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V O L . X X X I N O. X X S E P T E M B E R 8 , 2 0 2 5 24 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 Housing Authority promoted Charles Owens Jr. to property manager at Harbor Terrace and Mike Mills to man- ager of its Front Street property. Owens most recently served as a housing officer at Kennedy Park while Mills was prop- erty manager at Franklin Towers. Franklin Savings Bank in Farmington pro- moted Caulin Parker to commercial lender and Amy Hebert to vice president, director of commercial credit administration. [ A P P O I N T M E N T S ] Rotary Club of Waterville elected Michele Prince as president and Tina Chapman as secretary while Sarah Wadick will continue to serve as treasurer. Board members include Andrea Pasco, John Dalton, Lindsey Cameron, Jordyn Woodard, Jim Chapman, Jennifer Casey, Roger Crouse, Karen Normandin, Dan Eccher and Jeff Melanson. Verrill, a law firm in Portland, announced that attorney Jonathan Dunitz was elected to serve on the Executive Council of the National Conference of Bar Presidents. The Maine Historical Society in Portland added Stacy Stitham and Jacob Soley to its board of trustees. Stitham is manag- ing partner at Brann & Isaacson, a law firm in Lewiston, while Soley is director of development for East Brown Cow, a community investment firm in Portland focusing primarily on real estate invest- ment, management and development. Delta Dental Plan of Maine added Benjamin Lamarche and Genko Stanilov as directors to its board, each for a three-year term that began on July 1. Lamarche is co- owner/dentist at four dental clinics in Southern Maine while Stanilov is chief dental officer at Community Dental Maine. Portland Ovations added Atiim Boykin, Sherouk Fetaih, Bryan Matluk, Joy McManigal and Liz Cotter Schlax to its board of directors. Boykin is a mental health clinician, social worker, com- munity organizer and creative profes- sional; Fetaih was most recently vice president of strategic initiatives at IDEXX; Matluk is a nonprofit fundraising con- sultant and a classically trained ballet instructor; McManigal has experience as a teacher, administrator, consultant, manager, fundraiser, writer, editor and producer; and Schlax was president and CEO of United Way of Southern Maine. [ A C H I E V E M E N T S ] Compotech, a defense technology and manufacturing company in Brewer, earned national recognition on the "2025 Inc. 5000" list of America's fast- est-growing private companies. e company ranked 1,014 overall, No. 31 in manufacturing nationwide and No. 3 among all Maine companies, with a three-year revenue growth of 421%. Morgan Stanley announced that Iain Eldredge, a portfolio management director, 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 College of the Atlantic Davis Center for Human Ecology in Bar Harbor said it won a "2025 AIA COTE Top 10 Award," which celebrates design excel- lence in sustainability, resilience and innovation. e college was also named the No. 1 "LGBTQ-Friendly" college and the top school for "Green Matters: Everyone Cares About Conservation" in the 2026 edition of the Princeton Review's Best 391 Colleges. Haley Ward Inc., an employee-owned professional services firm in Bangor providing engineering, environmen- tal, surveying, planning and archi- tecture services, announced it was ranked No. 3,667 on the Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest growing private companies. e company was also recognized with a "Trade Partner of the Year Award" at the 2025 Lee Building Industry Association Honor Your Partners' Excellence Awards. Southern Maine Agency on Aging in Bidd- eford said that its Housing Connections pilot program received an "USAging 2025 Aging Innovations Award." Looking for exciting business events? Go to mainebiz.biz/calendar to view and post events. @ JOIN US! Meet Maine's business leaders, learn the extraordinary stories of the award winners and celebrate Maine's family-owned businesses! HOST Amanda Hill Weeknight Anchor NEWS CENTER Maine WHEN Wednesday, October 8, 2025 | 5:30 – 8:30 PM WHERE Thompson's Point, Brick South, Resurgam Pl, Portland, ME & Virtual Join us Oct 9 for a Speaker Luncheon with Matt Nielsen! FOR VIRTUAL OR IN - PERSON TICKETS GO TO FAMBUSINESS.ORG GUEST SPEAKER Matt Nielsen Vice President of Strategic Initiatives and 3rd generation owner, Nielsen-Massey Vanillas Amy Hebert Caulin Parker Genko Stanilov Benjamin Lamarche