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V O L . X X X I N O. I JA N UA R Y 1 3 , 2 0 2 5 24 [ N E W H I R E S ] United Insurance hired Stephanie Brown as a per- sonal lines account manager in Auburn, Darcie Wood as a per- sonal lines account manager in Portland and Aaron Cooper as a personal lines account manager in Pittsfield. Verrill, a law firm in Portland, hired Adam Nyhan as partner, resident in the firm's intellectual property group in Portland. New England Cancer Specialists in Scarborough hired Paige Teller as a breast surgeon. Bernstein Shur, a law firm in Portland, hired Grady Burns, Lisa Prosienski, Hanover Shinay and Dhivya Singaram as associates. Burns joined the firm's municipal and governmental services practice group, Prosienski the government and public affairs and municipal and governmental services practice groups, Shinay the real estate practice group and Singaram the labor and employment practice group. Malone Commercial Brokers in Portland hired Tara Shannon as operations and marketing assistant and Ellie Nash as broker assistant. Allen Insurance and Financial in Camden hired Jess Sanborn as an account man- ager in its benefits division and Debbie Tyler as human resources manager. R.M. Davis, a wealth management firm in Portland, hired Erin McCrossin and Sophia Spina as client relationship associ- ates, Marianne Loew as vice president and client advisor, Thomas Thu as data and IT support analyst and Alexandra Scott as estate associate. Healthy Communities of the Capital Area in Hallowell hired Sarah Sims as food systems program associate. The Maine Community Foundation in Ellsworth hired Tom Janenda as vice presi- dent of communica- tions and market- ing, Triona O'Connor as assistant to the president and Siana Emery as scholarship outreach associate. 317 Main Community Music Center in Yarmouth hired Graeme Kennedy as executive director. Northern Light Inland Hospital in Waterville hired Lori Bellwood as a certified nurse midwife at Northern Light Women's Health. PC Construction in Portland hired Lisa Beeler as director of business devel- opment for the Seacoast Region . Ecomaine in Portland hired Zoe Malia as program manager and Sarah Folan and Adam Clair as project coordinators for the organization's recycling education and outreach program for multi-family buildings across its service area. MaineHealth in Portland hired Richard Bayman as CFO. Most recently, Bayman served as managing director of Cincinnati-based Fifth ird Bank's Healthcare Investment Banking Group, where he led the Health Systems and Higher Education practice. ReVision Energy, a solar installer in South Portland, hired Heather Deese as director of commercial sales. Bar Harbor Bank & Trust hired Eliberta Cummings as assis- tant vice president, branch relationship manager in South China. Cummings was previously a loan manager at Capital Area Federal Credit Union. The Maine Business School in Orono hired Jason Harkins as dean of the Graduate School of Business in Portland. Harkins also serves as executive dean of the Maine Business School. LA Arts hired Courtney Reed-Marsh as arts agency administrator. Most recently, Reed-Marsh served as director of com- munications for the performing arts- focused startup incubator ARTech in New York City. Hospice of Southern Maine in Scarbough announced several new hires. In its home hospice program Ashley Baker, Pam Barnickel and Mary Smith were hired as per diem registered nurses; Christina McLaury and Stacey Coleman as case man- agers; Hope Chrupcala and Kate Pontius as social workers; and Carrie Steinbrook as a hospice aide. At the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House, Alexandra Gamble was hired as a resource nurse; Lexi Santurri and Melanie Marcotte-Feinberg as per diem registered nurses; Anne Mills as a regis- tered nurse; Tonianne Motta as a per diem nurse practitioner; Mikayla Whitehill as a hospice aide; and Stephanie Smith as a per diem hospice aide. Additionally, Patricia Brosseau was hired as a transitional care nurse in the Access Department. Katahdin Trust in Houlton hired Thomas Dwyer as assistant vice president, com- mercial services officer in Bangor. MaineHealth in Portland hired Charles Morris as chief medical officer of MaineHealth Maine Medical Center in Portland. Morris, a practicing primary care physician, is currently chief medi- cal officer of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Mass. The Swanson Group, an accounting firm in Westbrook, hired Nathan Pike and Walter Kloc as tax managers and Lisa Ledue as senior tax manager. Haley Ward Inc., an employee-owned professional engineering, architecture, environmental, planning, BIM, and surveying consulting firm in Bangor, announced several new hires. In Bangor, Amy Kearns was hired as finance direc- tor, Courtney Connolly as an accounting specialist in the Finance Department and Cade King as a survey technician in the Survey Service Line. In Portland, Ian Bernier was hired as an engineer in the Building Design Service Line and in Saco Christopher Veazie was hired as a senior project hydrogeologist in the firm's Environmental Service Line. Houses and Barns by John Libby, a custom home builder in Freeport, promoted Lee Proscia to president. Proscia has been leading operations at the company for the past seven years. MaineHealth Franklin Hospital in Farmington hired Blake Hotchkiss as emergency department director. Drummond Woodsum, a law firm in Portland, hired Darci Greenacre as a senior consultant in its government relations and campaigns practice group. Greenacre has 10 years of experience at the highest levels of government and federal campaigns. [ P R O M O T I O N S ] The Maine Potato Board in Presque Isle promoted Jeannie Tapley to executive director. Tapley was previously director of operations. MaineHealth in Portland promoted Erin Brown to vice president of advancement and chief development officer. Brown was associate vice president of philanthropy at MaineHealth Maine Medical Center. R.M. Davis, a wealth management firm in Portland, promoted Beth Brown-Malia to assistant vice president, operations manager. Brown-Malia was previously operations manager. Good Shepherd Food Bank of Maine in Auburn promoted Robin McCarthy to chief advancement officer. McCarthy joined the organization's development and communications division in 2019. Norway Savings Bank promoted Melissa Rock to senior vice president, market- ing director; Jennifer Cook to executive vice president, head of trust and wealth management; and Rick Flagg to execu- tive vice president, senior commercial 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. Aaron Cooper Tom Janenda Jess Sanborn Debbie Tyler Triona O'Connor Lisa Beeler Darcie Wood Paige Teller Stephanie Brown Eliberta Cummings Richard Bayman Siana Emery

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