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V O L . X X X I N O. X X V I I D E C E M B E R 1 , 2 0 2 5 28 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 Cathcart practices internal medicine; Kim, psychiatry; and Panozzo, family medicine. The Dempsey Center in Lewiston promoted Brandon Hotham to presi- dent and CEO. Hotham had been serving as interim president and CEO since February. [ A P P O I N T M E N T S ] The American Heart Association named Marco Diaz, chair, Department of Cardiac Services at Maine Medical Center and chief of MaineHealth's Cardiovascular Service Line, as the 2026 Maine Heart Walk chair. e execu- tive leadership team for the May 17 event includes Phil Cohen, M&T Bank; Andrew Cook, Mascoma Bank; Greg Cox, R.M. Davis; Britt Crewse, MaineHealth; Michelle Fitzgerald, New England Rehabilitation Hospital of Portland; Robert Hatem, Hannaford Supermarkets; Drew McMullin, Burns & McDonnell; Matt Rector, Trellis Health; George Samaras, Portland Mattress Makers; Stevan Stromsky, Kennebec Savings Bank; Alec Young, Turner Construction; and Jack Zinn, Zinn Wealth Management. Piper Shores, a nonprofit lif- ecare retirement community in Scarborough, named Adrian Kurre, a former Hilton executive and global hos- pitality leader, as chair of its board of directors. e organization also announced Stephen Brooks as vice chair, David Gowen as treasurer and Megan Walton as secretary. Maine Development Foundation in Augusta named its 2025 board officers including chair, Michael McKernan, director, government and community relations, Jackson Laboratory; vice chair, Kendra Coates, senior vice president and CFO, MMG Insurance; and Treasurer, Rick Leonard, director of finance and assistant treasurer, Cianbro Corp. e foundation also added Kelly Barton, president of MaineHealth Behavioral Health – Westbrook and Looking for exciting business events? Go to mainebiz.biz/calendar to view and post events. @ "I believed Maine families deserved more from early education. FAME helped me make that a reality." Angela Garrison Founder ROSELYN NORTH ACADEMY 1-800-228-3734 • TTY: 207-626-2717 11-Time Winner, Best Places to Work in Maine (2015–25) FAMEmaine.com Your local commercial loan insurance partners with quick online approvals & personalized service Purchase a group subscription for your team or entire organization. Get access to Mainebiz for your entire team E M A I L C I R C U L A T I O N @ M A I N E B I Z . B I Z F O R M O R E I N F O R M A T I O N Adrian Kurre