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V O L . X X X I N O. X X I V O C T O B E R 2 0 , 2 0 2 5 28 [ N E W H I R E S ] The Augusta Downtown Alliance hired Isabelle Oechslie as executive director. Thomas College in Waterville hired Michael Schrimpf as assistant professor of biology, Julia Saloni as associate profes- sor of chemistry, Lisa Hibl as associate professor of composition and writ- ing specialist, Eli Vilanova as director of student financial services, Nate Pelsma as executive director of business inno- vation and corporate campus, Suheir Alaskari as director of professional and career development, PJ Singh as senior associate director of admissions and assistant women's soccer coach, and John Suga as executive director of physical plant and campus planning. Northern Light Cancer Care in Brewer hired Arslan Babar and Muhammad Niazi as oncologists. Both Babar and Niazi are certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine and Oncology and board eligible in Hematology. University of Maine in Orono hired Ronald Roy to guide research and partnerships at the university's Maine College of Engineering and Computing. Roy was previously head of Oxford's Department of Engineering Science and a director at First Light Fusion Limited. Penobscot Community Health Center in Bangor hired Danny Williams as president of the newly formed PCHC Foundation. Williams most recently served as execu- tive director of the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine. Maine State Credit Union in Augusta hired Rori Carver as vice president of project manage- ment and business intelligence. Trailmix Labs, an AI and workflow auto- mation company in Portland, hired Gillian Ford as head of operations. Ford was previously with Words From the Woods. The Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine in Portland hired Matt McDermit as director of marketing and communica- tions. McDermit most recently served as director of marketing campaigns at the University of Southern Maine. Norway Savings Bank hired Payton Kennison as branch manager assistant vice president in Bridgton. J.M. Arbour in Gardiner hired Evan Campbell as chief investment officer. Campbell previ- ously served as vice president at Delphi Management. [ P R O M O T I O N S ] Volk Packaging Corp. in Biddeford pro- moted Cody Sevigny to plant superinten- dent, Dan Brochu to a dual role as both Volk Packaging's shipping manager and Volk Paxit's general manager, Gary Nadeau to quality and ink operations supervisor and Jeff LaBelle to production supervisor in the manufacturing plant. Sevigny was previously plant supervisor, Brochu was shipping supervisor, Nadeau was a production supervisor and LaBelle was a machine operator and trainer. Norway Savings Bank promoted Janel Danforth to retail operations officer vice president. Danforth most recently served as retail strategies analyst. Portland Water District promoted Greg Pellerin to executive director of asset management and planning. Pellerin was previously engineering services manager. [ A P P O I N T M E N T S ] John T. Gorman Foundation in Portland added Maura Mathy to its board of directors. Mathy, a fifth-gen- eration member of the L.L.Bean family and vice chair of the L.L.Bean Owners' Council, was most recently senior digital merchandising analyst at L.L.Bean. Maine Community Foundation in Ellsworth added John Bear Mitchell, Michelle Hayes and Charles Rudelitch to its board of directors. Mitchell is the University of Maine System office Native American waiver and educational program coordi- nator as well as the University of Maine's Wabanaki Center outreach and student development coordinator and a lecturer of Wabanaki and multicultural studies; Hayes is co-founder of Smith, Kjelgaard & Hayes, a human resources consulting firm; and Rudelitch is executive director of the Sunrise County Economic Council. Maine Community College System in Augusta elected Jasmine Sanders as a student trustee on its board of trustees. Sanders is working on her second asso- ciate degree at Kennebec Valley Community College, in nursing. Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry announced that Commissioner Amanda Beal was elected to serve as the 2025-26 president of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture. American Heart Association named Denise McDonough as chair of its Maine 2025-26 Go Red for Women initiative. McDonough is president of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Maine. Additional team members include Katie Breggia, the Dunham Group; Ashley Deeb, Mainely Tubs; Tony Disotto, KeyBank; Kelly Elkins, MaineHealth; Ashley Gagnon, NBT Bank; Melissa Grabenstein, Bank of America; Eric Jermyn, Cross Insurance; Kris Martel, Spectrum Healthcare Partners; Stephanie Miller, Alliant Insurance Services Inc.; Lindsay Zahradka Milne, Verrill; Matt Roy, the Standard; and Joan Smith, Baker Newman Noyes. Press Forward Maine, an initiative of the Maine Community Foundation, announced the formation of an advisory council to make recommendations on how Press Forward Maine can help strengthen local news across the state. Members include Emily Barr, CEO, Graham Media Group (retired); Carlos Barrionuevo, direc- tor, Public Media Co.; Jeanne Bourgault, 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. Evan Campbell Payton Kennison Rori Carver Janel Danforth Maura Mathy Ronald Roy

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