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V O L . X X X N O. X V I J U LY 2 2 , 2 0 2 4 36 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 Portland Ovations pro- moted Katie Day to director of commu- nications. Day was previously marketing manager. Drummond Woodsum, a firm in Portland specializing in edu- cation law, promoted Isabel Ekman to prac- tice group leader for the Maine School Law practice. [ A P P O I N T M E N T S ] The American Heart Association in Maine in Portland announced that Dave Abel, pres- ident and general manager of Channel 8 WMTW and WPXT-Maine's CW, Portland, has been named chair and Brendan Prast, Leadership in Preventative Medicine Fellow at MaineHealth, president of its board of directors. In addition, the association added Kevan Deckelmann, partner, Dentons Law Firm; Aline Iskandar, interventional cardiologist, Northern Light Mercy Hospital; Mindy Beyer, pro- gram manager, cardiovascular services, MaineHealth; Thomas Lyons, vice presi- dent of operations, MaineHealth; Alison Nason, director of marketing and opera- tions, Mainebiz; and Steve Woods, presi- dent/CEO, TideSmart Global & Promerica Health, to its board. Waynflete, a private school in Portland, added Matt LaCasse, Kara Leopold and Alex Wight to its board of trustees. LaCasse is an entrepreneur and inves- tor in the food industry, Leopold owns a legal and compliance consulting firm serving professional service companies and investment firms and Wight is a restaurant owner. Bangor Savings Bank elected Michael Cato to its board of directors. Cato is senior vice president and chief information officer at Bowdoin College. Looking for exciting business events? Go to mainebiz.biz/calendar to view and post events. @ MORE INFO: MDF.ORG DEVELOPING LEADERS. DOING TRUSTED RESEARCH. BUILDING CREATIVE PARTNERSHIPS. DRIVING MAINE'S LONG TERM ECONOMIC GROWTH. Yeah, that's us. headlightav.com 207.774.5998 Enhance the Room Stay Connected Call us for commercial installation Isabel Ekman Brendan Prast Dave Abel Katie Day