success? A woman who has been a trailblazer and a mentor to others. SUBMIT YOUR NOMINATION BE FORE JUNE 26! MAINEBIZ .BIZ/ W T W23 S PONS OR ED BY Nominate a top-notch woman executive before June 26!

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