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V O L . X X I X N O. X X I V O C T O B E R 1 6 , 2 0 2 3 24 [ N E W H I R E S ] Kennebunk Savings hired Steven Hughes as vice president and chief technology officer. The Maine State Chamber of Commerce in Augusta hired Patrick Woodcock as president and CEO. Woodcock, who was director of the Maine Energy Office under Gov. Paul LePage, most recently served as commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources under Gov. Charlie Baker. Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington hired Ruslan Abdukalikov as a physician of pain medicine. Abdukalikov was most recently a staff anesthesiologist for Spectrum Health Care in Portland. ERA Dawson Bradford Co. REALTORS in Bangor hired Jaime Fish Connell as a real estate broker in Rockland. E2Tech, the Environmental and Energy Technology Council of Maine, hired Eric Howard as executive director. The Central Maine Growth Council, a public-private collaborative economic development partnership in Waterville, hired Nicole Timmins as grant and finance manager. Timmins was previously direc- tor of finance at Care & Comfort. General Dynamics Bath Iron Works hired Julie Berry as vice president, chief information officer. Berry previously worked for Steward Healthcare System LLC as chief technology officer and chief information officer. Northern Light Mercy Hospital in Portland hired Joseph Young as an orthopedic sur- geon at Northern Light Mercy Orthopedics in Falmouth. New Ventures Maine in Augusta hired Oyebanjo Ogunlela, Dion Olmstead and Destin DeCambre as microenterprise specialist on its microenterprise development team. Spinnaker Trust in Portland hired Kelsey Lowe as an ESOP account administrator in the firm's Employee Stock Ownership Plan practice. BroGue Insurance & Financial Services in Bangor hired Maria Cox as a sales agent. Cox was previ- ously with Russell D. Patten Insurance Agency in Hermon. [ P R O M O T I O N S ] Bangor Savings Bank promoted Laura Blake to vice president, northeast regional market manager; Mike Yerxa to vice president, senior relationship man- ager in Bangor and Augusta; and Jake Knight to vice president, Greater Bangor regional market manager. Lebel & Harriman Retirement Advisors in Falmouth promoted Nate Moody to part- ner. Moody is director of business devel- opment and marketing for the firm. Baker Newman Noyes, an accounting firm in Portland, promoted Crystal Jones to billing manager in the opera- tions department, Gregory Knight to senior manager in the health care advisory practice and Nathan Somes and Benjamin Staples to managers in the tax practice. Gorham Savings Bank promoted Caitlin Ouellette and Ali AL Dhamen to vice president. Morgan Stanley promoted Sundance Campbell, a financial advisor and assis- tant vice president in the firm's wealth management office in Bangor, to resi- dent manager. [ A P P O I N T M E N T S ] Avesta Housing in Portland added Lynne Roche, a professional fund raiser for 25 years, to its board of directors for a three-year term, effective Oct. 1. [ A C H I E V E M E N T S ] Northern Light Health in Brewer said it was recognized as a "2023 HIMSS Davies Award" recipient by Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. Morgan Stanley announced that Iain Eldredge, a portfolio management direc- tor, certified financial planner and a financial advisor in the firm's Portland Wealth Management office, was named to Forbes Magazine's list of "Top Next- Gen Advisors Best-in-State." The University of Maine at Augusta said that its Nursing Program was honored with the "2023 Institutional Excellence in Holistic Nursing Education Award" by the American Holistic Nurses Association. Camden National Bank recognized 13 Maine-based employees at its annual employee appreciation event. "Officer of the Year" was Brandon Plourde, vice president, financial planning and analysis manager, Camden; "Stakeholder of the Year," Kendra Bergelin, com- mercial administration team leader, Rockport; and "Bob Daigle Award for Achievement," Justin Keller, assistant vice president, business intelligence ana- lyst, Rockland. "Commitment Awards" were presented to Garrett Alofs, audit and SOX compliance officer, Portland; Sydney Cough, digital banking special- ist, Rockport; Victoria Foust, commer- cial loan administrator team leader, Rockport; Heidi Lawson, assistant bank- ing center manager, Blue Hill; Viktorie Mathiau, sales and service program man- ager, Camden; Marvin Merritt, facilities 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. Stay connected! 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