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W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 25 A U G U S T 1 9 , 2 0 2 4 [ A P P O I N T M E N T S ] The Island Institute in Rockland added John Conley, Des FitzGerald, Nadia Rosenthal and Mike Steinharter to its board of trustees. Conley is a board member and investor at Boston's Launchpad Venture Group, FitzGerald was previously with the Maine Venture Fund, Rosenthal is the scientific director and Maxine Groffsky endowed chair at Jackson Laboratory and Steinharter is a retired IT industry professional. The Maine Community Foundation in Ellsworth added Scot Draeger, Ingrid Kiefer, Alistair Raymond and Raymond Rice to its board of directors. Draeger is pres- ident R.M. Davis Inc., Kiefer is a partner and chief business development officer with SLR Capital Partners, Raymond is vice president of regulatory compliance for Avangrid Inc. and Rice is president of the University of Maine at Presque Isle. [ A C H I E V E M E N T S ] Pine Tree Legal Assistance awarded Portland attorney Richard O'Meara with its "Pine Tree Legal Assistance Award for Pro Bono Service." O'Meara is a partner, chair of edu- cation law and co-chair of litiga- tion and trial practice groups at Murray Plumb & Murray, a law firm in Portland. Cross Insurance in Bangor announced that Royce Cross, chairman, was selected as the recipient of the "Insurance Library's 2024 Insurance Professional of the Year Award." Piper Shores, a retirement commu- nity in Scarborough, said that Philip Jean, CEO, was awarded the "Chair Award" from the American College of Health Care Administrators' chair of the board for exceptional leader- ship and service. Uprise Partners, a managed IT ser- vices firm in Portland, was recog- nized by MES Computing, a brand of the Channel Company, as one of its "2024 MES Midmarket 100." New Dimensions Federal Credit Union in Waterville said it was included on the Forbes list of "America's Best-In- State Credit Unions 2024." Portland Water District announced that S&P Global Ratings raised its bond rating to "AA+" from "AA" with a stable outlook. e upgrade reflects the district's abundant water supply, low rates and strong finan- cial metrics. In addition, the district said Moody's assigned it Aa3 water bonds and Aa1 sewer bonds that will result in a savings of $140,000 over 20 years. Amanda Read, a medical assistant in MaineHealth Pediatrics Farmington (formerly Franklin Health Pediatrics), received the "Francine M. Rideout Service Excellence Award" for excep- tional customer service and overall service excellence in their daily inter- actions with patients, colleagues and the community. Looking for exciting business events? Go to mainebiz.biz/calendar to view and post events. @ Celebrate and network with the 2024 honorees Brick South at Thompson's Point, Portland November 7 / 5:00 — 7:00pm Join us for the 3rd annual award reception recognizing 40 outstanding young leaders who are shaking up Maine's business community and leading us into the future. FOR MORE INFO AND TO REGISTER GO TO MAINEBIZ.BIZ/40U4024 Thank you to all those who submitted nominations for this year's awards. Honorees will be announced in the October 7 edition of Mainebiz. S PONS OR ED BY Name Mike Steinharter Alistair Raymond Raymond Rice Ingrid Kiefer Scot Draeger John Conley Des FitzGerald Nadia Rosenthal