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V O L . X X X I I N O. X X I V O C T O B E R 1 9 , 2 0 2 6 24 [ N E W H I R E S ] Portside Real Estate Group in Falmouth hired Kim Marohn as an agent on its midcoast team, based in Brunswick. ConvenientMD Primary Care in Bangor hired Raghu Kanumalla. Kanumalla is board certified in neuromusculoskel- etal medicine and osteopathic manip- ulative medicine. MaineHealth in Portland hired Jill Graziano president of its coastal region. Graziano, who has 20 years of leadership experience across provider and payer orga- nizations, most recently served as president and COO of Unity Hospital and United Memorial Medical Center at Rochester Regional Health. MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital in Rockport hired Alison Bryant as a member of its emergency department and Richard Grunke as a member of its anesthesia department. Bryan recently completed her residency in emergency medi- cine at MaineHealth Maine Medical Center Portland while Grunke worked as an intensive care nurse at Montefiore White Plains Hospital and in the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit at New York-Presbyterian/ Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York City. [ P R O M O T I O N S ] The Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockland promoted Grant Wahlquist to interim director. Wahlquist joined the center in July 2025 as curator. Norway Savings Bank promoted Darci Hamm to president. Hamm, who has been with the bank since 1999, most recently served as COO. Sappi Ltd. promoted Kirk Ross to president and CEO of Sappi North America, effective Jan. 1, 2027. Ross, who currently serves as vice presi- dent manufacturing, succeeds Mike Haws, who will retire in February 2027 following a 40-year career in the pulp and paper industry [ A P P O I N T M E N T S ] The Mount Desert Land & Garden Preserve in Seal Harbor added Katy Longley and Hadley Planting Powell to its board of directors. Longley is principal of Zephyr Consulting LLC while Planting Powell is founder and principal of Powell Fine Art Advisory in Boston. College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor elected Jill Lord and Richard Ross to its board. Lord is a principal owner of Nocturne Fine Art while Ross is a senior defense and technology execu- tive and the founder and principal of Spruce Valley Technology Group. [ A C H I E V E M E N T S ] The Maine Forest Products Council in Augusta named Ellie Hamann, ND Rumford, as its "Rising Star Award" winner; Huber Engineered Woods LLC as its "Outstanding Forest Products Manufacturing Award" recipient; Maine TREE Foundation as the win- ner of its "President's Award;" and Robert Libby, retired owner of Robert W. Libby & Sons, as the recipient of its "Outstanding Logger Award." Gray Village Hardware was selected as Maine's "2026 Hardware All Star" by Hardware + Building Supply Dealer magazine. 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. Scarborough, ME // Pittsseld, ME // Auburn, NH A FAMILYOWNED BUSINESS SERVING OUR CLIENTS SINCE 1948 AAAENERGY.COM Contact us to learn about customized HVAC-R service plans for your facility. Building efficiency. It's what we do. HVAC, PLUMBING & ELECTRICAL 24/7 EMERGENCY SERVICE DESIGN/BUILD SERVICES COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATION BUILDING CONTROLS MAINTENANCE PLANS Raghu Kanumalla Darci Hamm Grant Wahlquist

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