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V O L . X X X I N O. X I V J U N E 3 0 , 2 0 2 5 24 [ N E W H I R E S ] Island Institute in Rockland hired Erin Quetell as public policy direc- tor and Rosemary Price as director of philanthropy. Keller Williams Realty in Portland hired Misty Coolidge. Coolidge was previ- ously in the legal and real estate department at Dead River Co. Manufacturers Association of Maine in Augusta hired John Lewis as executive director. TEMPO Employment Services in Presque Isle hired Sherry Locke as chief workforce and strategy officer. Biddeford+Saco Chamber of Commerce hired Matt Lewis as executive director. Lewis was previously executive direc- tor of Hospitality Maine. Machias Savings Bank hired Alex Lopes as senior vice president, Southern Maine regional market manager. Maine Coast Heritage Trust in Topsham hired Linda Lidov as director of communications, Hannah Whalen as director of development and Rebecca Kurtz as annual fund officer. The Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockland hired Grant Wahlquist as curator. Wahlquist previously ran the Grant Wahlquist Gallery in Portland. Allen Insurance and Financial in Camden hired Ines Cross as an assistant in the accounts payable area. Franklin Savings Bank in Farmington hired David Stolt as senior vice presi- dent and director of residential and consumer lending. The Western Foothills Land Trust in Norway hired Korey Morgan as executive direc- tor. Morgan most recently served as a lead communicator for the U.S. Forest Service in Washington, D.C. Perkins Thompson, a law firm in Portland, hired Jacob Bowie as a shareholder and a member of the firm's real estate, banking and finan- cial services, business, and construc- tion law practice groups. [ P R O M O T I O N S ] Maine Coast Heritage Trust in Topsham promoted Sarah Hale to director of institutional giving. Island Institute in Rockland promoted Peter Rand to COO. Rand was previ- ously CFO. e Portland Water District promoted Scott Firmin to general manager. Firmin was previ- ously director of wastewater services . Maine Savings Federal Credit Union in Hampden pro- moted Amanda Gray to vice president of digital services. Gray was previ- ously assistant vice president of the member service center. Franklin Savings Bank in Farmington promoted Sarah Baker to vice presi- dent, loan servicing and collections officer and Joanna Champagne to vice president, operations officer. [ A P P O I N T M E N T S ] Evergreen Credit Union in Portland added Glen Holmes, Nick McCrillis, Andrew Bourgoin, Florence Williams and Skyler Redford to its board of directors. Holmes is director of business and community development at the city of Auburn, McCrillis is an attorney with CaseiroBurke, Bourgoin is founder and principal at Bourgoin Insights Group and Williams and Redford are heads of transformation at UNUM. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced John Butera was appointed by President Donald Trump to serve as the USDA Rural Development state director for the state of Maine. Most recently Butera was vice president, commercial loan officer at Skowhegan Savings Bank. FocusMaine, a private-sector orga- nization working to create jobs in the food economy and bioeconomy, added Liz Cotter Schlax to its board. Schlax is the former president and CEO of United Way of Southern Maine. The Maine Bankers Association in Westbrook elected its officers for a one-year term starting July 1: chair, Niel Kiely, president and CEO, Androscoggin Bank; vice chair, Dan Walsh, president and CEO, Norway Savings Bank; and immediate past chair, Larry Barker, president and CEO, Machias Savings Bank. e association also added 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. Nominate a top-notch woman executive before July 7! Do you know a woman business owner, CEO, president or top executive with an established track record of success; a woman who has been a trailblazer and a mentor to others? S PONS OR ED BY FOLLOW U S @M AI NEBI Z #MBOWB25 GO TO W W W.MAINEBIZ .BIZ/OWB25 NOMINATE THEM BY JULY 7! Erin Quetell Sherry Locke Grant Wahlquist Ines Cross Amanda Gray Scott Firmin Peter Rand Rosemary Price Joanna Champagne Sarah Baker Liz Cotter Schlax

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